Wow, Jeff posted in Blatherchat. I think that could be a first for him (if you're curious, he does browse Blatherchat comments from time to time, though not LJ).

Big dock spider (I think that's what it is, anyway) that
I met in the outhouse, sitting on the wall beside my head.

Smaller spider that was sitting beside the one above.

Lazy day yesterday, at least for me. Did some reading, napped, did some writing, cartooning. At the end of the day, Jeff and I watched Casablanca on his laptop up in our sleeping cabin. I dozed off while he watched the special features, but stayed awake long enough to see "Carrotblanca" (the Bugs Bunny version :-)).

Haven't seen Casablanca in a while...geez, I had forgotten what a great movie this is. Ingrid Bergman is dead gorgeous. Weird hearing so many lines I'm used to hearing as corny and cliched in their original context. ("Here's looking at you, kid", etc.)

Tea packets I brought to the cottage, includes tea
from Jodi (chai spice decaf) and Rand (everything else except
for Vanilla Hazelnut and Ginger). Yay, I love tea from friends. :-)

Sage Tyrtle sent me e-mail about my bears blathering:

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"I've been enjoying visiting your site over the past month. I'm surprised I haven't run across you before; I created my first site in '95.

Anyway, I'm up at 3AM with a nasty cold and your bear story made me laugh. Something similar happened to me a few years ago, when we were all living in a yurt in the woods. I thought you might get a kick out of reading it.

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Weakened by a spruce budworm infestation, this tree fell
over during a windstorm. Fortunately, the cabin did not sustain
any damage.