Chateau Poulet - A Postscript

Well, we've left Bainbridge Island and are feeling just a bit ambivalent...sad to leave family and friends but eager to get back to Lake Mary.  This is a shot of our dock on a foggy day last fall.  Spring is my favorite time of the year at Lake Mary.  Everything is fresh and new.  Can hardly wait to see what's coming up in our gardens. 

So yesterday Linda (of Chateau Poulet) left a comment on my Farmers' Market post.   They had a wonderful trip to Bali (who wouldn't??) and I'm sure they're happy to be back home, too.

She likes the blog (blush/yay!).   But...and this is important to me...she clarified some of my observations which I'd like to pass on.  In a nutshell, here's the scoop in Linda's own words with a couple of links from me:

"The Chateau Poulet sign (from Out and About at Chateau Poulet) was done by my best friend, Wendy, and was photographed and published in the NY Times travel section last year in an article on Bainbridge."

How cool is that?  The article is quite interesting and the Chateau Poulet sign is included in this  SLIDE SHOW.

"Cannery Cove is indeed the name of the end of Eagle Harbor (islanders also call the 'End of the Bay'. " 

So I wasn't mistaken about that.  This next bit about the house that was moved is also fascinating.  The cable show wasn't Move That House, however...it was Monster Moves which is a BBC show.  It was Season 4, Episode 6.  I checked to see if I could download the episode but it's not available at the moment.  Darn.  Now back to Linda...

"The house that was moved there over a year ago is the big gray one across from the water (on your left going into town) with all the black plastic holding the earth down in front. The move took place at 4PM on the highest tide day of the year and was filmed for a BBC documentary.

"They had a food and wine stand there all day as many people were very interested. The house sat perched on a barge and they kept moving it closer as the day (and tide) proceeded. And then the house sat up on stilts and scaffolding while they waited for permits that took a long time coming. Apparently there were also well issues as the digging drained the neighbor's well above them. Fortunately it was all settled in a friendly fashion, not always the case on this small island!!"

Here is LINK to an article about the adventure that was published in the "Bainbridge Island Review".   You really ought to read it...it's incredible how it all transpired.

There's a photograph of the house on the barge.  According to the article, it was moved during the year's highest tide and they only had 90 minutes to get it off the barge an onto the property or the barge would get mired in the mud! 

And then Linda gave me a chuckle with the following:

Sorry the chicken roundup was difficult. I have just gotten good at it and the "new" girls are not completely trained in. It is useful for one person to "herd" and the other to open and close the door, so the ducks and the other girls don't wander out.

They are happily free-ranging as I type. And Roger Ramjet (the rooster) has gotten very territorial and nasty. He had better behave or he may become stew!!!

Roger Ramjet...don't you just love that?  Any guy would have a big ego with a name like that!  I'm kind of hoping he doesn't become stew. 

This will probably be my last post until we're back home.  I've got so many blogs to read when I finally settle back in my little cozy office.  Catching up is going to be a priority. 

And gardening.  Ironically, the past month the weather in Minnesota has been warmer than the weather in Washington.  Guess what...a cold front is moving down from Canada.  Guess where...Minnesota.  Oh well...

Stay tuned...