I was reminded by someone tonight that it's been a long time since I posted anything (she sent me an email saying "Are you still alive?"). Well that's true, and it's not because I've been too busy. I fill the days but always have extra time.
I went to RI, came home last week. I went down on Thursday and came home Monday, had a really nice time with lots of good visiting. On Friday I drove Liza to town to take care of a bunch of errands. Saturday we went to Champlin's to get lobsters and clams, then sat on the beach there for a while, very nice. We went out for lunch then sat THERE on a bench looking at the boats for a while, also very nice. Sunday was a quiet day, we just spent time together. Mark & I walked the dogs on the URI campus in the morning. It's become a beautiful campus, doesn't look much the way it did when I was there. Lots of trees and lawns and new buildings.
The postmistress came to see me on Friday afternoon--we scoped out a new spot for my mailbox, out on the hardtop. My friend Duncan is going to help me put it up, maybe tomorrow or Weds. Meanwhile I still go to town for my mail. How embarrassing is it to have the sort and hold your mail when all it is is junk mail? Very embarrassing. They're very nice at the post office but I bet they wonder just exactly WHEN I'll have a mailbox again. Soon, folks, soon.
Northern NY has sure been in the news for the last 3 weeks. What drama! I wasn't afraid that the inmates would come here--they wouldn't want to head this way, in the opposite direction from Canada. We've been entertained daily by CNN and local reports. Now we just need to find out how it all happened. Everyone here is relieved, now we can get on with our lives.
We had a big storm last week, very heavy wind and hard rain. The lake level has risen, by one account it's risen 18" in the last month. That sure seems like a lot but my dock is under water right now, and Linda's dock came apart and the frame is at water level. Someone usually takes apart the beaver dams at the foot of the lake but that hasn't happened yet this year. That would make a huge difference.
I went to Plattsburgh today, had lunch with Julie, a nice visit. I bought too many things at Target and have to return some of them so will return to town on Weds. and have lunch with Barb then. Thai today, Greek on Weds. I picked up Duncan Sunday morning and we went to Plattsburgh for brunch, but the restaurant was closed so we ended up at Gus', with Bill and Fred. It was nice but no fancy brunch.
I bought more flowers on Sat., the nursery is having a big sale before they dump everything. I have to make up at least one more planter, will take that to the boat house. I brought back some plants from RI--physostegia, gooseneck loosestrife and a rose bush. The rose bush was part of a bush we took from the house I lived in more than 30 years ago in RI. I had a big one here but it has pretty much died, crowded by blackberry bushes. I'm hoping this new bush will like it here as much as the old one did before the blackberries came along. It's a tea rose, smells fantastic.
Tomorrow I go to Westport for Tess' medicine ($75 a month if I buy it at the vet's--I need to start buying it online), plus I need to get heartworm meds and flea repellent for both dogs. That will cost a LOT of money. The mosquitoes are pretty bad so I don't mind getting the heartworm med.
This Saturday is the Rogers family meeting and cousins are starting to arrive. I haven't been to camp since last week (these are not my favorite cousins) but will probably go down later this week to say hello. Too many people there for me, and one of them makes a huge fuss about keeping my dogs out of main camp. So much for "we all need to get along." I just avoid them.
The dogs are doing well. Tess limps sometimes but I took her down to Duncan's the other day and she was fine. I walked her on a leash, that's what I do with her now. She can almost run but not really--she tries sometimes, then sort of shrugs and starts walking instead.
There was a moose sighting between here and Saranac Lake--Linda saw one coming home one night at dusk. It ran across the road in front of her on the Alder Brook Road. Very exciting. We saw a blackburnian warbler at her camp the other day, a very pretty bird and fun to see. Mostly we have goldfinches and purple finches, with an occasional nuthatch. Linda had a cedar waxwing in her trees recently and today she saw a catbird. That's rare here. The robin who nests in my upstairs window has hatched 4 young ones and I can hear the peep peep peep when she shows up to feed them. Very noisy.
The sun is supposed to shine tomorrow morning so maybe I'll mow the lawn. Maybe.
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