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| 6:13 |
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| 6:53 |
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| 6:55 |
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| 6:55 |
I awoke at 5:59, close enough to 6:00 so that I got up. The sky was darkened, with a touch of rose when I walked outside, to the hum of the lake flies. I read on my computer until 6:55 when the sun began to rise over Bemus Point, muted some by the morning haze. It made it easier to photograph because the sun was not so bright, a huge globe of orange hovering over the shoreline. Again, I took lots of photos, too many.
Yesterday was another one of those days where we thought it might rain but it didn't. It was warm and humid, like it always seems to be as September arrives and kids go back to school. I can still remember the heat of those first days, wanting to jump in Lake Erie after school to cool off. And, of course, we were tough kids...no air conditioning for us!
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| Unitarian Service |
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| Final Service Of The Summer |
Anyways, instead of kayaking, we drove to the Chautauqua Institution, for a walk, and to attend briefly, the church service as it's the last day of the season. This morning, anyone will be able to drive in or go for a walk with out the need of a pass. We stopped first at the Unitarian Service, outdoors in the Hall of Philosophy and listened to them sing the Beatles' song, "All Your Need Is Love.' It was fun. We then walked to the Amphitheater's church service, stayed for about fifteen minutes, wondering if there would be some form of protest because the Trustees finally decided to build a completely new Amphitheater over the next two years for 31 million, over the protests of what I assume was a small, but vocal minority, who wanted to keep the integrity of the old Amphitheater. Nothing about this decision was mentioned at the service, no protests though I am sure there will still be attempts to thwart the decision over the next few months. We walked for an hour, worked up quite a sweat so that by the time we got back to our car, we were soaked, the result of the humidity and 80 degree weather. We drove to the Lighthouse to pick up an easier dinner, a rotisserie chicken, along with a sub for lunch, and finally stopped at a road side stand for some corn. We were the ready for the day.
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| Smith Library Window |
Not much to say about the rest of the day, as we alternated between the dock and the house, depending on how warm we got. Because we close the windows in the morning, the house may be up to 10º cooler than outdoors. And it was that way yesterday, as walking outside often felt like we walked into a sauna. Around 5:00, I went for a quick paddle, over to Long Point and back, just to get some exercise, and Evie cut up an onion into rings and deep fried them, for a special treat for our pre dinner wine and appetizers. By 5:30, the lake had calmed down and it was pleasant enough to sit our on the porch and devour the onion rings. Yum
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| Skeeter, Our Neighbor's Dog, Comes For A Visit |
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| A Busy Late Afternoon On Long Point |
Around 7:00, we sat down to a dinner of a half of chicken and corn and watched Real Time With Bill Maher, always amusing as well as some other forgettable shows. I couldn't wait to get back to my book, I AM PILGRIM, a thriller by Terry Hayes.
It looks like a sunny, warm, and humid week, with highs in the 80's, good for the lake and boating, not hiking.
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