While we have been 6 months away, building the "family resort" on Vancouver Island, invasive bamboo has been taking over the "family home" in Raleigh, NC. John had already cut a lot of it down when I got my first look at the 6 inch high, 2 1/2 inch diameter green tubes spread about our back lawn. It was my very own "Day of the Triffids" horror show! Years ago, when I planted a single shoot for spring vegetables I never gave any thought to what might happen if it went considerable time without mowing. There had been one shoot, then 4 shoots, then 15(small)shoots, never enough for a good meal, garden stakes, or even a fishing line, so I forgot about it. Suddenly here is a forest of 40-ft. "bad grass". Reading up online how to get rid of the stuff was not encouraging. After a day of despair we got to it, and hey presto: not impossible after all. Excellent upper body exercise to clean off the side shoots with a machete: a little every day! Don't know what I'll do with it, but it's great stuff!
A first look at the Black Pearl was pretty discouraging as well! It's hard to remember what we were up to last April, and there sure is a lot more to do than I remembered, beyond the fact that the deck is a foot deep in fallen leaves & they are not even all fallen!
A simple place to begin is to finish cladding the interior with white fibreglass sheeting, so that is this week's effort: not thrilling, but it will look nice. We sat around a while enjoying the space. It will be fun when we get to live aboard again!
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A simple place to begin is to finish cladding the interior with white fibreglass sheeting, so that is this week's effort: not thrilling, but it will look nice. We sat around a while enjoying the space. It will be fun when we get to live aboard again! 
