And that was summer

Greetings, Doesn't time fly when you're having fun? When I published my last update on the 8th July I said I would aim to publish this next update late August, and here we are in early November. Inevitably I once again underestimated the scale of some of the house finishing tasks I had set myself, and wanted to complete those before giving my readers an update. But in addition I have also spent a considerable part of my summer just enjoying the weather while doing some exercise, a limited amount of local exploring, and enjoying the views from my decks while reading some good books and just "chilling." Further to that, with the initial two years of pretty intense pressure planning and then subsequently project managing my various contractors for the main build up to occupancy over, and then a year largely progressing subsequent finishing work inside, I decided to use this third summer in BC to get to know my Calgary weekend neighbours rather better. Mos...