This week has been interesting. Hot weather began the week and today it is chilly and foggy… rains are sporadic. We have a new floor in the greenhouse room and the sides of the foundation of the windows are repaired. All we need to do is remover the 10000 nails in the walls and paint. Some of the glass needs caulk and some wood is not good but caulk should help with leaks. Q is of a mind to repair whenever possible and never takes the first “experts” advice to tear down and replace, since we have learned every other person here seems to cheat. We are always amazed at the lack of aesthetic taste in the people here (natives and people from “away”) to them new is better and to us a fixer upper is better especially if it has a view. To us view is everything….even when laid up after surgery or with some malady at least we can watch the sea, or nature depending on which window we are at. There are a few things here that will defy fixing since it is impossible to re-position the refrigerator anywhere in this open living room/kitchen space with out serious money mad changes. So it will stay in its corner, and after almost a year it is OK. We are on a tight budget since we have a fixed income. Since we have a house for sale that has not been sold…there is nothing wrong with it ….it is big, in a nice town and has some excellent views too….make an offer!….. we must keep up that house too…..OY.
The problem with us is finding people to work. No one is house handy in this little family. One problem is the rich summer people throw huge amounts of cash at the local workers and they jump like beggars to catch the money…leaving the locals who also need work in the lurch…..The fancy people from away seen nothing wrong with $100 an hour these local yokels suggest and then think why the locals can’t pay that much!? HA!…. Who makes a $100 a day here? No one.
We have a lovely park just 3 minutes drive from the house and we take out afternoon tea there to sit and watch the sail boats or the mysterious bigger ships cruise past. We have seen bald eagles, many crows, seagulls, and other birds. Most of the time no one else is there…..it is like our private park. I like the place where we live now…..it was a good change…easier for me to take care of. The other house was bigger but just did not match our lifestyle. If anyone wants a nice Old New Englander house is good shape in a lovely little fishing port in Maine let me know……
