Monthly Archives: May 2021

May, 2021 – Milestones

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I became a senior citizen in May. Ouch! Mizuho and I had a delightful dinner on the patio of Cedar Creek Winery to mark the occasion.
My birthday present to myself. 2017 Audi S6 with a twin turbo V8 putting out 450 hp. I love it. Decided that the M235 manual just was not the car for us. Unlike Europe or Japan, BC has too many straight long roads to really enjoy a standard, and a rear wheel drive sports car was only good for 3 seasons here. The new one is more like a grand tourer and is a delight. Bought a roof rack for the kayak. Photo taken at sister’s place in West Van.
Got 10 tons of road base gravel and graded the area in front of the container. You can see the ribs of the garage-to-be.
Here is the new shelter garage. Will use for storing the snow plow blade, the ATV, some wood and possibly Bob.
Also got 14 yards of compost from the landfill (composted green bin material) and mixed it with screened dirt to make another much larger garden surrounded by large rocks. Will be used for veggies, shrubs and flowers. Mizuho has been very busy with planning and planting. Just started installing some irrigation. Foreground is mulch I made last year from grinding up branches.

May was a month filled with outdoor dining at wineries and on friends’ patios. We also had our first vaccine shot early in May. And I shot a 38 for 9 at our local golf course (also shot a 52). Looking forward to the gradual opening that seems to be proceeding apace here in BC.