Category: General

I’m not quite here alone — Kevin is out doing some grinding while Angus is not varnishing. Sometimes jobs conflict such as grinding fiberglass on a boat next to another getting paint or varnish work.…

We will be closed tomorrow for all intents and purposes — except for me of course. I’ll be in most of the morning. John is off to the races but I’m sure I’ll hear something…

Wow did we ever have a “significant weather episode” yesterday — well several actually. The last occurred while I was out walking the dog where I got totally soaked due to my inability to see…

It’s a BLUSTERY day today and as weather.com describes it : “a potentially significant severe weather episode“. Fortunately we are all working inside today so it shouldn’t effect us too bad. I may have to…

Well, we’re half way through September and the winter season is quickly approaching. I have started sending out contracts for winter storage but if you can’t wait, drop me an email at alanw@oya.com and I’ll…

We managed to get through another week. Now I’m not sure if I caused this untimely end, but I did see a blue heron who had done a swan dive in the creek yesterday. Maybe…

I love this cooler weather and not being stuck in the office with the air conditioner on. A bit of fresh air does the soul good! I was out in the yard trying to catch…

Another light posting day — we seem to be down to half a crew today. Unfortunately, I am one of the half that is here. My eye is almost healed, although I did have to…

I’m afraid if I keep doing boring posts I’ll end up losing my readership but this time of year is notorious for boredom. It’s perfect boating weather so almost everyone is actually using their boats…

I really tried to find something interesting to capture for today but there just seems to be people meandering about at this point. They were putting down new boards on the travel lift docks which…