A Strangely Quiet Sunday on the Lake

Evie and Hazel Making Ice Cream Cones

Paul, Hazel, and Heather

A bit cloudy, 63 degrees, as I listen to Weekend Sunday, without Leeann Hansen for the first time in ten years, as we plan our day.  Evie has been up since 7:00, played Scrabble on her IPAD and is now making ratatouille for dinner tonight of teriyaki pork chops and rice,  with the Mc Clures.  It supposed to be a nice day, in fact, most of the week looks decent with a chance of  thunderstorms  but mostly sunny.

I had my yogurt and goodies out on the dock, with hardly a boat on the lake, quiet in fact except for the martins.  I noticed for the first time that the carp were spawning, as they flap about in shallow water, creating waves since some of them are almost three feet long, weighing I am sure at least twenty or more pounds.

Lunch with Heather, Paul, Hazel and Barb Cassell

Yesterday, as I mentioned, one of of my former students and colleagues, Heather Liske, stopped by on her way to Hudson.  She teaches at Deerfield Academy, after spending last year in Morocco, a few years living in Berkley, CA, after teaching at Groton School and Reserve, victims of wanderlust no doubt.  She grew up in Hudson and I taught her freshmen year and we have been good friends ever since.  She has been to Chautuaqua before as I student, but I don' think we have seen each other in over ten years.  She and her husband, Paul Secker, also a teacher, have a delightful little daughter, Hazel, and it was fun to see them again.  They will be spending the summer with her parents in Hudson, as he husband will be working on his MA at John Carroll this summer.  We had a great lunch of both lentil and cauliflower soup with hot dogs.  Barb Cassell also stopped by on her way back to Hudson, so we all had lunch together.  Hazel loved the treasure chest, picking out an expanding snake and she and Evie hit it off of course.  It was fun to see Heather, Paul, and Hazel as we had lost touch over the years, sad to say.  Perhaps that will change.

It's been a beautiful morning, blue skies, placid lake, a brilliant blue and not too much action.  I just came back from a fun bike ride over at Bemus, down Lakeside Rd, through the woods of Long Point Park, out to the point, and then back again, about 1 1/2 hours total.  Not too hot, a nice breeze, the woods were shaded by the full leaves, a great ride.