July 16 to 23 ....Kristi and Jason here for their holidays.

Thursday morning we were treated to a beautiful sunrise so Ray grabbed his camera.

The rest of the day ended up cloudy and breezy so an inside day. Not to Freya's liking. lol Friday morning same deal.... clouds and wind. Fortunately the clouds disappeared for the afternoon and we were able to get outside. Beautiful evening so we sat down at the dock for an hour.

Friday afternoon I think summer weather finally began. Forecast for the next two weeks is quite warm. Yeah. This deer was waiting for me to leave the gate open to come into the strata ... no go deer! Damn things have eaten the tops of all my Gladiolas and New Guinea Impatients.

Saturday another gorgeous day. Today was our annual strata meeting and Ray and I "attended" remotely with Zoom. With everyone opening up their "bubbles" with lots of friends and family we decided not to take the chance, especially with Jason and Kristi coming for their holidays. One couple just returned the day before the meeting after touring through Calgary and Kelowna, two of our most recently hit Covid areas.  All of us have been so careful not to contract Covid with Kristi having to work in the hospital it did not seem worth it to risk ourselves.

The temps got up to 27 C today, so it was definitely a dock day and swimming day in the afternoon. We did not come up to the house until 5pm. Lots of activity on the lake today with the first real warm weekend this summer.

In the wee hours of Sunday morning Ray went down to the dock to see if he could get a picture of the comet Neowise. All he got was Venus... no tail showing for a comet.

Sunday, another gorgeous day and the infamous third strike. My dishwasher quit working and has an error code. Googled it and it has a plugged drain. I will deal with it tomorrow and see if I cannot fix it myself before calling a repair guy. 

Kristi went to Squamish for the weekend to visit with Stella, Kat and Garrett. Stella is sure growing.

Drunk'in milk baby smile. lol

Family Pic 

Monday was a scorcher at 32C feeling like 35C. Ray and I did our own thing in the morning including me prepping dinner, beef wellington, and then spent the afternoon swimming and sitting down at the dock. It's so hot I have to water my herb garden 3 times a day. 

Managed to watch 2 YouTube videos regarding the dishwasher and managed to fix it. If it does not drain again it will be the pump which I will need someone in to fix. Also the fridge repairman guy is finally coming Thursday to fix my ice maker ... only been waiting since June 25th!

Tuesday, Kristi and Jason arrived just after noon. We spent a few hours catching up sitting down on the dock until it got too breezy and then up on the deck until 5, when we parted ways. I had leftovers for us to eat and they made their own dinner downstairs. It will be nice to see how all the kitchen appliances work downstairs as this is really the first time someone was downstairs long enough to cook. :)

We woke up to clouds and some fog. Very breezy today but the sun finally came out around 11 am. Freya is thrilled to have her "pack" here. We hardly see her. lol Kristi came with me on my morning walk. It was nice to have company. I made pizza for lunch.

Delicious but ended up in a funky shape. lol

All of us sat on the dock for awhile until the wind became too brisk, so up onto the lawn we went. Here is Jason trying to get the dogs to cooperate getting their picture taken. lol

Ah Success!

Ta Da!

Got out the ladder golf game and played for an hour or so. I actually won 2 games! Kristi took off at 2pm to meet up with a friend for a visit. They went on a walk to maintain social distancing.

Kristi and Jason cooked us dinner, a grilled pineapple salad and marinated chicken thighs. Delicious. Thanks a bunch guys.

Thursday, again breezy and foggy skies. Ray and I left for Nanaimo at 8:15 am for our doctor's appointments. Jason headed out  before us to run into Port Alberni to pick up the new kicker motor we purchased and will split the cost so both Ray and Jason can use it through the year.  He also had to pick up his trailer to bring it down for the weekend for their friends to stay in when they arrive tomorrow. Social Distancing ...  Kristi got to stay home by herself and have some "me time". 

Yes the driveway is a little full. :)

Back home at lunch we sat down at the dock for a bit. Zeus attracted some ladies to come and see our dogs. lol

The rest of the afternoon, I stayed up on the deck as it was quite breezy down at the water but Ray persevered for a couple of hours. He did call it quits when his hat blew off his head into the water. lol Jason arrived back at about 2:30 pm with his trailer so I guided him into the driveway. He set it all up ready for the guests tomorrow. I stayed close to the house as the fridge repair guys was supposed to arrive sometime between 1 pm and 5 pm. Kristi wandered between upstairs and downstairs for most of the afternoon.

The fridge repair guy finally showed up at 6:15 pm! As I suspected, the ice maker control had to be replaced. Something to do with a mister not working and the mechanism to dump the ice was not stopping in the correct position. Both issues combined made the ice maker work very intermittently. Fortunately he had ordered the replacement part before coming to see me. Good thing it's on warranty, he didn't leave until 7:15 pm and then had to drive all the way back to Victoria. I sat well away from him at the dining table to keep a safe distance and had the patio doors open. Ray hid in the bedroom and Kristi and Jason stayed downstairs. Once he left I sanitized my counter and fridge with sanitary wipes so we are all "clean" from Covid.

Alex from Arrtech Appliance Repair.

Definitely lots of wires after pulling out the ice maker component. Yes the orange thing is the water filter. lol

We had dinner just before he arrived thankfully. Otherwise a quiet evening. Looks pretty grey outside.

Another day gone and another week has passed by again! Wow the summer is moving along quick.