Evening

It took us awhile to get settled in the cabin. Seems like we always carry enough stuff in to last us at least 2 months. For a 3 day week end. But one never knows when one may get a freak April snowstorm stranding us in the cabin for an extra day!! It helps to know we now have two ways to reach the cabin, though. Glad Shauna thought to stop at the little store and ask.
The tea kettle was simmering on a back burner so Kim and Judy had a cup of Jasmine Tea. It smelled as good as it tasted. Then we got out the card table and a jigsaw puzzle was unceremoniously dumped out and the empty box hidden under Doris' bed. She is the warden of the box, not allowing he rest of us even a teensy, tiny 3 second peek. Our best time to date is a 1000 piece, "NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS", completed in just under 5 hours. We were hustling on that one. This puzzle, "Polar Bears in a Blizzard", might just prove to be our downfall. But, I doubt it. We don't back down from many challenges, always encouraging and/or teasingly goading each other. After completion, some of the puzzles have been glued together, framed and given to those we think might enjoy them. Others are returned to the box and dropped at a Goodwill Store. We had just gotten all the pieces flipped over when Shauna pushed back her chair and wandered toward the door. Judy knew what was coming. "So, who's up for a midnight promenade?" Shauna asked. "I'm in," came from Doris who was already headed toward the door. Kim's face, too, lit up. "Let me hit the bathroom and get rid of this tea and I AM READY," she said. Judy, who they all knew was not a friend of the night, seemed to be deciding whether it would be better to be in the dark with the other 3 or left all alone in the empty cabin. "Do we have to go right now? Don't you wan't to work on this fine puzzle?" she asked.