Frost On A Sunny Morning

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Up just in time to catch the sun rising over our dock, another bright and shiny morning on the lake.  A few guys are out fishing already, joining the raft of buffleheads in front of our house.  We did have a frost overnight; the car windows frozen though the lawn just seems wet.   I hope it does not effect the trees and plants around here.  We heard that the peach trees were starting to blossom, so let's hope this does not harm them like last year, when we had no local peaches.

Yesterday was overcast early, thwarting any idea of doing something in the morning, like kayaking and there was a heavy wind as well, so we stayed inside till late morning.  Evie put together our dinner, a  baked cauliflower and pasta dish.  And we straightened up the house, made sure all the trash was taken out before I drove to the Transfer Station, meeting my neighbor on the way.  It's quite a Saturday morning gathering spot because everyone has trash, local or weekender.

Vineyards Of Lake Erie

Around 11:00, we decided we wanted to do something despite the gray skies, so I suggested driving up to Barcelona, on Lake Erie, and going for a walk.  So that's what we did and it was a good idea, as just as we were heading down the Portage Trail, the sky opened up, the lake turned blue and we had sun the rest of the day.  We stopped at Noble Winery which was quite busy with a wine club, and number of women walking out to their cars with a case of wine.  The winery has a great view of the vast stretch of vineyards that stretched down to the blue of Lake Erie.

Chautauqua Creek Leading To Lake Erie

Driftwood And Evie

We then drove down to RT. 5 and parked next to the Chautauqua Creek bridge.  There's a path of around a quarter of a mile that follows the creek down to the outlet to Lake Erie.  A couple of guys were fly fishing for steelhead trout near the bridge.  The beach along Lake Erie was strewn with driftwood and lots of flat rocks, as if there had been a vicious storm.  We walked down as far as Zebros and back, as the wind was fairly strong, making it uncomfortable on the walk east.  We walked a couple of miles total, were out for an hour I would think.

A New Discovery...Cupcakes In Westfield

We then drove to Westfield, stopped at a nursery, hoping to pick up a plant, but they were not in yet. We then stopped at a cake shop which I passed a couple of days ago called Brandy's just off of the Westfield square.  It's a cute shop, a tiny building, and seems to be doing well.  When we walked in, a couple was sitting at a table, eating cake, trying to decide which they might want as a wedding cake. We bought two cupcakes to go and were disciplined enough to hold off eating them until late afternoon.

We did not get home until 2:00 and had passed on eating at Jack's because we both had in mind a leftover salmon salad, with avocadoes and hard boiled eggs for lunch.  Evie quickly put it together and we devoured it.  This salad is a good reason to have salmon for dinner, enough so that you have leftovers by the way.  We wanted to then relax and enjoy the sunny day but the wind was too strong to sit on the dock or kayak so we watched some TV or read much of the afternoon away.

Seaplane Landing Off Of Long Point

Around 5:30, it was wine and cheese time, which we were obviously looking forward to and as an added surprise, Garrison Keillor's Prairie Home Companion was on live.  We thought he had retired so it was great to know he was still on the air.  It was a particularly interesting show because he was broadcasting from Austin, talked about the University of Texas at Austin where our grandson Mitch will matriculate next fall.  We stretched out wine time until around 7:00 when Evie popped the cauliflower and pasta into the oven for a half hour.  We both thought it was good, not great, a bit bland but we both had seconds.

And we watched Sarah Silverman's outstanding performance in I SMILE BACK, a tough movie to enjoy, about a Mom suffering from depression which lead to drug abuse and alcholism.  Silverman, usually a zany comedian, was amazingly convincing in a very serious role.  It's no wonder she was nominated by the Screen Actor's Guild Award for Best Actress.  The movie is an eye opening window into the world of  depression and it's not easy to watch.

We went to bed around 11:00, to a full moon over Chautauqua Lake

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