Spring Rains

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It's an overcast morning at 8:00 with a light rain.  The lake has settled down from yesterday's windy day, and a few ducks are cruising by our lakefront.  I heard them squawking this morning when I got the paper, a welcome sign of spring.

Crocuses

Yesterday was partly cloudy, temperatures in the 40's most of the day, so we decided to get our usual walk in at the Chautauqua Institution, the third or fourth time in the past week.  We changed our route some by walking up and down the side streets in the center of the CI, something we don't usually do. Those familiar with the CI know that center is made up of one Victorian house with porch after another, each different from the next.  It's like walking back into the past or on to a movie set.  It's rare for a house to not have a porch.  We walked close to four miles, the loop and then some, so we felt righteous.  We could do nothing the rest of the day without guilt.

Cairn At CI's Sculpture Garden

We stopped at Tops for some fruit and heavy cream and ended up with a pack of pork loin cutlets so cheap we could not pass them up.  And it changed our plans on what we were having for dinner. After shopping, we had our Sunday breakfast, eggs, bacon, with leftover asparagus and home fries. We watched, what else, CBS Sunday morning and taped the first NCAA regional final.  Afterwards, I was in no hurry to watch the game, so I read and took a nap.  I then fast forwarded through the South Carolina/Florida game, getting ready for the next game, North Carolina/Kentucky.  I think Evie's going to be happy when March Madness ends.

A Windy Sunday Afternoon

Dinner was breaded pork chops, salad, broccoli and baked potatoes and we watched the last half of North Carolina's win over Kentucky, a great game.  By the end, even I had enough basketball for the weekend, so we watched another episode of THE FALL, then HOMELAND to end our evening. Sunday is always a good TV night.