Camp Royalston, Day 1

Happy Birthday Mom!

7:00 Rise
7:30 Sitting
8:00 Work on the main house to make it moderately presentable for the arriving staff (at the moment, Robert, Curt, Tony and Luciano will be staying in this building). We move some items around and do a basic cleaning of the rooms. The space is slowly revealing itself. Some consternation about the state of the infirmary as a place for habitation, and the volume of laundry in need of washing that as been left lying about. The potties arrive, and are set into place. Dev prepares to leave for Boston to do a radio show with Lindsey, and I begin work in earnest on the kitchen. Much mouse poop to clear out, many surfaces to clean. To Hannaford's at 12:30 to pick up the first set of perishables. While in the store, a message from MB about arrival time. I manage to complete shopping and arrive just as MB is preparing to leave for her next run. 2 of 5 of the KT arrive in the first load. I continue cleaning, lay out some tea items for folks and begin to prepare dinner.

Dinner:
Curried Vegetables over Brown Rice (Moosewood 131, triple recipe, subst. mushrooms for pumpkin)
Apple Brown Betty (Moosewood 113, substitute oats for wheat flour crumb)

We are 10 for dinner at the beginning, MB arriving with another 7 for a total of 18. We make do with the amount we have. Silence visits at dinner.

Post-dinner cleanup; the scullery is a completely different place. The complete KT has arrived, so a 9:30 meeting, 10:30 to prepare granola. 12:00 to bed.