Pink Sky In The Morning

7:00

Up at 6:40, the sky already colored, a light pink, setting off the gray clouds, heralding a fine day we hope.  It's certainly cooler than yesterday, 46º out when I went to get the paper, and we had over a half inch of rain last night.  Today looks clear and cool, with raining perhaps during the night.

Construction Truck Bumper Sticker on CI Grounds

Ditto

We decided it was time yesterday to get our flu shots, so we went first to the CI for a nice walk, cloudy, an on and off drizzle but it still felt good to get outside despite the inclement weather.  Not as much building going on as in past years, only one take down that I noticed and not much renovation going on other than some painting, not good for the local builders because many depend on the largesse of the CI residents.  We got our flu shots at our health clinic in Mayville, no charge, then stopped at Tops to pick up a few items for dinner, then the Lighthouse for a sub sandwich for lunch.  The place is packed at noon with CI workers and local builders, good to see the Lighthouse busy.

Fall Bush of Daisy Like Flowers -- can anyone identify?

Early afternoon, Evie made cut out cookies, our neighbor Pat Jones's recipe, something she has wanted to try because they are always so good.  I put together the dough for no knead bread, which includes oats and quinoa, as well as flour.  It sits for up to 24 hours, then I bake it in a dutch oven, at 500º for thirty minutes.  It was quite good last time though the dough seems more sticky this time.  Time will tell how good it is because I do not have much luck with my bread making.  Mid afternoon, we went out on the dock, wanting to get out of the house, fished some but decided to go kayaking despite the gray skies and lake.  It was windy but felt good, as we paddled towards Long Point, talked with a couple of walkers on the point, whose dogs were jumping in the water, wanting to get in our kayaks.  We then went across to Wells, wended our way home through the reeds, and just as we were gliding into our lakefront, it started to drizzle.  By the time we got in the house, it was pouring so our timing was perfect.  Around 5:30, we decided to drive to Bellini's, the lounge at Chautauqua Suites, for a beer before an easy dinner of leftovers.  As usual, we were the only ones at the bar on a Wednesday but it still felt good and the bartender, new to the job, was fun to talk with, telling us all about his weekend canoeing at Great Valley in April.  I have seen pictures and it draws thousands, as people dress up, kayak or canoe, or make their boats, floating down a stream to various stations where there is free beer if you have the stamp to show you have payed your fee.  It sounds like a drunken riot but buses and vans take people back to their campground or RV.  I am not sure it's something we would enjoy participating in, other than perhaps watching and doing some kayaking to take photos.  We will have to keep our eyes open for announcements of the event next spring.

For dinner, we had leftover pork tenderloin, cabbage strudel and salad, the same dinner from last night and just as good. We decided to try the newest season of Damages, a series we liked for the first two or three seasons until it became too silly, starring Glenn Close.  We watched the first two episodes and it's good enough to keep watching though we don't love it like some series.