Gray and Overcast, A Misty Morning On the Lake

6:20

A Family Waddling To The Lake

Up at 6:20 and Evie was already up, coffee brewed, paper in the house.  It rained a touch last night, enough to wet the walk, but that's about it.  It's 66º, still feels humid both in and out, possible rain this morning than clearing.

Back to routine yesterday, beginning with fishing off the dock early, then off to yoga with Chris at 9:30, with one other student, a woman named Nancy Barger, who I met once or twice at parties.  She ran as a democrat a couple of years ago for the House seat from our district.  She also was a radio host for awhile, so we had a nice talk before class.  Yoga was fine, good to get back to stretching and posing, listening to Chris talk about the life of a yogi.  After class, I got my coffee and went on a shopping binge, stopping at Aldi's for vegetables, much cheaper than anywhere else, Home Depot for chains and ropes for my buoys, then Wegman's, for food, and a quick stop at K Mart, a store that has practically nothing.

Clematis

When I got home, the lawn was already cut and Evie was in the water playing with our next door neighbors granddaughter, Isabelle.  Both she and her brother had already been to the treasure chest, part of their routine at the lake.  They are cute kids.  We have been having trouble with fisherman casting their lures on our dock, getting them stuck.  We have found at least six from the past weekend.  So we are setting up a more extreme buoy system, hoping to keep them away from our dock.  We now have eight buoys,  They have been really unprofessional recently, even throwing their lures at the Leonard's dock yesterday when they were sitting on it and swimming.  Usually, they don't do this, at least the pros don't.  So we need a more obvious and alert, telling them to bug off.

Isabelle with Her Treasures

It was a warm day, so it felt good to swim, to put in the buoys, to fish off our dock and enjoy the outdoors.  When our chores were done, we went for a long kayak ride around 3:00, out to Long Point, around it, then back to Wells Bay, and home.  It started to darken around 5:00, so we sat on our porch, having a sun downer, hoping it would rain hard but it only spit for a few minutes though it was threatening the whole evening.

We are really worried about our martins as we found another egg on our dock and there seem to be few if any families in our house.  The same thing seems true of other neighbors house towards Victoria but it's hard to tell sometimes because the birds take off for the day.

We had fresh bratwurst, cooked in beer, then grilled for dinner, with sauerkraut and I also grilled some vegetables outside.  We watched Stewart and Colbert, some Revenge, then went to bed on a muggy evening though it was beginning to cool off a bit.

More yoga  this morning, perhaps a kayak paddle before I go, more shopping no doubt then home, to enjoy the afternoon as it clears up, I hope.