At the Blue Moon Lodge.
Even though it’s 45 degrees and raining.
It’s always a challenge to choose the perfect weekend to open our cabin and pull out the porch furniture.
This weekend has failed us. No sun, strong chilly wind. Yet I’m about to set out my bright, summery rugs and cushions and hang graphics that depict moments of summer that are still a fantasy.
We celebrate so many wonderful family events at our cabin – the 4th of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving. But our busy winter schedule, and the mud and gloom that prevails in Indiana then, holds us at bay until spring cleaning brings us back. Our screen porch at the cabin is almost as big as the cabin, itself! I’ve collected comfortable chairs for years to create private little areas where guests can sneak away. Seeing my chairs in place makes me think summer, but I have to keep my gloves on as I pull them from storage!
So I may postpone the porch until further into May…
I’ll take you on a tour instead.
It seems that spring arrived very late at the cabin. Looking across the lake, I can still see through the trees, so that means the leaves have a way to go to reach their full glory.
And my cattails haven’t sent up many green shoots yet. Although they’re usually exploding by Labor Day.
We lost half of one of our big, beautiful pine trees over Christmas in a horrific wind storm. Got a call from our neighbor who gave us the bad news. Fortunately the top fell toward the dock and didn’t really damage anything.
I’ve put a few accessories on the porch, but only half-heartedly. There’s a green dust that settles at some point in April. Although it’s a month later, I don’t see any traces yet, so putting out the rugs and cushions this weekend could be counterproductive.
