June 19, 2012
7:30 AM
Wet. It's wet out.
Foggy. Sort of misting. The deck boards are slippery and slimy.
Forecast is for more rain today and tomorrow. Blech.
Chilly too! About 12C
in the cabin, only 10C outside. That's 50F for anyone who doesn't
think in metric. I'm getting tired of my nose running all the time.
I need to go get water
from the lake. Brrrrrr!
9:15 AM
Got a fire going in the
stove. This will make a dramatic improvement in my quality of life.
Don't know why I didn't do it before. I guess maybe I couldn't accept
that it is freakin' cold and may continue wet and cold for the
summer. I still hope that the weather will improve, that summer will
unfold gloriously hot and sunny. But I have comes to terms with the
idea that this is what it is for now. And I jolly well better start
adapting.
So, I will make several
more trips today to bring in wood. Get the wood bins filled, maybe
make some kindling. Settle in. It is conducive to writing, at least.
10:30 AM
Keeping the fire going.
It's a couple of degrees warmer in here than outside now. It takes
awhile to heat this place. I'll have to go out for more wood soon.
Everything is damp so I need to let the wood dry out a bit by the
stove before it will burn well. The dogs will enjoy getting outside
for a bit of a romp. They are pretty bored.
They just said on the
radio to expect multiple thundershowers from this afternoon through
into tomorrow. And lots of rain. Ok. Wood getting now before it
starts.
11:00 AM
Now that's what I like
to see! A full wood bin. That is a happy sight indeed.
I could keep going and
fill the bin by the fireplace as well, but I've had enough close
encounters with big scary spiders for one day. Spiders love wood
piles. Fortunately, they scuttle away in a panic when I lift out the
logs. And, fortunately, none of them knows that all it would take is
for one of them to stand her ground and wave her creepy legs at me,
to send me running and screaming.
2:00 PM
Fire still going. It is
16C in the cabin, 14C outside (to translate, that's 58F outside and
about 62F inside).
Much better than
before. Tolerable, even.
6:15 PM
Wow. Positively balmy
in here now. 18C! I may even take my jacket off. But not my boots.
Not for a few degrees yet.
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