The Shed and Sunset Cruise

 

When my tree was hit by lightening, in May, some of the flying wood hit the garden shed. In this photo you can see one of the holes, there were also a couple of other cracks and the door didn't shut properly.

My insurance (Allstate) was very good, responded quickly and communicated well, but they were just going to replace the shed with another "plastic" shed. I decided I wanted a wooden one instead and so took the "buy out" from the insurance company and dealt with it myself.

I got a couple of quotes to have it removed but then the man who repaired the bent eaves trough said he wanted it and he took it away for free. That was a win for both of us!

 

That left me with the wooden platform. Rick ripped it apart, and created a perimeter frame which we then had filled with gravel, for the new shed to sit on.

I hadn't expected it to arrive on such a huge trailer. I had taken some plants out of the bed by the driveway for the trailer that removed the old shed

but now had to remove some more.

It was an amazing trailer with wheels that dropped down underneath to move it sideways,

tipped up, extended in the middle and

had a ramp at the back that could be moved from side to side. All of that was controlled by the driver with a hand held remote control.

He placed it perfectly without out ever touching it himself.

A trip to Canadian Tire for some shelf brackets and we put in shelves. Rick built a potting table in front of the window

and we mounted brackets for the tools to hang. Now I am gradually moving things back, out of the garage.

Moving everything out made me realize that I had a lot of stuff in there that I hadn't used in the 5 years I have lived here, so a lot got recycled, donated or thrown out. This has given me a lot more room in the shed though there does need to be room for the 3 rain barrels that go in for the winter.

Rick also made a ramp which is just there temporarily while we try and figure out how to "skirt"the shed to keep animals out from underneath. (They chewed the bottom of the old shed to get in). I have replaced the plants but some are looking a little "shocked", I hope they recover.

 

I like the look of this a lot more and like the extra light inside, that the window provides.

Rick and I rewarded ourselves with an evening cruise, sailing with a brisk wind and a bit of chop, and

then dinner while

moored up to "happy face", the buoy in the centre of the race course.

Took me 2 tries but I sailed up to the buoy, Rick caught it with the boat hook and we dropped the sails.

Rick with a beer and me with a glass of wine and

we watched the sun sinking, turning more and more orange due to the wildfire smoke and

leaving an orange reflection on the water.

On one side the bright orange sun, low in the sky and

on the other side, high in the sky, a pale moon. (By the time we got home it was lower, and orange too)

We let go from the buoy and only raised the jib to sail back in to the marina. A lovely, lovely relaxing way to spend the evening.