Something's got to give

Tal and I arrived here this past Sunday morning on this much anticipated second part of our 2006 summer vacation. The only glitch has turned into something of a blessing. My computer’s wireless mechanism (how’s that for technical?) has somehow become disabled and I cannot with ease use the internet. Chickie and Pat have made a cable available at their desk and I can check e-mail while standing with the computer perched on a shelf. I’m not exactly inconspicuous! I am so grateful that the Harristhals are beyond accommodating, but, well, there is blessing in this turn of events.

I’ve checked e-mail and done only the follow up I’ve had to do. Otherwise, the computer is quiet and I’m on vacation! And, when the computer has been in use, it’s been as I’ve figured out how to catalog photographs in Adobe’s Photoshop Elements. Talk about a feeling of accomplishment! And, gone by the boards for these first five days at Shining Falls has been the web log. I have NO illusions that anyone has missed me, but, frankly, I’ve missed the writing.

Again – as during our time here this past June, we’re focused on the weather. For most part it’s been unsettled. We arrived on Sunday to balmy temperatures, but late in the day a cold front moved through with dramatic lightening and thunder. For the last two days the wind’s been up, mostly from the southeast which punishes our little bay and makes parking the boat at the Cabin Four dock a little tricky. We’ve also had a couple days of mostly rain and until today the temperatures have been such that morning and evening fires in the stoves have felt wonderful. Imagine that, a fire for warmth at midday on August 23rd! Tal and I don’t fish in the worst of it, but we have the luxury of time, our stay of nine days about double that of most guests.

For my part, I’m much like the weather – unsettled. The forced quiet, the long hours for both extra sleep and bouts of pondering and, as I said, being for most part “computerless” is all for the good. In my life something’s just got to give.