Rain Overnight, Drizzle In The Morning

7:45

Thursday Night's Dusk

It's 8:45 and Evie just got up to a wet morning, overcast sky, some drizzle on the roof, a light wind and 39º.  The rain should stop soon but it will remain overcast most of the day, alas.  I have had enought gray skies, want some sunshine.  I guess I better head to Florida because we are not going to get much here over the next five or six months.

Yesterday turned out to be a nice day, windy but some sun on and off during the day.  We did not get started until late, unable to decide where to hike or walk.  Because it had rained quite a bit overnight, we decided it would best to walk Lakeside Drive, in Bemus Point, which we have not done in awhile, preferring the woods.  We started out and within a half mile, knew it was too windy (50 mph gusts) to continue, even scary, with the huge trees hanging over the road.  We walked up Bemus Road to avoid the wind and found a private drive which listed at least eight names.  We walked it and found an amazing neighborhood of modern homes, one street back from the lake road.  None had a good view of the lake but they all enjoyed a wooded area and the homes, architecturally, were cool.  We did not even know they existed because they are hidden from the lake road by a row of houses and trees.

We continued up to Frontage Rd, then to Jeff Present Rd, which led to the Bemus Cemetery, decorated with flags for firemen and police.  In the distance, we could see a tent being put up on the golf course, getting it ready for today's Regional Cross Country Meet, usually held in Long Point State Park but because of the work being done there, the meet was moved to the Bemus Golf Course.  We ended up walking only two miles, avoided the wind, and discovered a cache of interesting residences.

Bemus Point Cemetery

We were home by 12:30, ready for a leisurely afternoon, not sure if we wanted to walk again, work in the yard or just relax.  I had another bowl of kuru fasulye, on rice this time, the way its eaten in Turkey and watched another episode of Longmire.  The lake was too choppy to kayak, so we read or watched TV until 4:00, when we both went outside, to rake leaves, and mulch some in certain areas which were thick with leaves from the rain and wind.  Our front yard was mostly leaf free, the side, however, covered with leaves.  We worked for about forty five minutes, gathered a couple more barrels of leaves, which I took up the hill.  And as you can see from the bird photos, we put out a couple of feeders a couple of days ago.

Red Bellied Woodpecker, A Big Boy

Nuthatch

After the yard work, I showered, sweaty from working, then drove over to Bemus to get a pizza from Coppolo's, the pizza joint in the village.  When I got back, we relaxed and enjoyed the end of daylight, with cheese, crackers and pistachios, our latest obsession.  Dinner was simple, pizza and a salad.  We actually liked the pizza, decided it was the best we have had in the area, and wondered why it took us 25 years to try it.  No answer.  We watched Stephen Colbert and Bill Maher's Real
Time before going up to bed.  We fell asleep to rain on the roof, comforting and sleep making.