The old girl is quite demanding this year, but will be in fine fettle when we’ve finished, all shipshape and Bristol fashion.

Black flies are gone, pushed out by mosquitoes, who arrived in force.

The screened porch is a marvelous haven.

Prominent birds: black throated green warbler, oven bird, great crested flycatcher, jay, raven, flicker, crow, herring gull, loon.