Underwater But Some Sun Expected

Docks Are Almost Submerged

Dock With Barrels Filled With Water

We feel as if we have been underwater the past couple of days with all the rain. Every is worried about their docks, about the run offs raising the lake level and some of my neighbors docks are actually submerged.  They are staying in place, however, as most of us have filled buckets or garbage cans, placed them on the docks, to keep they from floating away.  So far it has worked though if a heavy storm with winds were to originate, things could change quickly and we would be in the water, dragging the dock pieces to land.  My neighbor, Bill Leonard, remembers taking his dock out in late spring a number of times in the late 1970's, as the water came up on the lawns.  At this point, it's just up to the lip of our wall though it could change, especially since it's raining at the moment, just what we need.

We have been lucky with the weather today, as we have gotten quite a bit of afternoon sun, enough so Evie could read on the dock.  The lake, however, continues to rise a bit and one of our neighbors had to take their dock out as it was completely submerged.  Evie went shopping this morning, I hit the garbage dump, and we are ready for Memorial Day Weekend.  Ron and Linda are coming over tomorrow for burgers, hot dogs, and I am making Hawaiian macaroni salad, the kind you would get on a plate lunch there, what of my favorites.  On Monday, we are going to the Viking Club for their chicken barbecue and have invited the Leonards to come along.  Let's hope we have some sun the next couple of days.

I went to the gym, but road my bike  through the CI twice to get some exercise, then rowed a couple of thousand yards before showering.  I stopped by the Lighthouse Grocery and picked up a couple of pounds of ground chuck for our burgers and we should be ready for tomorrow.  Tonight it's a stir fry with chicken and lots of veggies, and a movie.  It's been a lazy day, to wet to work outside, so we have been sitting either inside or out reading.  Not a bad way to spend the day.  Evie's garden looks great, all the plants are really healthy but no colors yet, a late Chautauqua spring.  In fact, the rhododendrons in our front yard are just beginning to show some color.  I actually like Evie's garden at this stage, as each green is a different shade, and they blend together, forming these pockets of light, dark, lime, whatever color of green you can come up with.  And everything looks so healthy, young shoots, leaves, the start of another season, and no summer sun to turn things brown.