Several concerts this month -Blue Moon Marquee (excellent), OSO performing Beethoven’s 5th (fan favorite), chamber music concerts in a church and at O’Rourke’s Winery – an impressive venue with a 1,000 seat outdoor Amphitheatre overlooking the lake and a second one indoors (in case of rain) under construction, as well as an enormous cellar carved out of rock, several functions rooms and a nice restaurant. We also enjoyed four 9-hole golf games followed by breakfast or dinner in May.

Went to Vancouver, Tofino, and Victoria for a week-long celebration of my birthday. Highly recommend the Wickaninnish Inn, Long Beach and Surf Side Grill (in an RV park) in Tofino, and the Empress and Shuck Taylors (oysters) in Victoria.

On the house side, some progress on making a home for the garbage bins, on installing edgers for one side of the lawn and a short retaining wall for the other side. Should have some progress to report next month.