A Sunny Spring Saturday

Dusk In Lakewood, NY

7:14

7:15

7:55

 Right now, at 7:30, the living room is filled with welcome sunlight, the lake filled with the sun's reflection. When I got up at 6:20, I went out to pick up the newspaper on a 26º morning and the car windows frosted.

7:55

We did not do much yesterday, a too often heard refrain lately.  Because we were going out for a Friday night fish fry, we did not need to worry about dinner, to Evie's delight.  So we had a long coffee hour until I got bored and decided to put together a bread dough I read about on the NYTimes, guaranteeing a crusty product, easy to make.  So I added the water, yeast and salt to six cups of dough and let it rise for five hours, then put it in the refrigerator and will attempt to bake it this morning.  Supposedly, I can leave the dough in the refrigerator for up to two weeks and it will still be good.

The Bell Tower At The Chautauqua Institution

That was it for my morning work.  Evie was busy much of the day, however, with Google photos, like yesterday, trying to finish updating the photos in the album from the 1980's and 1990's. Evie wanted a package mailed, so at 11:30, I drove to the Chautauqua Institution, intending to browse the library, mail the package and take a walk.  Unfortunately, the library was closed but the post office was open.  And I took a walk around the north end of the Institution, varying my walk so that I did not take the same path I usually take.  It was a good choice, and I intend on doing it more often, as too often we get locked into a rut or routine, as simple as taking the same walk each week.

Chautauqua Institution's Smith Library

Lunch was leftover chicken wings from Wednesday night at Steeners.  I put them on a try, cranked the oven up to 350º, left them in for 15 minutes and they were just about as good as Wednesday night.  I also had some cauliflower soup although it might not go gastronomically with chicken wings but my stomach does not care.  The rest of the afternoon was the same, books, TV, a nap and occasionally taking a photograph of the lake.

We left for dinner at 5:30, stopping at a furniture store to look for a kitchen stool.  The sales people seemed clueless and it was up to Evie to find three or four stools.  The only one we thought might work was expensive so we held off, preferring to keep looking.  We then drove to the Rod And Gun Club, knowing it would be packed.  We walked in, however, just to see if we could find a seat but the bar was two deep and we would have an hour and a half wait for a table.  So we drove off to The Main Landing in Celeron, set on the lake.  It was quite a contrast to the Rod and Gun because we were the only ones at the bar, the restaurant 2/3 full.  We had a couple of beers, ordered a decent fish fry with french fries, and talked on and off with the owner.  This is probably the fourth time we have been there. We would have preferred the Rod and Gun but The Main Landing was fine.

Full Moon

We drove home in the twilight, stopping to take photographs of the amazing sky and the full moon.  We had enough time to watch some Colbert and another episode of OCCUPIED before going up to bed to read.