Notes from the cove

Occasional notes about life on the shores of Queen Lake
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When seeing people whom we haven't seen for a while at the lake, the talk quickly turns to animal sightings.
"We have a bald eagle on the lake."
"Have you seen the loon?"
"Carole and Gerry had a bear on their deck. They've got pictures." (A yearling had been sent away so that its mother could tend to the newborns.)
"It looks like we have a beaver."
"You know that camp next to us? No one is living there and it's full of squirrels."
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It's still very dark here at night, even when there's a bright moon. The trees are tall on our southern side, so the summer moonlight can barely peek through.
What's new now, though, are these dots of greenish light around the camp. We bought a new stove last year and it has a clock. The old radio gave out and we replaced it with a newer old radio that has a clock. The old outdoor lights along the path to the sauna were beaten up by one too many winters; we replaced them with $3 solar lights. The new lights are good, but they're on all night.
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Ours is the only mailbox at the end of the road. We're getting mail for various people because it's the only mailbox. It's a good way for us to visit the neighbors.
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I think that the bullfrogs may be coming back. We have one regular voice near the boathouse and I'm pretty sure I've heard a couple more as well. Some summers, it had been quiet. Those magnificent bellowing bullfrogs, well, I didn't appreciate how much I missed them until they came back.