On Saturdays, first I listen to Car Talk, from 6:00-7:00, then It's Only A Game from 7:00-8:00, then from 8:00 on, it Weekend Edition Saturday. So things never change...I have been listening to these three programs every Saturday for years, since they have been on and we have been at the lake on Saturdays. So, that's my routine, followed by a trip to the Ashville Weigh Station with my garbage, always a good trip, to know all your garbage cans are empty, cans and bottles are gone...a simple pleasure.
It's 12 degrees, cloudy with a light snow, more to come supposedly, perhaps up to 8 inches by tomorrow morning. Let's hope they are right. I am ready to hole up, with a good book, a warm house, fireplace, and a busy wife.
Last night the Cassell's stopped by for dinner, all four of them, and their dog Molly. We had a great meal of pork, apple sauce, roasted veggies, salad, and my homemade sour dough, all excellent. Usually the Cassell's eat like birds, but they all went back for seconds on everything, which was fun to see. Ian and Pat both look good, very grown up, and they stayed till about 9:00, which was nice as we thought they might want to hurry on to their condo at Holiday Valley and get some night skiing in. We miss seeing them.
I cross country skied and Evie snow shoed over at Long Point today, a beautiful day to go. Lots of cars in the marina parking lot, and the entire bay seems filled with fishing shanties. We started out with a bit of sun and ended up the way we like it, with lots of snow flurries filling the air, blurring our view somewhat, but seeing the trees through the snow is what we like, especially with the snowflakes hitting our faces. There were a number of people out today, either hiking or skiing, or walking their dog. We came home, had soup, and Evie made tost sandwiches, that's Turkish kashar cheese on toasted bread. It took us back and the cheese we got at Fairfields in Stamford was amazing, as good as I have ever had.
We hope to go out for a brief walk or ski on the lake at dusk; right now it's still snowing, there are fisherman right out in front of our house, about half way out, and we have seen the first snow mobilers of the year on the lake, as about six headlights, came towards us from Bemus, turned right, and headed up the lake towards Mayville. I hope the lake is thick enough.
A daily journal of our lives (begun in October 2010), in photos (many taken by my wife, Evie) and words, mostly from our home on Chautauqua Lake, in Western New York, where my wife Evie and I live, after my having retired from teaching English for forty-five years in Hawaii, Turkey, and Ohio. We have three children, seven grandchildren, and one great-grandson, as you will notice if you follow my blog since we often travel to visit them. Photo from our porch taken on 11/03/2024 at 7:07 AM
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