Overcast with Light Rain

7:34

Up at 6:30 to a gray sky, the sound of rain on the roof, a darkened house, something I better get used to as the sun rises later and later and daylight savings has yet to come.  I thought it was supposed to be nice all weekend  but things have changed...surprise, the weather man was wrong.  It's 50 degrees outside, still gray, a few intrepid fisherman are on the lake.

Yesterday, at least until about 2:00 when it started to cloud up, we had the perfect day on the lake, warm enough to be outside in a tee shirt but not hot. The lake was like glass, clear sky, no wind, so we decided to take a kayak ride, over to Long Point, back to Wells Bay the usual.  Unfortunately, the water  still has an algae bloom, marring the surface with an oily green in various areas.  No swimming for us this fall it looks like.  We then took it easy the rest of the day, as we both were overly tired, I suppose from our 'strenuous' 36 Hours in Buffalo.  I did get a few things done, sprayed the moss on our roof with a 'safe chemical'.  Let's hope it works.  Evie cut the lawn, as the leaves have begun to fall.  And I took the Accord in for an oil change and came home with a major problem, the need to replace the front end frame assembly, which is beginning to rust through, a two thousand dollar repair.  So the eternal question, do I put money in to my old car, or think about getting a new one.  Common sense, the rider, always suggests keep the old one, save money but the emotions, the elephant, tug in the other direction.   I already looked at the Camry Hybrid, which gets great mileage, in the 40's, city and highway.  But knowing me, I will opt for the repair, as the car should last us another five years if we keep it in shape.

We went to the Leonards for dinner, as they had lots of food leftover from having guests the previous day, so they wanted to share it and get rid of it.  Pat Jones came as well, so the fearsome five some got together for the third or fourth time in the past few weeks.  We had a good time, talking about the good old days, especially those early in Bill and Joyce's life, when he was in the Navy and they were courting.   We got home around 9:00, tired for no reason, watched some TV and went to bed early, by 10:30.