A Balmy Tuesday Morning

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A surprisingly mild morning here, the lake a vast skating rink, reflecting the colors of the clouds.  It's already 57º and will get up into the 60's this afternoon, spring like weather to tempt those weary of winter but not us!

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Yesterday began the warming trend, lots of melting snow and a seemingly endless afternoon and early evening rain.  Because I did not go to yoga, I decided to, nevertheless, drive into Lakewood for a coffee and enjoy Ryder's Cup for a half hour, so I brought my computer along.  After my coffee and talk with both Joyce, the barista and Dave, I drove to Save A Lot and picked up some things for our dinner, avoiding the potholes on the way home by taking a long cut.  When I got home Evie was busy scanning photos again, saving them on Google photos so we would have copies of old pictures.  It's time-consuming but worthwhile.

Evie made me a great lunch, linguini noodles fried in butter with a little romano cheese and hot sauce, topped with a couple of eggs.  Watched Bloodline and read some, tried to nap without much success and came downstairs to read as Evie spent most of the afternoon working on the photos.  She has the patience of Job, working on each photo until it's perfect.  This could keep her busy for the next three or four months as we have lots of old photographs, boxes of them.  I wanted to get in a walk but the rain seemed to never let up.  I did get out long enough to see if my Accord, which has been sitting in the garage since January, started and viola, it did!  So I will probably be pulling it out, putting some air in the tires and driving it the next couple of days because of the temperate weather.

4:30 PM

Fog Rising At 4:15 PM

We decided to have a real cocktail hour, with a Manhattan and some tasty appetizers, a couple of cheeses and crackers.  It was a good night to do it, nasty outside and cosy inside with a  fire going.  Evie began looking for music on Apple music and it was one of those nights where music just seemed so right, so amazing.  It started with one of my all-time favorites,  Neil Young's 'Southern Man,' a song which inspired Leonard Skinner to write, 'Sweet Home, Alabama."  We ended up listening to it, then talking about two great songwriters and songs from the movie PHILADELPHIA, one by Bruce Springsteen, 'The Streets of Philadelphia,' the other , Neil Young's 'Philadelphia.'  Great artists are also great songwriters, like Bruce, Neil, and of course, the Man In Black,  Johnny Cash.  Besides the duet between Johnny Cash  and Bob Dylan in the "Girl from North Country,' our next favorite, for now, is Leonard Cohen's 'Famous Blue Raincoat.'  Listen to them on Apple music and you will agree...they are dope!

Dinner was easy, ribs from Trader Joe's, baked potatoes, and coleslaw, perfect for watching another Real Time With Bill Maher, another episode of 'Divorce,' which made us wonder why the second season of most series are not as good as the first.  I finished my book, RED SPARROW.  It was good, making me want to read the second book in a trilogy.