Looking for a Change? We Are.... 🏠🤞

 

Dear Readers:   we have our house up for sale, and an accepted offer on another, smaller rancher style home. All pending on the sale of  the home above ⬆︎    

Ever thought of living in Campbell River on Vancouver Island?  Backing onto a world class golf course with a new luxury hotel?   NO LONGER ON THE MARKET.... sorry!

Our realtor told us to use what ever social media we have to get the word out and since we're motivated by the new place we'd like to move to, you bet!

The larger shed will hold a golf cart and there is a large swing open gate at the far right to access the golf course.  Campbell River Golf and Country Club.   We're mid way of the 541' long fairway.    It's just beyond the pond.... yes, pond. Actually there are three in a row....

We love this place but it's time to shift into something smaller, more manageable. So we have an offer on another patio style home just down the street and around the corner at the same golf course.  Why quit a good thing huh?

So it's going to be a chore downsizing our stuff as we go from 2322 sq ft to 1324 sq ft but it will be so much easier on both us ultimately.    Neither of us will be 100% happy and have to give up something so that's a fair compromise.  

I've been downsizing my studio for 5 + years now and gone from three looms to one.... and while Hub has done some serious work in his garage, it's still where most of the culling will have to happen.      They say divesting one's self of clutter is very liberating!  Let's be frank here.... we didn't come into the world with anything and when we leave, we exit the same way.    It all has to go eventually....

I have two scarves that are completed but I have been busy as a one armed paper hanger with all the paperwork, viewings and real estate stuff..... and do have a 2 scarf warp on the loom and just about finished scarf #1.    I'll give you a peak...   4 colours in the gradient

8 shaft Crackle woven as twill.... and if it looks familiar, yes... I wove it before and really liked it so giving it another go. 😊💕

Hang on for a Bumpy Ride

Sixteen days is what it took for there to be an accepted offer on our house and property!  Oh, and a total eighteen viewings and two other offers.    It was a nail biter finish yesterday. Someone is very happy and another family is very disappointed.    We're just feeling numb right now.    To be fair, our realtor told us after we signed the listing papers to strap in for the ride!

So that's part one done and now we move onto the next phase which is finding a new place to live.  Kinda scary letting go with one hand and having faith the next step is there.  A second ride and hopefully smoother....

I have finished weaving the second scarf and just have samples to weave off and then I'm into fringe twisting (when I'm not on the road viewing homes).

I can stop cleaning now.  

A Good Idea at the Time...

I can't blame my lack of weaving on summer as its been unseasonably cool and we've even had rain.  There were two sets of company that came and had a brief visit with us, which was delightful.

No....I must blame this instead.   Its all self inflicted too.  The goal is to reduce stairs (we have ground floor entry and main floor is up)..... and overall property size.

It seems the overly hot real-estate market in Vancouver has 'flowed' to Vancouver Island and we've had fourteen viewings in ten days. Finally had two days in a row off and another viewing today.    There was even an offer for a short time but it wasn't a good deal money wise, or on various dates.

There is an awful lot of housecleaning going on daily and we're living 'lightly' in the house when home.   I often wonder what they think when they see the studio in what should be a large TV family room.

I don't seem to have any issues with uprooting ourselves and finding a new home and community to live. The new home, once we have an accepted offer on this house, will be here on Vancouver island and most likely a bit further north.  There are a number of lovely towns complete with weaving guilds and new friends so I'm kinda excited about that.

I have been weaving in brief snatches of time, usually waiting for laundry to finish their cycles late a night.  The viewings seems to be any time from 9:30 am to 7 pm and we have to be out of the house for an hour for each. That's a lot of time in the car.... waiting. So I'm getting a lot of reading done.

Speaking of books: there's a new weaving book out on weaving Leno and my copy is on its way. Check the link out!

I showed a sneak peek in my last post of a new project under way.... well, its still on the loom but now I'm starting scarf number two:

There will be some show and tell for you.....eventually.   I have also been pre-winding new warps which will most likely won't be beamed until after the move but they are ready to go, including project notes and weft choices.

We have three moving quotes in now and will continue to downsize to reduce the load.  Selling, buying and moving is a stressful time.  I had a good laugh when I saw this picture on Google Images:

Who are these people?  They can't be moving. All they need is candles and music.   

Here's our property from above.... high above!  That's the garage and garden / orchard down by the road and the house is tucked back in the trees.  Nicely private....   but a lot of lawn to cut. Time for younger, healthy  bones to enjoy the country life.