Buttoning Up

Our last hurrah. Last weekend on the island for this season. Ostensibly to "button up".

If the lake looked wonderful in summer, it looks positively gorgeous in autumn, and once again reminded both us us, separately, of our visit to Lake Placid last September.

Did a few end-of-season chores: lime & fertilizer on the ground, put the Thinking Swing in the shed, but mostly it was just a chance to say goodbye. The thought did cross my usually optimistic mind that who knows what the future may bring, if something will intervene so we can't return, as it did with the previous owners. But for now, I'll just be grateful for the wonderful summer we had on the lake.

More on the Destroilet

It turned out the Destroilet was, in fact, put into production.

Ad for one: http://theimmaculateconsumption.wordpress.com/2009/08/12/introducing-the-destroilet/

Another person's reminiscences:

http://theworldwasturning.blogspot.com/2010/05/arriving-at-cabin-or-destroilet.html

And as recently as 2005, someone was looking for a replacement for his old Destroilet. Apparently it was still working, but he had to replace parts, including his squirrel cage(!)

http://www.kountrylife.com/cgi-bin/viewit.cgi?bd=forum&th=185444

And, the Pièce de résistance, a band which calls itself "Destroilet", which you can check out on youtube.

Scary, but not yet Halloween

Somehow Steven got loose on the island without me. True, the pontoon boat had to be taken out of the water before they lowered the lake level. He took Seth, purportedly to help do that, and "tighten up for the winter".

They were gone all day. I have no idea what I'll find either down or up next trip.