We, being Anne, Jay, Jane and I, have opened the cabin for this summer. Except the summer is not here yet. Or at least this summer’s warmth isn’t here yet. It is cold, long underwear, fleece and lined slippers cold. Last night’s low was in the forties. Today’s high will be in the sixties, hopefully. As you can see the trees have not leafed out yet. One advantage of our early arrival is that we are here before the mosquitos have come out. We were awoken this morning, not by the cock-a-doodle-do of a rooster, but by the gobble-gobble-goggle of a tom turkey.

Like yesterday, today, the girls busied themselves with cleaning out the kitchen. Yesterday, I fled and went grocery shopping at Meijers. When I returned the kitchen was a totally disassembled mess. I could barely make my way through it. The girls soon left, again for Meijers and points east. Reveling in the peace, I napped. Yesterday, Jane fixed dinner and today Jay did it again.