I'm back from the cottage, which was pretty good overall; weather wasn't bad for the most part, and it's cold enough up there that I'd start the day with lined pants (sometimes wore them all day), sweaters and puffy vests. It was getting down to 59 F overnight, and would take a good part of the day to warm up. The sugar that I left up there was unusable, as was the coffee mate, so I got kind of used to drinking my coffee black, which is not a bad thing, but I did have two cups today, with a smidge of sugar. I was getting dressed yesterday morning, and dropped my clean bra in the kitty litter box, right on top of a fresh clump. Oh well. Some of you wanted a picture of the cottage, so here it is. It's 120 years old, and the siding is corrugated metal. What you see on the railing on the right hand side of the porch is my new water purification plant; I run a litre of water through a coffee filter to remove particulates, like leaves, then treat it with a portable u/v f...