Sun And Fog And 39º

A Morning Ritual: Photographing Dawn

6:53

7:23

I am sitting here listening to the horrific news from Las Vegas and wondering how a person purchases automatic weapons, why they need it, why it's legal.   The morning here, in contrast, is a spectacular light show of sun and fog as Evie and I find ourselves running outside to take another photograph. We are grateful for each day we wake up on the lake. 

7:24

Yesterday was another beautiful fall day (I never get tired of saying it).  We were at sixes and sevens whether to kayak, take a boat ride or walk the Chautauqua Institution.  A huge dilemma, right.  So we decided on a walk around the Chautauqua Institution in the morning, a boat ride in the afternoon.  We left for the CI around 10:30 and had a good hour plus walk around the grounds, ogling the various gardens and front yards, the changing leaves,  the brilliant blue sky.  It was a good decision and we felt righteous at having gotten in a good three and a half mile walk.

Evie made a Turkish menemen or omelet for breakfast, toasted a couple of bagels and we watched CBS Sunday morning, always interesting and unpredictable.  We then spent our afternoon, as usual, Evie on the dock, me joining her briefly after a nap and some reading.  It got to be a bit too windy and cool, 62º, so Evie ended up in the side yard.  Around 3:30, the wind died down, so we cracked open a couple of beers and took a nice cruise to Bemus Point, along Lakeside Drive and back, a bit cool going, warm and pleasant on the way back.

For dinner, Evie cut up the leftover rotisserie chicken, added mushrooms and a red curry sauce and a can of coconut milk, made a salad and we had dinner.  We watched an episode of Black Mirrors, the Emmy winning series but are still not sure about it.  It seems like it's just a series of unrelated episodes as far as we got.  We then watched Saturday Night Live and This is Us, the first episode of season two.  It seemed a bit cheesy but we still liked it.  I hope this year measures up to the previous one.