Summer Came In A Rush

6:00

It's another beautiful day in the neighborhood, lots of sunshine, a cooling breeze, a pleasant 62º at the moment, with the high later in the day getting into the mid 80's.  It's 7:40 and I have been up since 6:00, listening to a podcast from Pop Culture Happy Hour, about the seven hour OJ documentary from ESPN.  We have watched the first couple of episodes and it's more about racism and America at that time than just OJ.  He seems to be the nexus of a large range of issues.  It is worth watching, especially for those who were too young to understand the implications of the trial.  We learn lots about OJ as well as LA, the police, and racism at that time in our history and it ain't pretty.  They replayed the beating of Rodney King, and it's still difficult to watch.

A Busy Kayak Morning

Yesterday was very warm, in fact, uncomfortable enough, at least for us, to spend much of the afternoon inside our closed window house.  Once the outside temperature matches the inside, we close the windows and it keeps the house cool for the most part.  We both had more energy in the morning, having recovered somewhat from our week of fun.  Around 10:00, we decided to kayak, so off we went to Long Point, but it was not much fun.  Too many boats, their waves, and the water had lots of floating weeds, even smelled in some areas, so we paddled back.  But by noon, we were back to our old apathetic, tired selves, ready to nap, just relax.  The extent of our efforts was to do some watering.  Evie did make some vegetable soup in the morning, so I had a bowl for lunch with a cheese sandwich, minus the jam, since the boys cleaned us out of Wegman's Triple Fruit jam!

I watched some futbol (soccer), took a nap and woke up strangely energetic despite the heat.  So I got out my bike, pumped up the tires, put it in my Pilot and drove off to Bemus for a ride.  I was gone about an hour, my usual ride, from the bridge, to Bemus, through Long Point Park, to the end, and back.  It was a busy day in Bemus, lots of people and cars, the new Ellicottville Brewery's porch was packed with people, enjoying a brew, the view, the sun.  When I biked out to Long Point, at least 50 boats were anchored together in the bay, drinking beer, wading in the water, playing their music. Thank goodness they are far enough away that we cannot see or hear them.  I have never seen so many boats anchored in the bay and I have to say, the lake was as busy as most holidays, as if everyone had decided to take their boats out because of the sun and warm weather.

Around 5:30, we walked over to the Woodlawn neighborhood right of way, for our first of three gatherings.  Each family brings their own drink and an appetizer, and we socialize from 5:00-7:00, coming and leaving whenever we want.  It's fun to see the neighbors who have been gone most of the winter, to catch up, and enjoy the afternoon.  We had about 30 people, not as many as usual because of previous commitments.  We went home around 7:30, both of us extremely tired for some reason and hardly had enough energy to make dinner, a stir fry of leftovers.  We shouldn't have made it because once I was done, it looked like dog food though it didn't taste like it...close though.  We watched the OJ documentary before  going up to bed, hoping for a good night's sleep.

And we would like to congratulate our daughter Beth and her husband, Ramiro, on their 25th anniversary, a few days late but better than never,

June 15th, 1991