Category: Garden Bay

I have a new Ford Escape Platinum Hybrid on order. Today I was informed of a scheduled build date of July 31 so I hope to take delivery early September. These are different times where there is little inventory on the lot, limited production and dealer allocation, and we are happy to pay MSRP.

My 2016 Jeep Patriot has only 51,000 km and is in excellent shape, a great used car for the right buyer. The Ford dealer has offered a low trade-in price so I am trying to sell the Jeep privately. The sales manager said it would be difficult to sell because it has FWD manual transmission but I am encouraged by the responses so far to my ads.

The primary reason for getting a new car now is to have automatic transmission for Aimeé to drive. She wants to learn and I think the latest safety features on the new car will help us both. I have to admit that I am attracted to all the latest technology as well.

We have been back six weeks now and they have been busy ones. A number of my projects have come to completion these last few days and I feel the glow of accomplishment.

• the ornamental gardens are growing well
• the vegetable garden has been planted
• the hall has been repainted

• the workbench is made

• new shelving built in the garage

We went to Victoria for the weekend in April and enjoyed being tourists. Aimeé is working part-time with a friend cleaning houses so we should have more time to recreate this year.

It rained today and the forecast for tomorrow is mixed, giving me time to review my TODOs and set priorities. I need to get back into the garden soon and get ready to open up the cabin, maybe next weekend.