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It’s been a long wait, but the build begins today. After months of work with the architect and then more months waiting for the builder to become available, the official start date of the build phase arrived – July 19, 2021. To say that I’m excited to see how this experience unfolds is an understatement. […]

It’s becoming more and more common to catch sight of city dwellers (Homo Urbanus) on the Upper Sunshine Coast as travel restrictions are lifted and the summer progresses. I haven’t done much research, but I would guess that the summer heat is probably pushing them away from their preferred nesting sites in concrete canyons, to

Now that the ramp down to the beach is fully functional, it felt like it was time to tackle the slope of the Bluff. The plan is to have three separate gardens, one for each of the decks. Since there is a natural little amphitheatre across from the Lovers’ Deck, it seemed like the logical

We had our first out-of-town guests, Baz and James, visit us on Twin Eagles Bluff last night. We’re in the middle of an actual heat wave at the moment with temperatures in the high 30’s, heading into the low 40’s tomorrow. The morning was a mad dash of preparing food, cleaning up the Love Shack,

Tonight is a full moon, so this evening’s high tide is covering rocks that would ordinarily never be below the surface. It also happens to be the first day of what is promising to be a week-long heat wave. I’ve been working like mad today building rock terraces on the bluff, carting pails of dirt

It occurred to me today, that I haven’t done any painting since mid-April (other than the “rustic style” signs that I painted above to mark locations on the property). This is the longest I’ve gone without setting paint brush to canvas since we arrived on the upper Sunshine Coast last November. It’s not that I

Building a rudimentary herb garden was one of my first priorities when we moved onto the bluff. Just because I had to cook in an outdoor kitchen, didn’t mean I had to scrimp on flavour. I started by bringing a couple of pots up to Twin Eagles Bluff from Vancouver. One pot had a very

Located almost in the centre of the Twin Eagles Bluff property is our first visitor camping spot. You can drive right up to this camp site on a road that was built when we connected the water from the well down to the Love Shack. Mitch had the foresight to make sure that we placed

There’s an interesting dichotomy on the bluff. At this time of year, the two most common birds flying around the property are the Bald Eagles and the Anna’s Hummingbirds. In appearance, behaviour and attitude, I don’t think you could find two birds who are more different. About the only thing they have in common is

For several months, Mitch has been designing a ramp that would start at the top of the Bluff and go down to the beach without any turns. Since we have about 435 feet of ocean front, a ramp like this was feasible, although the terrain was rough and it would have to be built carefully.