CHUCKY WITH HIS "TOM" SWEATER KNITTED BY MARJIE WORKING IN THE PORT DOVER STUDY - MARJIE STARTED KNITTING THAT SWEATER IN A COTTAGE WE RENTED OUTSIDE PORT DOVER ON A HOLIDAY FROM MAINE - IT WAS AT THIS TIME WE SAW THE FOUNDATIONS LAID FOR OUR FUTURE HOUSE - WE HADN'T PLANNED ANYTHING BUT WHEN WE SAW THE NEW FOUNDATION ON A RISE ABOVE THE LAKE WE DECIDED TO INVESTIGATE - I HAD ALWAYS THOUGHT SOMEONE SHOULD BUILD CONDOS IN THE LOCATION AND THERE IT WAS - I'M PRETTY SURE WE WERE ALREADY THINKING ABOUT LEAVING THE US - WE SIGNED UP WITH THE REALTOR AND PAID A DEPOSIT - LATER THE ARRANGEMENTS GOT A LITTLE COMPLICATED AND WHEN WE MOVED WE HAD TO SPEND A COUPLE OF MONTHS AT A COTTAGE THE REALTOR FOUND US IN PORT DOVER WHILE CONSTRUCTION WAS FINISHED - A JOHN CHUCKMAN IMAGE