cabin

end of the season

 We closed up the cabin this weekend.   We were thinking of giving it one more week, and then it snowed. Nope. All done. He did the leaf blower and lawn mower and cleaned up the whole entire yard. Put every last thing away, disconnected the water softener and brought that back home to store here

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cold saturday

 It was cold. Though it was warm in the cabin, they kept this fire going all day outside.  The water was choppy and cold, even whitecaps at times.  We made a few trips to the Tooth Fairy House.  As the kids and I crossed they yard in the resort next door, Charlie, who owns the

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fall

 It was such a pretty Thursday, leaves so pretty and bright against the blue sky.  Today we went for a walk before lunch.  They checked out the Tooth Fairy house next door.  This cat has been at the resort next door since when we bought our cabin in 2004.  The cats are friendly and tame,

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hot cabin day

 It was so hot outside today, so very humid.  The water was crystal clear and Elin spent time chasing fish.  She caught zero, tried to catch zero.  But she likes watching them.  It was so humid, it fogged the lens.  We washed windows and put up Halloween decorations.  We went to the Mexican restaurant in

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critters

 On the way back from their walk to the dam, we ran across this turtle:  He’s cool.  I picked him up and tilted him so they could see his colorful belly.  Then we put him back in the tall grass. When we went back a few minutes later, he was long gone, ran back to

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