Little Blake Lake

It was cool and cloudy, but we lazily got a lot done.

We were at Cafe Wren for breakfast, coffee, and wifi three mornings.

We got the decking installed on the dock and marked the boards that need replacing.

We admired a couple of the familiar bits of the environment: the deer herd next door and the wonderful handprints from last summer.

I got the mast and the wind baskets out of the garage and up in the wind again. I think they need replacing. Not only is the cloth tattered, but the main swivel doesn't work well.


There is a bit of new construction next door. Beautiful wood from Sweden. Inside there's a wood stove, a box of rocks, a pail, and a dipper. We also have reassurances that nudity will not be a feature of this new building until after a few beers in January.

Cafe Wren had their annual plant and craft sale this weekend. I went wild and purchased some salvia to temp the local hummingbirds, a yellow lily to complement the red and orange ones in the front garden, and a red begonia for the "RedTom" (the top of the old lakeside fireplace).

Nancy found a bit of artwork for the day lily garden out back. We both like it.

All weekend, boats full of anglers were haunting "our" shoreline, because as the boys next door told us last weekend, the crappies are numerous and larger than they were last year.

Monday morning anglers

Meanwhile in the house, I did a lot of reading and napping. Nancy did a lot of writing (but not as much as she first thought).

Then we had to come home and face the flowering crab and lilacs in the rainy back yard. Life is great.


Here's hoping your time was as wonderful.