Good morning from God's country, it's daylight in the swamp.  For some apparent reason the good Lord has decided that we should wake up to a foggy morning.  This reminds me of those those early mornings growing up, when I would get up to do my chores and help milk the cows on the west coast.
  The love of my life will return late tonight, for her final five days of vacation time.  I am not sure if she has to return home on Sunday evening or if she will be leaving directly for work from here on Monday.  She did not have her schedule when she last left the lake, so I guess I will find out when she returns.  What are our plans?  Well plenty of relaxation time!
  This weekend is the annual celebration for the village of Shell Lake, "HAY DAYS".  Our version of a country fair, just on a much smaller scale.  Some of the activities usually include a parade, supper, dance, pancake breakfast, woodcarving displays, old tractors, horse rides, usually some kids rides, beer gardens just to name a few.  Anyways it seems to keep the local people in the village, and from around the surrounding rural area, as well as the resort areas well occupied for a couple of days.
  Oh oh I just heard my first robin of the morning!  Yes, Boots has had his first breakfast of the day, and  yes he is now awake and prepared to defend his ground!  My God they have us surrounded, he does not no which window to stand guard at first.  They are in the trees all around us.  Which part of our grass will they be pouncing and jumping on first?  Such decisions for him to make!  There I've gone and calmed him down for now, seems like the the dreaded robins have moved off to another section of the campground for now.  He is now over to my window waiting for his morning visit from the sparrows, such a ham!  These sparrows do not seem to bother him as much, possibly because they are smaller.
  This morning I will be off to coffee with Donald, you know the usual routine and then down to check the boat.  After the dew is off the grass, the mowers will be out in full force as we start tidying up our yards and getting them ready for another week.  If we get the heavy stuff done today, then on Friday morning in one hour we can have all the grass recut for the weekend.  This will make things look really good for "Hay Days".  In this way all that Susan will have to do is sit back on the deck and enjoy her remaining time off and help in the planning and execution of Building the Simple life.........................