Long list of tasks, from cleaning the fridge, to wrapping the porch. Certainly, this is the down side of cottaging—unpleasant, but doable...........and it only happens once a year.

Adding insult, the wind continues. We are now into day five of unrelenting near-gale-force north-east winds. I've read that the the unceasing winds out on the western prairies drove early settlers nuts. I understand. One can hope conditions change by Monday morning when it will be time to pull the waterline, during which operation the dingy is sometimes required. The past five days, nothing resembling a boat has been launch able.

I feel sorry for any late season boaters who need to get somewhere, because they're not.

Low fire in the stove all day. It is cold outside.