Long Point - Victoria Day weekend 2014

As is customary, Christine and her friends came to the cottage for the long weekend. In preparation I got some of the deck furniture out of the garage and purchased a new patio dining set as the old one was cracked and too heavy for me to manage.

Rasta being his usual helpful self, during the patio table
construction.

The weather was not wonderful. Cool, windy and often cloudy. However we walked on the beach and to the bird banding station.

Eve and Danielle watching a bird being banded through the window. Even the birds
were unimpressed by the weather, very few were in the nets but we saw a black and
white warbler, magnolia warbler and american redstart. 

Last years blog post shows a warm weekend with sunbathing and kayaking. In contrast, this year, we spent most of the time inside, only going out to walk, run, bike ride or soak in the hot tub. Although there was a "polar bear plunge" but I failed to witness it or there would have been pictures. So it was a weekend of game playing (Seven wonders, Settlers, Rummy, Spot-it and a group game of Newlywed Game even though we only had one newlywed couple among us - interestingly the newest couple won and the non-couple did pretty well too)

Rasta wasn't so much into the game playing as he was into the abundance of knees to lie on and hands
to stroke or play with him.

We had hoped that Two and Rasta would learn to get along but any closer than this and
it was open warfare. There were periods of hissing and chasing interspersed with
 "sending them to their rooms". To no avail - they parted enemies.

What is so nice about having Chris' friends visit every year is that they have it down to a fine art. All of the meals are taken care of, they know their way around the kitchen and the cottage in general, its great to catch up on their lives each year and this year they were very helpful with the heavy chores like digging out the basement window, carrying heavy chairs and uncovering the last vegetable garden. We also celebrated Christine's birthday a week early and she plans another party for next week.