I have to end the suspense on what has been eating my garden. Here is a picture of the brazen creature who has consumed three varieties of lettuce, half of my Swiss chard and all of our broccoli. This groundhog's downfall was some Swiss chard which led him into this cage. Ron considerately took him over to a nature preserve 4 miles from here. I was feeling less charitable.
We went paddling at Lake St. George and it was idyllic. The water is so clear you can see 10-15 feet down easily. The cool lake temps were an antidote to a week long muggy sticky sweaty heat wave.
We found a little island to swim off. Usually the blueberries are ripe, but it was a few weeks early. Eileen, Leah, Ron and I had a leisurely time catching up on news and hearing details about the upcoming wedding. Maybe that's why I look so serious here!
Here is the champion canoe crew enjoying their upper body workout. The wind came up on the way back and we had to paddle pretty hard to get back to the landing.
Having the girls visit was a perfect reason to stay down in Vassalboro for the weekend and enjoy lake activities. Of course one cannot go on a lake without fishing and Leah happily caught a nice size bass fishing with Ron around the corner from "our" island. There was also a popular rope swing on the tree behind her that people were boating over to try with a variety of outcomes!
The weather with the heat and humidity has been tumultuous and many afternoons or evenings have ended with big storms. This was the Saturday evening variety.
There were different levels of clouds you could see slightly mixing but staying in layers.
The blackness should have been a signal to get inside but of course we stood there watching the wind and rain come through the field until it was pouring on us as we ran in the house.
The drenching rains caused an invasion of big black ants into the porch where the girls were sleeping so as it was storming outside we were vacuming up ants, and I was spraying with a mint oil poison. It was a blur of excitement.
Poor Leah, our city girl from Boston, the night before we lost power during dinner until the following morning, then her bedroom is invaded by insects. In the middle of the ant invasion to make herself feel more comfortable she said out loud to no one, "Well that's okay we'll sleep upstairs tonight."
All in all a great weekend with family, water, gardening, stories, and plenty of good drink and food. What's a few bugs or storms when you're with friends : )
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