Every day starts with eating some form of blackberries. Here, it is blackberries on frosted shredded wheat and almond milk.

After breakfast, comes a bit of work. On this day, David is scraping, scraping, scraping, and sanding the helm so Brenda can varnish, varnish, and varnish it. Whoever is not varnishing or scraping is inside on the computer working for a bit.

After a few coats of varnish, the helm starts looking pretty spiffy

After a project, it’s always good to spend some of the hot afternoon enjoying the warm fresh waters of the slough.

The next day, repeat pretty much the same things–oh, except sometimes you have to throw in a trip to the blackberry bushes via canoe to get some more.