Sister weekend

Official "Tryout for Sister Weekend" - something we have been planning to do for a long time. My sister Ellen (sister 3 of 4) came out to Litchfield on the tail of a surprise weekend, cooked up by her husband Michael. It didn't matter that it is a 7 hour drive from western NY to get here. To spend one short evening and morning before turning around to head back home. Embrace the moment, enjoy life to its fullest. No one knows what tomorrow will bring so live today like it is your last! Right Mike?
Sushi, dancing, kayaking, daffodils, great conversations. Nice!
Late Sunday morning we stopped by Kris's to borrow her two kayaks, picked up some panini from On Common Ground (plus a bottle of wine from home), and headed up to White Memorial. Launched the boats from Bissell Road bridge and headed west towards Bantam Lake. Ellen, Michael, Julek and me. I haven't kayaked during the day too much so it was interesting to see the difference in lighting and wildlife activity. Most of the wildlife you see at sunrise is sleeping or laying low now so very little action today. The water lilies are just starting to break the water surface.


We kayaked up river to Town Beach, landed, ate lunch, then returned back up the river to Bissell bridge. Our highlight of the day was a small turtle sunning himself on a log.
We did run across a pair of swans near Town Beach. I was curious if it was the same pair we always see at Little Pond.