White Is Back

7:37

7:52

Heading In at 8:25

Woke up at 7:00 to a white morning and the lake and yard are once again covered with snow, most likely an inch or two.  Early, it was snowing hard enough so I could hardly see past the trees but now, at 8:00, it's cleared up a bit, and the fishing guys are back out on the lake and there's some color above the horizon where the sun rises.  It's 27º and should not get much warmer as the cooler weather returns for a day or two before the warm weather and rain returns.  Yuk.

Fishing On Thin Ice Yesterday Afternoon

Yesterday was you a warm, winter day, rain, melting snow and muddy, sometimes slushy roads.  It made us feel good to know we went snowshoeing the evening before the coming of the rain.  So, we decided early it was going to be a day of yoga and working out at the YMCA.  I was off to yoga at 9:30, another good class, and a cup of coffee afterwards at Ryders Cup. The routine rarely changes; when I got home, Evie had put together another soup, this time an Indian recipe for cauliflower soup, with all those good Indian spices.  She then left to do some shopping at Wegman's and to workout at the gym.  I made a couple of tomato and toasted cheese sandwiches to go with the soup and watched another episode of TREME, which deals often tragically with the aftermath of Katrina, the loss of life and home and culture.

Evie's Photograph From Yesterday

Evie was home by 3:00, happy with her workout and with bags of groceries.  I helped bring in the groceries and put things away and we both then relaxed until 5:00, reading or watching some TV.

A Tuscan Dinner

We then showered, got dressed up and went off to Andriaccio's, a local Italian restaurant which was having a special Tuscan dinner, along with accompanying wines.  We went with our friends, Jane and Jerry Grice and they included their friends, Kip and Lisa.  I knew Lisa from yoga and her coffee shop Wired in Bemus. The dinner was all we could have asked for, starting with a Tuscan version of a onion soup, with pancetta and Fontina cheese,  roasted Sea Bass with gnocchi,  a roasted garlic infused mushroom tart with arugula, a tenderloin on Mascarpone polenta, and biscotti for dessert. The sommelier was great, explaining the Tuscan wines, where they came from, the flavors they include.

Tuscan Onion Soup with Pancetta Crostino

Our Favorite Wine, With Vine

Grilled Strip Loin On Mascarpone Polenta

We got to know Lisa and Kip, who own Willow Run, the par three golf course just up the street from Woodlawn.  They are both residents of Bemus Point and grew up in the area.  Jane and Jerry were great fun, as always and we all would like to do this again.  I think there will be another dinner like this in February but it will have a South American theme.

We got home around 9:00, in time to watch some of the brouhaha over Trump's refusal to participate in the debate because of Megan Kelly's supposed bias.  What a baby but he's getting a lot more press than he would have had he stayed part of the debate.  No matter what he does, he gets coverage by the media.  And I don't even think he tries, he does it unconsciously.  He just reacts and the media follows with excitement and interest, as do his followers.  This is a guy who listens to no one, not even his own common sense.  Just fires back, trust his gut and sees what happens.  So far, so good for him.