at the cottage

Cottage thermometer this morning.


I'm typing this at the dining room table at the cottage. Jeff is still asleep. It was pretty darned cold when I woke up this morning (see thermometer above), so the first thing I did was build a fire, heat up some water for tea and porridge.

Jeff and I arrived last night, happily avoiding the predicted thunderstorm. Jeff's been massively busy with work lately, and we've both been very much looking forward to this coming week. Lots of reading and napping, I suspect. I have to do some work, but since this is our first real holiday together in a while, I'm going to be spending more time off the computer than on.

We have electricity but no running water; it's a bit too early to put in the water system. This means that any hot water will need to be heated up over the stove. No showers, either, but that's ok...bathing in the sauna is one of my favorite things at the cottage. :-)

Reminder: Please don't send me any big files this week. No high-speed Internet access up here, just a regular dial-up phone line. I'll probably be checking e-mail once a day, but may not respond this week.



I took this photo by leaning over the edge of the dock
and snapping a photo of my reflection in the lake.


So good to be up here again. It's incredibly quiet compared to the chaos back in the city. As I type this (sometimes dictating to Viavoice to give my arms a break), I can hear a crow cawing in the distance, birds in the forest, water heating up on the stove in the kitchen, the crackle of the fire behind me. Light ripples across the ceiling above my head: the reflection of sunlight on the lake outside. So much open space and sunlight! It's one thing I really crave in our city condo.

Water in the kettle's boiling; I'm going to go make some cinnamon spice tea.

Happy Mother's Day to all you mothers out there!



Boathouse this morning just before I typed this Blathering.

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