A Beautiful Morning, Cooler and Clear

6:23

Dinner at Nic L Inn

Our Next Door Neighbors, Joyce and Bill Leonard

It was nice to wake up to a cooler morning at 6:20, the sun already up but hidden behind the clouds off to the east.  Now it's high above, a sunny day to come, not too hot, in the 70', getting progressively cooler as the week goes.  A perfect day to get ready for our trip East

Yesterday was a lost day, as I spent a couple of hours in the morning waiting for my car, oil change and brake adjustment.  I walked into Jamestown from the dealer, went to Cibo, a coffee shop on 3rd, the only one open at 8:45, then picked up a couple of books on the way back, at the James Prendergast Library.  I returned some bottles in Lakewood and returned home about 11:00, a wasted morning but something I had to get done.  Later, Evie then went to get her hair trimmed, returned items to Sam's and picked up some new dresses for the girls for the summer from Old Navy. The highlight of the day was the heavy rains for about a half an hour, including hail for about two minutes around noon.  I think we got a half inch in that brief period.  The results of the rain are evident in Evie's garden, as what was once mostly green is beginning to pop with color, finally.

Recycling Store in Lakewood

For dinner, the Leonard's took us out to the Nic L Inn, in South Valley, one of our favorite restaurants.  It's about a 35 minute ride through a beautiful valley, which I mention each time we go, but this time the mountains were lush with green, reminding me of Austria or Switzerland.  It was a perfect time of day for a drive, the colors just right, the sun out.  We all had great meals, veal and chicken parm for Bill, Joyce and me, pork chops for Evie, plus two desserts to share.  What a great meal.  We went home the quicker way, via #86, getting back around 9:00, in time to watch the latest episode of Mad Men.  A slow episode, we thought, though Peggy's resigning from the firm, was a shock.  I wonder if she will still be in the series.