It only took a day and a half to tear down the shower walls and ceiling and haul the debris outside.  The new tub is in and the drywall will go up tomorrow.  It's great having a son who's a plumber...they get tubs and fittings for far less than we pay retail...and there's no question, it's installed perfectly.  Stay tuned.

I'm back in this Time of Coronavirus...I have no idea where I've been.  Finally, after procrastinating and dithering and...you get the idea, I'm starting the process of renovating the bathroom.  And I didn't forget this time to take a 'before' shot.  In two days, my son and I will put in the new tub.  Until then, I'm the cheap labour and the walls and tile all have to come down.  See you later.

July 2019, The Station, North Bay, ON

Still searching for the perfect margarita on one of our bike tours.

Ahhhhh

Cheers!

The Aardvark Host Surveys Trout Lake

Doc Bain surveys the view over Trout Lake.

Sunny's eyes

Doc Bain and the Marshall discuss Aardvark stuff on the Civic Long Weekend.

Lake Nipissing July 19, 2014

Doc Bain fishing on the shores of Lake Nipissing.

Lake Nipissing

Doc Bain on King's Landing Wharf on Lake Nipissing.

This is Rosie, our 12 year old Border Collie/Labrador mix.  We inherited her last August with the passing of Jean's father and she's got us trained like we've been her owners for her whole life.  If you're going out the door, you'd better have a good reason not to be bringing her...for a walk, for a drive...talk about bossy!  Here we are trying out my snowshoes.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

Rob and the Doc on the golf course last Friday.

"Doc" Bain relaxing between rounds at the recent Lahr Reunion Team Golf Extravaganza in Mattawa.

 

Sorry about that...my photo description didn't post.  I was out on the deck after a recent rain and went to clear some cobwebs on the deck rail.  That's a 2 x 4 you're looking at with hundreds of tiny spiders emerging from what was a 1 inch diameter cluster...I guess they're garden spiders.

The Clamatis exploded over the weekend, the most flowers we've had in six years.  Now the question is how long they will last.  We've seen them last weeks and, a couple of years,be gone in five or six days.

What a glorious day...the clamatis are flowering.

The first blooms of the season.

March showers bring...

March showers bring April flowers??????  Wouldn't that be loverly????

Looking through my photos from Hong Kong I found this one that, in so many ways, represents the new Chinese reality.

For my buddy who doesn't like the intensification of downtown Toronto. This is Hong Kong where I hear the average floor space of an apartment is around 600 sq. feet. Everything is 85 stories or higher, which is amazing because they still use bamboo scafforling to build them.

Another one of those wet foggy winter days we've come to know.