Off-Season? What Off-Season! Renovations Underway

Here are the latest photos of work on front of camp. Now the fun begins when we paint the wall and trim and all the new wood on the porch!

Counting the weeks until we return (God willing) so we can dig in and resettle the camp.

all welcome to come get their paint brush. 

Praise God.

God bless us all..........

love and happy fishing,

joan .....and lowell

Still Not Too Warm For Hula Poppers...

Good morning family and friends,

I was out fishing off the dock at 7 a.m. and shortly after I started casting I could see fish heading for the big lake.
After several dozen casts, I caught this fish with a hula popper and as I am prone to do, I had neither bucket, nor net to bring him in.....

Thank Goodness Paul was in his pontoon boat and  after calls to Lowell failed to rouse him, Paul went up and got the net and I got him in. Had we not had the net, I probably would have lost him because as soon as he was in the net and started thrashing around he broke my line.
We took him up to the metal table to get the lure out which he had way down his throat. It too the needle nose pliers to retrieve it. I placed him down to measure him and he caught a hook as he was flinging on the wood plank. I had thought he would die in the process and was prepared to keep him/her. After determining he was 18 plus inches and 4.5 pounds, Largemouth, I put him in bucket of water and he began to swim around so we returned him to the lake.

Gotta go to church. More later on the adventures of Grandma T. in Maine.
Thank you God for Connermara north and fishing.....
love to all,
God bless you all,
grandma t.
  

New Loft Windows

Dear people,

We had a new roof installed on the peak late last year and while they were repairing the support for the peak, we asked our special builders to replace the two windows in the loft. Voila is the result.

 They still have painting to finish on the frame and wall around the window but we now have two windows which are secure and can be opened without getting a hernia and which will be able to be removed in case we had to get out on the roof. They also fold in to be cleaned if needed.

This is the end of the major restoration we hope but one never knows what the next step God has in our efforts to restore and preserve this wonderful place.

Time to sit back and start saving for the next project but first we need to demolish garage and paint or put siding on Drexel Hill abode before the township gives us a citation for ugly house.

I guess Lowell was right when he tagged my purchase of the camp "Joan's folly" because in the past four years we have rebuilt kitchen, installed new wiring and fixtures and outlets, replaced septic system with 1,000 gallon state of the art system,  rebuilt bathroom, replaced old dock with new all-weather dock and replaced all three roofs. The next project is to replace sliding glass doors and shore up the foundation under the porch and under living room. But not anytime soon, for sure.

Thank you God for allowing us to enjoy Maine Camp and for helping replace what we have. And thank you for Lowell for not leaving me when the problems appear.

Love and God bless,

Grandma Joan