star island, part III
May. 26th, 2004 05:58 amIt's down in the 30s, we have a steady fire going, Dad turned on the gas heater in the living room, and it's still damn cold upstairs in the cabin.
I couldn't get back to sleep after waking up, and am consequently online for a bit. Sunrise is happening as I type, though, and it's quite pretty to watch the sky over the lake.
Yesterday the wind shifted to the west and then died down by late evening, so we went down to the dock for a bit to watch the stars come out and the loons swim in pairs across the still waters. The mayflies were pleasantly still, driven into huddles by the cold.
The only bad spot yesterday was that I burnt my left thumb and index finger rather badly on a marshmallow skewer. I had sterilized it in the fire, and then taken it to the kitchen to clean. But I forgot, for the necessary five seconds, that I had to run it under cold water before swiping the ashy residue off. So I currently have almost an inch-long narrow burn where I pinched the metal between my finger and thumb.
Thank god for ice-packs.
I couldn't get back to sleep after waking up, and am consequently online for a bit. Sunrise is happening as I type, though, and it's quite pretty to watch the sky over the lake.
Yesterday the wind shifted to the west and then died down by late evening, so we went down to the dock for a bit to watch the stars come out and the loons swim in pairs across the still waters. The mayflies were pleasantly still, driven into huddles by the cold.
The only bad spot yesterday was that I burnt my left thumb and index finger rather badly on a marshmallow skewer. I had sterilized it in the fire, and then taken it to the kitchen to clean. But I forgot, for the necessary five seconds, that I had to run it under cold water before swiping the ashy residue off. So I currently have almost an inch-long narrow burn where I pinched the metal between my finger and thumb.
Thank god for ice-packs.