A Steamy Morning Of Heat and Humidity

6:46

Up at 6:10, to an overcast morning, lots of rain last night, over a half inch, and the air is sticky even this early in the morning, with relative humidity over 90%, with a predicted high temperature of 88º.  That's about as humid a forecast as I can remember in June here at the lake.  A year ago, it was equally wet, as we had two inches of rain over a two day period, the morning humid and warm.  And we had the Leonard family over for dinner, five of them, and made homemade fettuccine on the pasta machine.

Yesterday was for the most part, a sunny and warm day, a day of lots of dips in the lake to cool off in between reading, watching the World Cup, and relaxing.  We were both up early, so we decided to  go off for a kayak paddle before it became to warm.  So, around 9:00, we went off, paddling to the Power Boat Club and back, meeting paddle boarders and other kayaks along the way.  It was a good morning to be on the lake early.  We then went for a swim, then Evie went out on the dock for a bit before coming in and making breakfast around noon:  eggs, bacon, and a bagel.  Evie has discovered that a sesame seed bagel tastes like one of our favorites breads in Turkey, a Simit.  Though a Simit is a different texture, a sesame bagel is as close as we can get.

Isabel and Chris

The rest of the afternoon was spent reading, watching the World Cup, as the Netherlands eked out a victory over Mexico.  I watched two games this week, and both days I thought the better team, the one who dominated the game, lost.  Yesterday's loss all depended on a silly penalty call by the referee who can determine the winner of the game in ways like no other sport.

About 3:30, it started to rain so I invited our neighbor's son in law, Curt, for a beer at our local brewery, the Southern Tier.  I thought he might like it since it's not something you would expect to find in Jamestown, New York.  He loved it, as we had a couple of pale ales, and spent the afternoon conversing about just about everything.  When I got home, it was sticky because of the rain and the sun was out, so both Evie and I decided to go for a swim to cool off.  It felt great, so we took our bath in the lake, washing our hair, soaping up with Dr. Bronner's peppermint soap.  We sat on the dock for awhile and just as I asked Evie if she had caught a fish this summer, she pulled up a 12 inch bass, answering my question.  She also pulled in a perch a couple of casts later; I caught nada as usual, another example of my Zen approach to fishing, goal less, 'empty and marvelous.'  It's the only way  can convince myself to keep fishing.

8:15 PM

For dinner, we had an Evie special, taking what ever was available and seemed to compliment each other, put them in a pan, and cook.  So we had penne with  garlic, fresh tomatoes, mushrooms, basil, and spinach.  We sat out on the front porch, with a glass of wine, eating our dinner, enjoying the quieting lake, as people head home for the week.

8:17 PM

Just as we finished up dinner and the dishes, around 8:15,  heavy storm clouds rolled in, then the rain began pelting the lake, an amazing and quick change from a few minutes ago.  We sat on the porch and watched the storm,  then watched some TV, the final episode of Nurse Jackie, one of our favorite episodes as Chloe turns Jackie in for drug use, and Jackie decides to disappear to save her nursing job but things fall apart, she gets in an accident on the way to the airport.  The last shot of Jackie is of her getting a mug shot at a police station.  We will have to wait another year to see where she goes from there.