Kiki and Tiger


February 12th and 13th (Wednesday and Thursday) 

We finished our work on Kiki in “The Shack” on Wednesday. We used what patch material we had left to lay a few more patches over areas of the bottom that showed a concentrated number of scratches. Overall I think the process of applying protective armour patches to Kiki went quite well. It was just too bad that we could not apply a second layer over all of the surfaces. Unfortunately, over the last few days we have noticed that Kiki’s forward air compartment was losing a slight amount of air. When I cleaned her on Monday I tried to pay close attention for any possible sign of bubbles in the soapy water as I scrubbed, but I saw none. We have no idea where the possible leak could be or how it got there, so at this point it is just a troubling thought.  
Our crabbing has been going much better of late. It would be interesting to know why, but suddenly large males seem to be more consistently in the area. We caught one on Wednesday, and then three on Thursday. 
Jason made us the most amazing crab cakes for dinner on Wednesday. They were large and perfectly crispy on the outside, coated in Panko, and yet still perfectly soft and beautifully flavourful on the inside. We enjoyed them with a spinach salad and green beans that we received from Eva. What a treat!
On Thursday we were again at the post office to place an order for groceries from Save-On-Foods. This was the last order, before the items will get put on the barge on the 20th, and then hopefully arrive up to us around the 26th. Tiger was in complete heaven the whole time that we were there, as she was getting constant love and attention from both of us, but especially from Jason, as I was using the mouse for the laptop. She was so cute with Jason as she sat in front of him on the counter. As he was petting her and talking to Dorothy, Tiger would lift one paw slowly up to Jason’s face or chest and touch him. She did this many times as she was just lapping up the cuddles and love. It was amazing to learn that Tiger was a local rescue cat; she was essentially wild before Dorothy made friends with her slowly, over time, with food. Now Tiger had the luxury of a heated post office as her home, and all of the love she could want, especially whenever we came in to say hi.  

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