Back To The Lake, Dock In, Fireplace Lit

7:07

7:33

It looks like a nice day, the sky pink, with horizontal ribbons of gray clouds, and it's getting colder, in fact, it may snow on Thursday.  I was up at 6:10, back to my normal wake up time, the house a cold 57º so I turned on the gas fireplace, to warm up the living room, decadent but comforting. We got lots of rain up here this past weekend, close to two inches, the lawns soaked, pools of water collecting in driveways, roads and yards.

Evie and Vi at Red Hawk Restaurant

Yesterday morning, we spent in Euclid, at my sister and brother in law's home, relaxing with them, enjoying a great breakfast fixed by Rich, scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, toast, and fruit.  Their daughter, Kathryn, and her two children, also spent the night, so it was a fun, multi generation breakfast.  It's lovely to wake up in the morning at their house because they live on Lake Erie, the view changing each morning, like here at the lake except they get the sunset, we get the sunrise, both spectacular much of the time.  We left about 11:30, for our Trader Joe fix, wine, cheese, and other goodies we cannot get at Wegman's.  We met our good Finnish friend, Virpi Pakala Buck, for lunch at Red Hawk, in Painesville.  We had a good visit, Virpi filling us in on all that was happening with her grandchildren, great kids by the way, and we had a delicious lunch, Evie a Buffalo chicken salad, me crab cakes, just what I wanted.

Victoria Woods

A Cathedral Ceiling of Leaves

We arrived home to the lake around 5:00 and were back in our home, comfortably ensconced by 6:00.  Both of us felt like taking a walk, after the ride home, so we walked up to Victoria, through the woods, and back home along the front yards, a delightful early evening walk, as the sun played on the trees, the shadows lengthened as the day waned. When we got home, we had cheese and crackers along with a drink and watched the sky slowly turn to darkness, much too early.  We had a few left over bratwurst and sauerkraut for dinner, with a salad, and watched the next episode of Homeland, disappointing like last week, as little happens to move the plot along other than Carrie gets out of the hospital, no surprise and it did not take three episodes for it to happen.

Dusk