Thea on the Boat

We walked Thea to the boat to try and see how she would do.

She loved the dock.

She easily got on and off the boat.

She easily went down below.
Soon we will try again, but this time with a life jacket 

and the engine on and put-putting into the harbor. 

Mulberry and Cherry Saft

Our cherry tree produced lots of cherries this year, and we were gifted a giant bowl of mulberries.   Time to make saft.   It's hard to describe the what saft is.  It's a Swedish drink that is sort of like a juice concentrate, but not quite.  It's made by boiling ripe fruit - usually black currents or other berries - and then straining off all of the solids, keeping only the liquid.  Then you take the fruit liquid, add sugar and boil some more.  It creates a thicker somewhat syrupy drink.  You add this to water or seltzer to create a delicious and really fruity drink.  We managed to make 4 bottles of saft in the last 2 days. 

The Grandmothers Meet Anna Grace

 We took my mom out to see the boat on Saturday, and Anna's mom went on a sail with Anna on Sunday morning.   Having a boat is a family affair and both of our mom's were thrilled to be there!

Moving Anna Grace

We moved Anna Grace.   She was moored in Colchester Bay and Anna and her friend Beth sailed her to Burlington.  She now sits in a spiffy slip at a new marina. 

We are only a stone's throw away from her.

Easy Peasy lemon squeezy for sailing this summer.

First Berries

I usually always take the boys strawberry picking.  This was the first year I went without them. Partly because of Covid 19,  partly because a friends kids refused to go because they couldn't eat the berries in the field due to the new rules since the virus hit, and partly because it was an opportunity to go early with my friend and just get it finished.   When I got home, I still had the kids participate.   Kuba made cream biscuits for strawberry shortcake, and Anders helped me mash the strawberries for jam. Yes, of course I photographed it all.

Little (Yellow) Green

After 15 years of orange, I've painted our front door 

and front steps a new color.

yellow green

Welcome Anna Grace

Welcome Anna Grace!

We didn't get to go to Sweden this summer as planned, 

but we did get a sailboat.

Welcome to our new summer boating life!