SNEAK PEAK OF THE SHACK.......MAIN FLOOR and some pet pictures

The shack was occupied this past weekend by our daughter Jennifer 
and 
 cats 
Iris and Stella 
and 
dogs 
Alice and Josephine

Hunter and Rosco soaking up the warm fall sun

Rosco's master Les is up in the mountain area hunting

He comes down periodically for a shower and food run

Nikki (Rosco) and her friend Jane are here for the grape harvest

and

The pulling in of the nets!!

HARD WORK

We had a full house over the weekend

Ten holding hands at the dinner table

for Thanksgiving dinner

Counting the pets in the shack and in the house

 6 cats

and

5 dogs

OH HAPPY DAY!!

The cats trying out Joe's chair

It is picture hanging time with Jen here!

Note the photo over the small table

It is of my brother Gary and I at our cottage which we called

The Shack

We are playing in the waters of the St. Clair River and in the background you can see Stag Island

It looks like I didn't want to get my feet wet but was probably looking for a pretty rock

The cats spotted a bird up near the bird house

Curiosity came right into play

or

They were on a mission to get the bird!

Iris is a beauty

She is a rescue cat arriving at Whistler Wags when she was only 2 weeks old

Although her siblings were all different colours Iris has the traits of a Flame Point Siamese with blue blue eyes

Stella comes from Squamish and is also a rescue cat

We had discussions about where to place the kitchen table

Stephanie and Joe did not like it in the middle of the room

I thought it would be a good place as there is very little counter space and could visualize myself working at the counter and turning around to work at the table

As you can see we found another place for the table

Fits in well I would say!

Joe was going to build a 'shelf'' under the bed for books

but

We left the bin of books either at the cottage or at the storage unit

I found two of Jennifer's trunks that she had left behind

They will be put to good use 

There's a good view of the table!

It actually came from Sarnia some years ago

Rod's Mom Elaine had found it in the basement of a home that she and Tom had purchased

Elaine did  not have a use for it so Jennifer 'grabbed' it!

Who would have thought that Joe and Dianne would be sitting at the table!!!!!!!!

Oh boy

Lots and lots of shelves

Lots of baskets

We have 'blackboard' paint for the front of the fridge

It is on my 'to do' list

Brought out photos of Joe's Mom and my Mom

Do you like our little 'sitting' room?????

Tight quarters but it will be fine

As you can see I have a bit of painting to do in the bathroom yet

Also on the list

Some treasures on the shelf above the door and window

One box in particular............

Written on the front of the box is

Meanie Fisher

Her 'real' name was Amelia

She was the Aunt of my Father

Mother of my cousin Margaret of whom many of my family and friends knew and loved

Stephanie was married with Aunt Meanie's  gold wedding band

The view from our window

This week Joe is concentrating on the basement

Today he was securing the 'new' wall and was going to start working on framing in the windows

Tonight he said he finished the windows!

Good job Joe