The scuttle-butt in the Adirondacks is that we've just passed through the rainiest May in history and are now well on our way to a record breaking June as well. Bah-humbug! Lake Champlain water levels remain too high for most people to use their docks, and corn on the cob is beginning to seem like a fantasy from a bygone era.

I was trying to remember the last nice day we've had, and then recognized that I was getting a little too "glass is half empty" for my own (or anyone else's) good, so I resolved to try and change my tune. Fortunately I got a little assistance from a close friend (and fellow Westport Marina dock boy during the late 80's and early 90's) who emailed this photograph taken by his wife during a rare and sacred sunshine soaked afternoon on Lake Champlain recently. He wrote, my wife "took this shot off the back of our boat this past weekend. I think it truly captures one of the many visuals that warm our hearts when on the water... Here's to summer!" So it hasn't rained every day.

That was just the boost I needed. And what a photograph!

I certainly share my friend's enthusiam for summer on the lake, and my optimism is rekindled. Perhaps this weekend the clouds will clear, the rain will cease, the sun will shine, and we'll head out for a waterski or a sail. The power of positive thinking...