A Moment Of Sun, Mostly Clouds

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I was up at 6:10, some bird calls on the lake, a pink band along the horizon, as I waited for the sunrise.  It was brief, as clouds quickly enveloped it, the sky now, at 6:50 a wall of gray.  It's seems to be warming up each day, 45º at the moment, with a slight drizzle. And, finally, the first martin appeared on the porch of our purple martin house.  Exciting.

Dawn At The Lake

Yesterday was a wasted day, not sure why though the fact that we had a plumber her a good part of the day may be the reason.  I did make it to yoga at 10:00, three guys, two gals, a rare combination. When I got home, Evie had finished packing cookies for our three grandchildren, so I drove off to the post office and mailed them.

Cookies For The Grandchildren

When I returned,  Marcus, our new plumber was over, to do a simple job, put in a whole house water filter.  After 34 years of drinking water from our well, we have finally decided to put in a filter.  Why?  Anyways, Murphy's law took over and in the process of putting on the filter, he found the bladder in the holding tank had a small leak, forcing our pump to work overtime.  Thus, it needed to be replaced.  So this large tank had to be extricated from a narrow space and after a great effort, Marcus finally got it out without dropping it on our boiler.  It was touch and go for a moment.  So, he had to drive back to his warehouse, pick up a new holding tank, set it in place, then solder the various connections, for the tank, for the whole house filter.  He was finally done about 4:00 and we spent most of the afternoon, in our living room, listening and watching him struggle with the job.  The good news, Evie finished her book, THE LOVESONG OF QUEENIE HENNESSY by Rachel Joyce, and once I finish THE ALIENIST,  I can read it.  We had good intentions, to get outside, work in the garden, get some yard work done, but we never got to it, too busy doing nothing in the house.  And the lake was choppy, tempting but we never did kayak because of the wind.

Ancient Willows At Viking Club

We had planned to eat out on Wednesday, so we put on our Wednesday best and drove over to the Viking Club on a sunny late afternoon.  The Viking bar was packed, as if, like spring flowers, the warm air and sun brought out the members.  We were lucky to find two seats at the bar, and recognized the regulars, those who like us, brave the cold and snowy roads, to come on Wednesday evenings. Because of the crowd, the bar lacked the intimacy of winter, when there are only ten or twelve of us, sitting  around, getting to know each other, chewing the fat.  We still had fun, enjoyed a couple of beers, and I enjoyed my beef on wick, Evie her Viking burger.  We were home by 7:45, to watch another episode of Bosch, before racing through American Idol.  We got a bit testy with the panel who criticized the one singer we thought was by far the best.  Evie is convinced it's rigged.

First Martin

We both have a number of errands to run today, before Billy and Chris come by at 6:00 to put in our dock.  And we are also going to our neighbors, Mary Ann Miller, for pizza.  It should be a busy but fun day.