SUMMER ENDS, AUTUMN COMES, ALSO LAKE FLIES

7:13

Just got back from breakfast, a rainy, wet morning as I headed over to the Bemus Point Inn but since then, it's cleared up nicely, at least for the time being, and we are going kayaking.  I was up at 6:15, to a darkened sky and rain,  getting about 4/10ths of an inch overnight.  It's 63 now, a high of 74 later today so it's warming up a bit.  I fed my sour dough starter this morning, early, so it should be ready for my bread later this morning.  I put it together this morning, let it rise for 18 hours, then get at it the next day, tomorrow, punch it down, let it rise again for  two hours, then bake it for an hour.  It's easy, no knead necessary, and it's nicely textured, with a dark crust.

We had the Leonard's and Pat Jones over for dinner last night, as we wanted to have them both over before they head off for the winter.  Neither is leaving yet but it seemed like a good night.  We had Ina Garten's chicken pot pie, Mom's ice box pudding, so it was a good night.  They all seemed to enjoy the food, and we had a fun night.  It's interesting to get to know Pat, who is from Houston, and is friends with George Bush senior.  She spends her summers here while her poor husband stays in Houston working, in terrible heat this summer.  He comes up to the lake a few times during the summer but not enough, I am sure.

Chicken and Biskuits

It started to rain, so I opened the front door to see how bad, and a slew of lake flies flew in the house, much to my dismay.  So they are around though I have not seen much of them this morning.  I got out the vacuum after the company left and got rid of most of them.  They are attracted to light and since we had company, our house was well lit, attracting them I suppose.

Tossing Salad

Bill, Pat Jones and Joyce Leonard

We just got back from a great KAYAK ride, headed up the northeast side of the lake, then back to our side and home.  It felt like we were the only one's on the lake, though we saw one fisherman, two weed cutters heading back to Lakewood.  Other than that, it was all ours.

We spent the afternoon doing two things; I picked up weeds, took them to the woods, did some reseeding of bare spots, and Evie did some painting, of our new shelves in the down stairs closet.  Then, because it was such a beautiful day, we sat out on the dock and read for a couple of hours.  It was like we had the lake to ourselves, with hardly a boat in sight for the entire afternoon, no one around at Woodlawn, just us, the sun, blue water, and a nice breeze to keep us cool.  It says the temperature is 68 right now but it was certainly in the 70's in the sun.