Warming Up, Another Thaw

7:00

7:22

7:44

7:50

I was up at 6:30 and counted six lights out on the lake, as the weekend fishermen are out perching early in the morning.  I  got the paper, the moon still visible, casting spooky, shadows of our tree on on our parking area.  In the front yard, the sky was divided in half, by a vast cloud bank which gradually sunk, opening to a blue sky, with brushes of pink. It's still cold, 19º but by the afternoon, it will be in the 40's, tomorrow, perhaps, in the 50's.

A Snowy Webb's Trail

The Man In Red

Yesterday was our kind of winter morning, with a blizzard like snowfall on and off till around noon.  I decided to skip yoga so we could cross country ski somewhere, so we decided that Webb's Trail would be our best bet, flat and lots of trees along the trail, cutting whatever wind there might be.  We were in no hurry, so we got there about 10:30, just as the snow was abating alas.  Still, it was great skiing, a layer of at least six inches, and a trail made by a snowmobile.  The wind was brutal when we hit open areas but otherwise it was great skiing.  We were out about an hour and I had had enough, my legs sore and  tired, from skiing and perhaps yoga.

Evie In Winter

We were home by lunch time, so I heated some cauliflower soup and another fish taco, finishing of the perch from the other night.  I think I could live on fish tacos if I had a good coleslaw to go along with the perch.  The rest of the afternoon we both did our thing, relaxing and enjoying the day, waiting until 4:00 to go  back out and ski.  We wanted to get a good day of exercise, so we decided to ski on the lake, like I did the day before.  Unfortunately, it was not a good experience, as there were wet spots and our skis then froze, so we could not slide.  We would have to deice them, then start again and the same thing would happen.  And it was really windy, so after struggling for about 15 minutes, we turned around and headed home, disappointed that we could not get a good ski in.

We then relaxed and had our wine and cheese before dinner and Evie was excited beyond description because our daughter-in-law Mary had texted about getting Amazon Prime Music.  Since we are Prime members, we were able to download the Amazon Prime Music app to our Sonos systems and we can now listen to almost any group or song.  Amazing.  We sat and listened to various tunes and playlists until about 7:45.  Dinner was easy because Evie had gotten stuffed cabbage rolls out of the freezer early in the day, as well as some frozen mashed potatoes.  She popped them into the oven before we had our wine, and they were piping hot when we ate around 8:00, still as good if not better when she made them a couple of months ago.  We got caught up on American Idol, two nights worth and got tired of their attempts to bring drama to what should just be an music audition.  And so it goes.  We went up to read about 10:30, looking forward to more cross country skiing today before the warm weather ruins the conditions.