Steady rain all day. Everywhere you look, water is running down. Swales swamped, culverts conveying, channels chuckling.

And, what better on a rainy day than going to Mum's? We both had the traditional Manitoulin breakfast with brown toast and bacon crispy.

On arrival home, we found the power out again—for the second time since we have been here. Ontario Hydro has it figured out—you pay all year, even when you have the place completely shut down (including a delivery charge when nothing is delivered), but once you get here and turn the power on, it only works sometimes.

We moved the chopsaw onto the entry porch and used it (once power was restored) to cut battens in order to finish trimming out the the upper level. Compound mitres are tricky. But we got them done, and are now on, tomorrow, to simple bevels.