Best sunset yet.

Claire, Anabel, and Bob came up Friday afternoon. We were waiting for them. The following delicious meals were eaten: delicious pasta, delicious, stir-fry, delicious tacos, delicious fruit salad, and delicious blueberry and strawberry and banana pancakes with local maple syrup. We also had some very delicious drinks. The weather was lovely, we sunbathed and Claire and I made it in the water. Ferndawg has been holding up her end of the bargain and swimming every day. Brandon has been working hard on LDB's second Lair and a hut for spiritual journeys.

Brandon saw a horse running free on the dirt road on the way into town. He didn't get why there was a horse running free without anybody around until he realized it was a MOOOSSSSEEE. A girly one without horns. Beats the three deer we saw on the way to get ice cream the night before. Oh, and yesterday there was this big bald eagle, you know, America Bird, flying all over the lake. Then, while Brandon and Bob went to the beaver damn Ferndawg showed up with a deer. Only the end half of it, just some hooves and bones. I tied it to a try and got all excited for Ferndawg. But Brandon didn't notice it forever until I showed him. It looked like a storm was moving in, but it rolled right past. I read my book and we had a bonfire with morning glories.

The sunsets have been lovely so far, and the breeze has kept the bugs down. I've cleared a little patch to grow a herb garden in, I'm gonna work on it some more today. The cabin is dark, I forgot about this when I thought about all the crafting I wanted to do up here. Right now the porch is still a bit cold to be working on stuff all day, its warmest laying in the sun.

OH NO! The cover to the tube is ripped to shreds. We took the boat out, though, it was SWEET.

Yesterday we went out to Monson and then headed to Packard's Landing to hike to the Ice Caves. The hike was steeper than I remembered so we didn't do the whole thing. But we ate a sandwich the size of a baby and I collected lots of cool specimens and it is a very different forest so it was cool to explore a bit.

MOO-STACK-EEY

Ferncat discovered the great outdoors; Ferndawg got elephantitis; we visited Big Wilson Stream; I cooked some delicious shit; we drank a tasty new cocktail; I watered the lawn; the fabric store is a bust.

Fernkitty loves it here. After spending a day playing with bobbins and exploring the cabin, I carried her outside. She was cool. Then I had her follow me outside. Now she has been coming and going, mostly eating bugs and plants and exlporing under the cabin. Last night we put her on the porch to get this giant moth. She took it down. When we brought her inside to come to town she tried to open the door this morning.

Ferndawg has been having some rough times. Twice she has slipped on the big rock and fallen under the dock. Her paws are raw and her bad back leg is hurting her bad. Yesterday we went for a picnic instead of a hike because she was so stiff. She loved the falls, she didn't get swept down them. But she did get bite by a horsefly and got elephantitis. The little blackflies we pretty nasty to her also. The swelling has finally gone down. Luckily, she didn't seem to affected by the fact that her face swelled up twice the size and she looked GROSS.

Big Wilson Falls were gorgeous. I collected slate tile pieces and skipping stones. Ferndawg found a shoulderblade bone for Brandon.

Yesterday afternoons cocktail was delicious:

4oz fresh squeezed grapefruit
3oz st. germaine

2oz vodka

1/2 oz simple syrup

4oz soda water

Then I made the dinner of all dinners while Brandon napped, a lasagna with the following layers:

1. Fresh cut pasta sheet

2. White bean sauce (cannelli beans, walnuts, 1/2 bulb roasted garlic, soymilk, miso, mustard, nut yeast, salt and pepper.
3. Baked tofu

4. Sauteed mushrooms

5. Steamed kale

6. More bean sauce

7. More pasta

8. Sliced tomato

9. Sliced artichoke

10. More sauce

11. More pasta

12. More sauce

Then I baked that and served a sauce of butter, shallots, lemon zest, and fresh basil.

YUM

YUM

I've been reading Kafka on the Shore that Sisty got me.

The weather is still windy, haven't even made it into the canoe yet, but its bright and sunny today.

Oh hey.

We made it to Maine! Its chilly, sunny, and windy. Ferndawg loves the water and running free and is going to go swimming everyday so she earns that $20 worth of rawhide I promised her. Twice she has slipped on the rocks and ended up under the dock. She is a moron. Ssisty and Aaron were up with dah baby-eater and dah baby belly. Fun times.

I found a new craft store and a quilting store nearby.

Today we are going grocery shopping, mowing the lawn, and I'm gonna work on the curtains.

The black flies are bad.