Brrrrr... Windy, Cloudy and Much Cooler

Windy Monday Morning

Pieris Japonica in Bloom

Droopy Daffodils

Budding Flower

Woke around 7:15 to a howling wind, the sound of waves, but no quaking ducks.  The lake and sky are both gray, though white caps can be seen on the lake, especially towards Leonard's where the lake gets much shallower.  I did walk outside to get the paper and was surprised at the cold, such a contrast to the last few weeks.  It's 32 degrees outside but the wind makes it seem much colder. A few sea gulls are struggling to fly, flapping their wings wildly, making little progress.  I can also see my purple martin house sway in the wind and hope I have pounded the pipe deep enough to hold firm.  From my window, I can six houses as everyone has put their houses up early.  No fishing boats this morning, most likely because of the choppy lake, the cooler temperatures though it's supposed to be sunny later today.

We spent most of yesterday inside, watching the NCAA games, reading, and just taking it easy, a typical Sunday for us, I guess.  We did walk the CI in the morning, our habit, and it was a nice morning to walk. I was interested to see if anything was in bloom as when we went into Cleveland, many of the dogwoods, fruit trees, and bushes were in bloom.  Well, we are a couple of weeks behind because very little color was apparent anywhere, as the photos show.  It would seem only the yellow of forsythia is blooming, with a few drooping daffodils and a couple other assorted spring flowers.  They are predicting a heavy frost for tonight, so I am worried about about the bushes and trees that have begun to bud as a result of the warm weather.  We also stopped at the library, picked up a book I have on hold, and went home to my favorite breakfast.  We watched Charles Osgood and the Sunday morning show, our favorite Sunday morning news show, as it combines news, with interesting stories on all kinds of issues, from arts, to politics, to the natural world, to what's hip and hot.  I was glad to see Kansas beat North Carolina, a really well played game, in great contrast to Friday's night's OU/North Carolina game, which was not very well played.  Evie also called Marlena to wish her a happy birthday; she was excited, of course, about all her presents, especially a new bike.  What a kid, always happy.

Today is yoga and a workout for Evie, perhaps a walk later in the day if we feel energetic,  then scallops for dinner, and a two hour Mad Men show, which we taped last night and saved to watch this evening.