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Mental Health Monday - March 2, 2026

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It’s Bell Let’s Talk Day & some maintenance on the #kioti tractor #offgrid #novascotia #mentalhealth

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Memories - Philip spent many childhood summers at Deer Lake (Burnaby BC) - being a kid, sailing

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Stop through in Toronto for some medical tests. Tonight the Blue Jays are going to win!

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Building inspector came by about septic & a walk down the driveway with the puppies

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Septic pump installing. Happy Thanksgiving Day!

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Happy Birthday to Mako & his human - supports are down, next step - infloor heat and concrete

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Taking down the scaffolding and things we wish we knew and would do differently.

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On patrol with the puppies. Nice to let them run about while on a stroll

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House walls are poured and the sonotubes for the roof of the deck are poured!

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Pouring footings for the covered deck

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End of Sunday on Jordan Bay, Nova Scotia

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Fall colours on the south shore of Nova Scotia

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The house (concrete) pour is done, mostly,,,

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Row 6 is nearly done!

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A night in Halifax looking out at the harbour and remembering 9/11 that happened 24 years ago today.

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The 6th (of the 7) row of ICF has started!

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5th row of the ICF walls!

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All windows and doors are braced for concrete!

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Pounding in rebar and collecting water because it never rains!

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Nearly ready for the next steps.

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Bracing the ICF walls

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Bracing for ICF walls

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It’s a sail night at Shelburne Harbour Yacht Club - and Philip is Grill Daddy

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Bracing the windows for the concrete pour.

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Installing Element ICF window bucks

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4th row is nearly complete!

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Third full row in the house including windows.

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Cutting the ICF to fit in the windows

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Element ICF is really simple to put together.

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The house is going up! We have walls and starting to have window holes along with the doors!

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2 rows (32 inches) of ICF wall installed today

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Last night we enjoyed Crescent Beach in Lockeport. Beautiful beach and sunset

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Filling water jugs from the well & water for birds and wildlife

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Jordan Bay an hour before high tide. #hurricaneerin didn’t hit land but we have this storm surge.

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First water out of well & the bigfoots in for the covered deck roofline & neighbourhood excitement

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We have a well WITH water in it despite the extreme dryness of Nova Scotia!

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Watching Harlow Construction backfill the frostwall

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Backfilling continuing around the frostwall

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Laying out the septic lines in the house

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Backfilling frost walls and prepping for plumbing

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Halifax Seaport Beerfest 2025

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Halifax Harbour for lunch and a snack

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The build site is cleaned up and ready for the next steps

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Fire safety and working in the woods on our private land in Nova Scotia during the woods closure

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Frost wall concrete ✔️

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Concrete in the frost walls time. Here we go!

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Marking windows & doors and final prep for concrete pour on frost wall tomorrow of our ICF house

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ICF frost wall install day is here!

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Here are the walls of our house and garage all the way to the rafters.

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It is go time! The ICF forms have arrived.

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Ice Cream stop along the TransCanada Hwy at Masstown

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Rebar has arrived!

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Hole for footings is complete, clearing for well today.

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Philip’s version of the wall - his wall.

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The view from the Upper Deck at the Shelburne Yacht Club

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The first drive on the new driveway!

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Checking out the main build site with Gandalf the Border Collie

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The driveway progress is so fast!

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Discussing moral injury and looking out at the Bay of Fundy on the Atlantic Ocean in Nova Scotia

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