A quick update regarding people being on one of the islands - it turned out to have been well-intentioned neighbors, probably curiosity being their motivation.  All the same - it's good that other neighbors were alert and noticed the unusual activity.  

We've endured a rainy day, but fortunately it hasn't been awfully cold.  Fred and I walked late this afternoon, but had to take our umbrellas.  It didn't rain very hard while we were out, but there were a few bursts of pretty heavy rain throughout the day, and the sun never really made it to shine through the soggy clouds.

Hopefully everyone had a good Memorial Day.  It wasn't great for parades in our area, but much better than last year when we had really cold weather and snow, according to WCAX weather folks.  I remember it was cold when we had our spring meeting last year, and I think I remember that it was spitting snow as we left the pavilion.  This year our meeting is this coming Saturday, and it looks as if it will be a pretty pleasant day.  Hope to see you there!