Alone Again: Bottiny's and Holzheimer's Head Home (Maybe)

The Siblings

Bean Baggers

"Alcohol is a wonderful thing." Reed Camplejohn Sr.

I am the first one up, walked outside to chase away the crows and their cawing, took a picture of the sunrise and came in for coffee. I got through my email, Facebook, and some of the papers before I heard stirring upstairs.  Evie's the first one down but others are up, moving around, and someone is taking a shower, as the morning begins.  It's 58 degrees outside, some pinkish orange over Bemus Bay, but mostly cloudy elsewhere.  It's going to be strange for Evie and I to be alone today when all leave; I am sure we will be at sixes and sevens for a couple of days, till we readjust to a routine where there's only the two of us to worry about each day.  It has been a busy but fun five days, filled as usual with lots of good food, talk of the usual, our ailments, medicines, kids, grandkids, and lots of time spent on our IPADS AND APPLE COMPUTERS, the norm these days, as everyone has their device. We watched no TV, talked very little about politics, though we are compatible, which was nice.

End of Summer

We were lucky, too, to have such great weather, as we spent lots of time outdoors, mostly on the dock, enjoying the sun, talking and reading away our afternoons.  They were broken up with some walks, shopping, just right to keep us from getting bored. Ellen and I took lots of pixs, as we competed to find the best photo for our Blogs.  I think Patsi's are tres artsy, more interesting than mind which are mostly of people, so I have to be more observant to find some different things to photograph.  I have a couple up my sleeve already, so Ellen had better beware.

Everyone left around 10:00 and for the next two hours, we cleaned up the house pretty well, I raked some weeds, covered the boat, and put the turkey carcass on the stove to make soup.  The rest of the day we have just lazed around, doing little other than having lunch and reading, which has felt good.  For whatever reason, probably the fact that everyone has left, we are devoid of gumption, content to sit around.  Ron and Linda come over at 5:30 for some bean bag and a beer, then on to the Lenhart porch and the Zeezurh House for dinner.  And the Schultz's, our neighbors three doors down, just called to ask us to go out tomorrow night for a burger, as they are heading to Turkey in late September and they wanted to get together to talk about their  trip.