Keywaybeek 2019

Dad and I are planning to make it up to Keywaybeek this year.  We're not sure when.  My cats' health is a lot better this year, so I should be able to get away long enough this time.  If everyone could put their dates on the Kewaybeek Kalendar (or email me), that would help us pick out a chunk of days.  We're likely leaning toward the end of August or early September.  Doug:  Is your September golf thing a home-game this year?  Carrol & Ray:  Dad would prefer we have concurrent occupancy.  I second that notion.

The only project I have in mind is repurposing the old front porch into a raised shelf thing under the chimney overhang next to the back porch.  It would be used for things that can stay outside like empty coolers, muddy shoes and wet lifejackets -- stuff that's OK getting a little wet, but is better off without the dirty splashes when it rains.  The water jugs could be moved there too, leaving room on the back porch for a chair or something.  There may also be some old small appliances in the attic that I may or may not Frankenstein® together into useable stuff.

If there are any other maintenance, or small-to-medium project ideas, please let me know.

Recently I put up a hanging light in my living room, just like the ones I put in all of the bedrooms at Keywaybeek.  It was part of my compensation for helping to clean out a garage.  (The switch is on the light, not on the wall.)  It's great for vacuuming, and future card & board games will take place underneath it.

At one point, I had a notion to put up a moai somewhere on the big flat rock area, looking directly south, as...an aid to navigation or something?

It would've been made from cinder blocks, concrete, rebar, chicken wire and stucco.  With rust as aggressive as it is up north, it may have lasted 20 years tops, because the chicken wire would fall apart.  I took a look at some old pictures and calculated that anything under 10 feet tall would be unimpressive and not worth doing.  Once I started penciling out a rough plan, I realized that the amount of concrete and stucco that would have to be hauled in and mixed by hand (shovel and wheelbarrow actually) would be way above my spine's pay grade.  That idea didn't last too long.

I imagine Dunc's idea of heaven could be something like Keywaybeek, but with a good local golf course, no winter or mosquitoes, and better plumbing facilities.  RIP & Maholo, dude.

-¥eem