Gentle Rain, Gentle Rain

7:16

New Camera Photo From Our Front Porch

Slept in some, as both of us did not get up till after 7:00.  A gentle rain on the roof, trees dripping, the lake and sky, shades of gray, the coastline of trees colorless, a light charcoal.  We haven't had a morning like this in quite a while.  I like it.  It was a humid night, however, no covers needed though it's cooled off some this morning, 66ª.  More rain and thunderstorms are expected during the day.

Our friends, Vickie and Ron Armontrout, left for their family reunion yesterday around 9:00.  As always, the house seemed empty after they left, life boring, as always after friends or family depart for home or other destinations.  It took us a couple of hours to adjust to an empty house.  Back to normal, to our routine, I guess.  I went to yoga hoping since I strained my back over the weekend trying to pick something up.  It did, at least I felt much better after class and it has not bothered me one bit.  Class was just two of us, a women from Southern California, complaining about the lack of Mexican food in the area.  The quality of tortillas is so poor that she brought a packet of hundred with her.  I guess she won't like our favorite Mexican place Taco Hut, with its imitation Mexican food which we, with our amateur palates, tend to like.  My motto: crappy but cheap.  I stopped at Ryder's, said hello to Joyce, the barrista, Donna Nelson, the bookstore clerk, and dropped of my ring at the jeweler since the lapis lazuli stone fell out.  Then, homeward, for lunch, ramen with an egg dropped in once the soup was done, letting it sit for a couple of minutes and cook.

Old Glory

Evie had a dentist appointment at 11:45 so she passed me on the way home and after appointment, she did some major shopping, filling the pantry, as she's beginning to think of the invasion of family in a month...she cannot wait obviously.  When she returned, we quickly put away the groceries because the Summer, 2013 photo album, which Evie has worked hard on for a week, had arrived from Shutterfly. We were anxious about it, the quality of prints, the choices she made but were both thrilled with the results.  Amazing photos, much better than we thought, and the organization and variety of photographs was perfect.  I think this means she will be doing this every year from now on as it's really worth it. After looking at the album we both relaxed, Evie in the yard, reading and talking with our neighbor, Joyce Leonard.  I potsed around in the garage, straightening it, then went off to mail some letters, put a check in the bank, getting things done that  I have put off the past few days.

Yes, There Are Bass In The Lake

We relaxed on our porch with cheese and crackers, marveling once again how lucky we are to have a house on Lake Chautauqua, with such an amazing vista.  We never get tired of it, even this morning when its gray and rainy out.  Evie made one of our old standbys from summers past, pasta with zucchini, Italian sausage, and mushrooms, with chicken broth and sherry sauce.  Yum.  We got caught up on our show from the past five days, as the storms moved in to the area, with some thunder and rain. We went to bed around 10:30, both hoping for a good night of sleep.  We got it.

Late Afternoon Storm A Brewing

My plan for today was to go listen to Elizabeth Strout, author of one of my favorite books, Olive Kitteridge, be interviewed by Roger Rosenblatt at the Chautauqua Institute this morning but since it's raining, I will probably just go to yoga. So far, we have a half inch of rain since yesterday evening.