Surprise, A White Morning, With a Dusting of Snow

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Enjoying the Seezurh House

It was strange to wake up to a white yard, tree limbs weighed down by this frosting.  It actually feels like a late October or early November day, with the first snow of the year, not late February.  I am sure it will be melted by the time I get out for a walk but it's nice to see the white instead of the green of a yard, a spring like day, wet, muddy, and warm.  It's 29 degrees, high in the 30's, with more snow/rain predicted later in the day.  As usual, a couple of fishermen are out on the ice, off of the Long Point peninsula and have been for the past couple of weeks.

Hiking in Woods Behind Warner Bay

Yesterday, overcast most of the day, we took a long walk, through Long Point, to Warner and Sunset Bays, then back through Long Point and to the car. It rained some, more like a mist, though it did not bother us.  There's a different beauty to each day, a result of the changing weather.  Now, it's being able to see through the woods, no leaves on trees, though they cover the ground.  In the summer, you can usually see ten or twenty feet, then the undergrowth obscures everything.  Now, you see all the downed trees, the rocks, into the distance, through the trees, verticals, framing your view.   Both of us are always thrilled to walk in a woods, wherever it is, so much more enjoyable than a street.

We went out for dinner with Ron and Linda, to our favorite, the Seezurh House where I got the special, a 12 oz rib eye, with salad and potato for  $9.99.  It's hard to beat the price.  Evie got her usual, the chicken sandwich platter, Ron and Linda both had fish. Unfortunately, we were the only customers eating dinner, with only two people at the bar, so the ambiance was that of an empty room.  February is usually the slowest month around here but because of the lack of snow, it's even worst.  We walked outside to a snow covered car, went home, and watched the first hour of the Republican debate.

Warner Bay Out Door Hot Tub Dwelling

Later Afternoon Fog on Lake

 It's like watching a Nascar race, waiting for a car wreck.  The candidates  have already made clear their beliefs, so all that's left is to see who can mock or undercut who.  Ron Paul seems to be the most able, knifing, with his words, the other three candidates' hypocrisy at every turn.  Romney, to me, held his own, so he remains the most electable in my mind.  Newt still looks like a self righteous know it all;  Santorum's constantly defending his extreme views on minor issues, at least to me, like birth control, and Ron Paul's completely off the wall on some issues (foreign affairs), though sensible on things like the idiocy of Congress and it's confabulations.