Grandkids Overnight at Gwynn's June 27-28, 2018

The biggest sandbox ever!

Naya loves the water - a real fish!

Loved BIG turtle float - a Grandpa B. gift!

Supper on the Perch

Monopoly Cards; the kids are great playing together.

First time taking two kids bike and Grandma B.'s bike to Gwynn's Island!

Clean-up days April 2018
It was a cold but beautiful sunny three days at Gwynn's
We put all the furniture back in place on the porch
Bob split lots of wood for the stove.
He also transplanted privet and day lilies by Mad Calf Lane and dug up stumps.
Beth washed porch windows, trash cans, kitchen cabinet drawers and pulled honeysuckle vines from underneath the privet.
We biked to Scrooch's island market and met the new owner Scott.

Instructions in 2017

__The Left kitchen window opener does not work, but all you have to do is go lift it open from the outside - easy! The blocks of wood to hold it open are in the far left drawer in the kitchen when you are facing the Bay - the drawer that you cannot open all the way because of new frig. __A vacuum cleaner (donated by Jessica) is under the bunk bed in the Sunrise bedroom __There is a box of salt in the refrigerator - was in the back (have to bend down to see it. __Rags hang beside the refrigerator with broom as needed.

Memorial Weekend 2016

Memorial weekend was a day and a half of beautiful warm sunny weather and a day and a half of nice steady rainy weather.  Time for swimming and canoeing - time for indoor games and reading.  Grandma and Grandpa B. had planned the meals and readied the cottage.  Peter, Jessica, James(almost 9) and Naomi (almost 5) came Saturday early afternoon and left on Monday late afternoon in the rain!  We saw eagle, dolphins, two hummingbirds, blue heron and a new bird -- brown creeper.
It was a wonderful relaxing fun weekend.

Sunrise - God's signature!

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Water clear, cold and great for the first dip of the season.

Mom helps build best Star Wars castle!

Naya "fish"- the first in the water.

Best place in the world to read.



Boys Canoe Team

 Indoor Hotdog Roast


Indoor Rainy Day coloring of the whole family



The best Grandkids in the world!

Good-bye until next time!

bird big and little

"The eagle" showed up about three times, landing on the pine branch / fork. One breakfast was fresh fish. In addition, the blue heron - also the much smaller green (has some red coloring) heron. Most fun, the tiny bird at the decaying and split open wild cherry. There are actually two (mates), very small - act similar to a nuthatch. The summer hummingbirds not yet arrived. One comes briefly to the sugar water feeder, then swiftly back to the tall sweet gum tree in the sanctuary strip of wild growth. We just returned from a full week at the Perch.

the stipple ceiling

When I mentioned Elizabeth S. going to clean on Tuesday could examine the ceiling (reported splitting open) and evaluate need to repair (my concern is that the roof may be the actual problem), spouse reported "Oh, Del has fixed that already" (reported by Cricket C.)

Earth coordinates (global)

near W76 degrees 17'6" (seventeen minutes 6 seconds)
south of
N 37 degrees 30'54"
above (north of)
N 37 degrees 30' 18"

use Google Earth to take a look.