Waiting For Some Rain

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It's 7:00 and I have been up for an hour, sitting here in darkness, listening to Sonos and sipping my coffee.  The eastern sky is just becoming visible, lots of streaky dark clouds, highlighted by some pink and cream.  It's going to be a spectacular morning sky.

Sunday Morning On The Lake

Yesterday was not your typical Sunday of rest as we were busy all day, with lots of play and work, filling the day.  We started with an hour of kayaking and photographing birds.  The lake was not quite as calm as the previous couple of days but it was still inspiring to be out on the waters in late October.  A number of fishing boats were out as well, enjoying the mild weather.

Woodlawn

When we got home, we decided to get something done.  We had a couple of old benches sitting in our garage, with the first coat of paint sitting there ready for a second.  So I got them out, put down a tarp, stirred the paint and we painted them for the second time, getting them ready for next summer.  It took us about forty-five minutes.  By the time we finished, it was only 11:00 so we decided to get a walk in at the Chautauqua Institution, our typical Sunday routine.  We stopped at the Lighthouse to pick up some of their breakfast sausage, drove by Linda and Ron's but they were not home, then drove to the CI and had a good forty five minute walk although by the time we got back to our car, with both had worked up a sweat, having dressed too warm. 

Dunkin Goose

We were home just after 1:00 and Evie quickly started frying the sausage while I sawed a couple of boards for the bottom of the benches so they would not rock.  I came in when the eggs, toast and sausage were ready and we watched CBS Sunday Morning while eating a scrumptious breakfast.  Why does Sunday breakfast always taste so good?  Probably because I eat yogurt, chia seeds, and oats for breakfast the other six days. 

I then finished my Richard Russo novel and watched some football, most likely falling asleep but I am not sure.  Evie, meanwhile, had decided to work in the garden and I joined her around 3:00.  She had been doing some major weeding, obsessed with getting that last weed out.  We had bought some perennials in Virginia last weekend and had yet to plant them.  So Evie pointed out where she wanted them and I dug holes, filled them with compost and some water, dropped them in the hole and spread dirt around them.  By 5:00, we were tired out, happy with our plantings and weeding.  Evie went in to start sauteeing some mushrooms for dinner and I put away the tools.

We relaxed with a glass of wine, as Evie was making playlists from Apple Music since we had Apple Music on Sonos blasting the entire morning and afternoon when we were working outside. Since we are the only ones now living in the neighborhood, we could blast the music.  We had put potatoes in the oven earlier and Evie got out two steaks and grilled them on the stove, made a salad and we had the typical American steakhouse dinner, steak, mushrooms, potato, and salad.  We watched a couple of episodes of Grantchester, then some football, news, and ended the evening with an increasingly cheesy Wisdom of The Crowd.  We also watched some of the George Bush dinner from College Station, Texas, as our neighbors, David and Pat, helped put together the feat.  We hoped to see them since they were sitting behind Barbara Bush but to no avail.  I am starting a new book, A Gentleman In Moscow and so far so good.