Fiacré's spade: Vacation, Day 4: Hanging around the cabin

Monday, August 26, 2019

Vacation, Day 4: Hanging around the cabin

Wednesday, August 14

For breakfast, I slowly cooked scrambled eggs into two more or less round patties and melted cheese on top while heating ham on the side. I assembled everything into two breakfast sandwiches on toasted English muffins. We both enjoyed them very much.

Breakfast sandwiches

The morning was calm and cool. We planned to just hang around the cabin for the day. Enough with riding in the car. The water lilies were blooming near the dock.

Water lilies blooming by the dock

I had not noticed before that the water lily flowers were spring-loaded. I suppose that is so they can adjust to water levels.

The stem of the water lily flower looks like it is spring-loaded

We took the boat out to fish. Jane and I each caught a bass that unhooked itself before we had to put on the fishing glove. Jane landed a small bluegill. We rowed all the way around the bay and back to the cabin without catching anything, although we did get nibbles. Just as well. We are not serious fisherpersons, and it was a lovely day to be on the lake.

We spent the afternoon on the deck, reading and listening to the birds. We had to get out sweatshirts to be comfortable in the shade of the birch trees. A highlight was when a hummingbird came to forage in the flowerboxes along the deck rail. It was close enough that I could have touched it. So cool.

An adult loon with two juveniles came into the bay. They never got very close to us, which explains the crappy pictures. One juvenile was diving and seemingly foraging for itself, while the other was still being fed by the adult. They looked to be the same size. Perhaps one was just a tiny bit younger or simply needy.

An adult loon feeding a juvenile a fish

There was not much of difference in size between the offspring and the parent, but the coloration was quite different. The juveniles were gray where the adult was black.