Still Cold And A Couple More Inches Of Snow

 Fishing Chautauqua Lake In The Winter (40 inch, 20 Pound Muskie, caught at Prendergast) (photo from Facebook)

7:20

It's 7:30 and we are both up, watching the birds empty our feeder, the sky mostly gray, the lake a bright white.  The first four-wheeler drove out on the lake at 7:00, his red tail lights trailing his way.
It's 17º and may get up into the low 20's.  Snow is forecast for the next couple of days. 

11:40 AM

Yesterday started out a typical snowy Monday but by noon, the sun came out and we had a delightful blue sky and sunshine the rest of the day.  I was happy to go to yoga at 9:00 but had to clean two or three inches of snow off my car and scrape the ice off the windshield before leaving.  After class,  I stopped for coffee, said aloha to Joyce's Mom who has been under the weather before driving home.  When I drove in, the sun was just coming out, so I parked the car on our road and spent 15 minutes shovelling our parking space of light fluffy snow.  It felt good to be outside in the cold air.

12:40 PM

Evie had made a rich butternut squash soup while I was at yoga.  Because her sciatica has been acting up, she has had to limit her working out and skiing alas, staying inside, making sure to avoid aggravating it.  I had the soup for lunch with the last of the schnitzel and watched the final episode of Bloodline, Season 1.  I guess Danny is dead.  Good.  The rest of the afternoon was the same, some reading of my Longmire, a nap, just taking it easy for both Evie and me.  Around 4:00, I went out on the lake almost an hour, cross country skiing under a brilliant blue sky down to Wells Bay and back.  Lots of guys were out fishing and it was a great afternoon to be on the lake, either fishing or skiing. 

Afternoon Shadows Lengthen 

Heading Out at 4:00

When I got back, we relaxed with a glass of wine and a treat, chips and dip until it was time for dinner, the warmed up stew from Sunday night with biscuits.  We caught up on a couple of shows we missed and ended the night with Vice News which ended with a news story about Greeks filling the streets to protest the country of Macedonia using the name 'Macedonia.'  The Greeks feel Macedonia is a Greek name/word and should not be used by another country.  Interesting.