A Red Sky Morning

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I was up at 6:30, greeted by a pink horizon, as the sun has now risen, breaking through the clouds to illuminate the lake, mostly open but with a thin skin of ice near the shoreline. It's warming up after Saturday night's couple inches of snow, of course, getting in to the high 40's later in the day.

Sea Gulls Are Back

Yesterday started out with snowflakes, clouds, an early morning in the 20's.  We stayed warm and cozy in our living room, watching the sky change.  Once we were relaxed, sated with leisure, we decided to take our weekly walk at the Chautauqua Institution.  We took along our Yak Traks in case of ice but the roads were mostly melted snow, with little ice.  Despite the temperature, it was our kind of day, nippy but bearable with our layers and gloves and the sun came out half way through our walk.  We never seem to get tired of this walk, mostly because we see something new and interesting or different each time we go. We ran into only one gaggle of walkers, as we made our way around the snow covered CI.

Snow Covered Thunder Bridge

We then stopped to see the progress on Linda and Ron's house, texted them to see if they were home but they were out for breakfast, so we quickly drove home because both of us were looking forward to breakfast.  Evie had gotten out the breakfast sausage from the Lighthouse before we left, so she quickly browned it up, fried some eggs, toasted two bagels, and we were soon enjoying our great breakfast as we watched CBS Sunday Morning.  They spent the hour talking about the Oscars, past and present, with nary a mention of our president or of politics.  How refreshing and happy mood making.

A Sunny Afternoon

We then literally collapsed for the rest of the day, doing little but watching some TV, reading or enjoying the sunshine and blue lake the rest of the afternoon.  I am finally close to finishing my 700 page book, A LITTLE LIFE and I am really in to it, finally.

Blue Skies, Lake, Puffy Clouds

Because we had a late breakfast, Evie did not start dinner until 6:45.  She had gotten a couple of steaks out in the morning, so she seared them up on the cast iron skillet, baked some potatoes, made a salad, and sauteed mushrooms in the pan after the steaks were done.  We then ate, watching the Red Carpet, priming us for next couple of hours of the Oscars.  I finally went to bed around 11:15, not really caring much who won anything although I did predict MOONLIGHT would win the Oscar for best picture.  Evie came up later, having stayed up until the very end, and I was still awake, reading A LITTLE LIFE but I still have a few pages left, alas.