Hail and Farewell

 The children complained that we didn't make the house nice until they left. There is an element of truth in this, but we did make many important improvements: stabilizing the foundation, replumbing and rewiring the house, replacing the seepage bed. While necessary, none were especially interesting or attractive. However, as I say farewell to Grand Manan, I regret that the excellent deck appeared so late...that would have been nice, many years earlier.