Heavy Rain and Thunderstorms Last Night

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It was nice to wake up to a washed yard, the grass glistening, the lake algae dispersed by the pouring rain (9/10's of an inch).  It's cleared up as well and the sky was a warm pink close to shore, then up high over Long Point, with grayness and clouds in between.  I had to go outside to try and figure out why it was so pink along the edge of our wall, yet not father out.  It was a huge cloud bank.  It was in the low 60's when I  got up, around 6:30.  Not much action on the lake, though our neighbor, Bud Kinney, took his old Cris Craft woodie out about 7:00, his engine breaking through the quiet of the morning.

We went to the Schultz's, our neighbors last night, for dinner, with five other people, a couple from Pittsburgh(he had been a school superintendent like Ken), a friend who lives just above the CI, plays in  various bands, and Mary Ann, Margie's sister who lives next door, and her man friend, Charles, 84 years young, who goes to all Penn State football games home and away, has two spaces for Pre Games at all home games.  It was nice to get to know some new people; the couple from Pittsburgh, Lou and Margaret, like the Schultz's do lots of traveling, both having been to China as well as other countries, a result of both of their children having worked for airlines and their taking advantage of free tickets.  The Schultz are going to Turkey this fall, the other couple to India, so we had some travel stories to relate.  We ate outside, a beautiful night, barbecued chicken, corn, and salad, then adjourned to the lakeside for a bonfire till about 10:00 when thunder, lightning, then rain sent us all home.

Today, we get read to head to Euclid tomorrow, for my 50th High School Reunion and Evie's Dad and Dorothy are also flying in to Cleveland for a tribute to Ed's nephew, Tony Petkovsek, for 50 years in polka music.  We will bring Ed out to the lake on Sunday for a few days, while Dorothy drives to Penn State to see her sister Margo; she will then return to Chautauqua, spend a day or two, then head back to Cleveland for their flight back to Arizona.  They have been at Jeanne's for the past five days, before heading to Cleveland.  Ed has not been feeling too peppy so I hope this trip is not too much for him, as he's 92 and starting to show his age.  But he wants to go to this party, see some of his relatives, and his buddies from Lincoln Electric are meeting Sunday for lunch and he wants to attend.  I don't blame him.