Welcome to the Family Silver Sue!

Sylvia

On  March 26th, which also marked my sister's 14th birthday (a momentus occasion in itself), we ventured towards the South Shore to pick up the newest member of our family. 


I've haven't had the best track record naming things, my cat became known as Mister Fluff because I couldn't decide which word would best describe him... and I thought it a novel idea that due to his striking resemblance he could be the reincarnation of my first pet Fluffy.


Thank goodness then that Bryan instantly came up with a suitable name, and seeing as it is also the name of my Grammy's baby sister, I thought it was the perfect fit -  Sylvia, or Silver Sue for short.

We left home that Saturday with clear skies and sunshine, however we were greeted in New Canada by a sequence of snow squalls so powerful that they nearly knocked us over. Winter hadn't been kind to the area around Sue, so the boys had to work almost an hour to wiggled her out of her nook in the yard. By the time we were ready to say our goodbyes the weather had turned and the sun started to peak through again, lighting our way back towards the valley.

Bry and I had the good fortune of following behind Silver Sue as she gracefully made the turns of the very familiar #10 highway. Growing up I spent nearly every summer at the other end of the #10 with my Grandparents in Nictaux Falls.  As we chaperoned Sue on her way to her makeover we went down old roads that I had not traveled in over 15 years.  

Certain buildings and streams brought back memories from dreams I'd had since then; bizarre visions and emotions of being confined in a summer camp, and participating in an escape led by a girl with dark ringlets, wearing a blue trimmed white sun dress. False versions of this drive had replaced my memories of the true scenery I'd enjoy'd as a child, so it was an incredibly surreal trek that afternoon as I sorted though the fact and the fiction in my mind.  

Once we safely got Sue to Gary's we started our thorough examination to find out the true extent of damage. Unfortunately Sue's tarp had been missing for some time, so the holes where the new vents were to be installed had been letting in water. Sadly the newly replaced floor that the previous owner had painstakingly installed is now damaged and needs to come out. 


On a positive note, the previous owner had been an electrician, so all of Sue's wiring is new and in working order. Thank goodness, because I hadn't really budgeted for that department.


Sue is going to spend the next 9 weeks or so with Gary as he finds creative ways to transform her into my dream boutique! It was sad to leave Sue so far away in Annapolis while she gets her face lift, but my excitement grows daily as I prep for her arrival here at home, where she will eventually appear all primped and preened and ready to go!