Drizzle On A Drab Morning

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I was up at 5:45, to a crack of light over the eastern horizon.  We have had a light drizzle for the last half hour, the sky mostly gray with some color just before the sun rose.  I look out on a gray, wrinkled lake, a 50º morning with rain forecast for most of the day. 

Long Point This Morning

Yesterday was another glorious spring day, the kind we have been waiting for.  Unfortunately, we had to drive to Erie for another doctor's appointment for Evie but we were rewarded, afterward, with a quick run through Sam's Club, a bonus when going to Erie.  On a bizarre note, as we walked into the doctor's office, two women walked out with sweatshirts emblazoned with huge Confederate flags.  At first, we thought they were British flags but realized later that yesterday was Confederate Day.  An interesting world out there folks. 

A Pair Of Wood Ducks Yesterday Morning

We got home around noon on a sunny but windy afternoon.  I had lunch at Sam's, a Smith's hotdog and coke for a buck fifty so I was happy.  We both wanted to get some things done outside, the usual, raking, cleaning, and getting rid of the winter's detritus. So on and off most of the afternoon, we were either outside raking, cutting, and trimming, or inside either reading, watching some TV (the fourth quarter of Sunday night's Cavs game or in my case, napping.  By 5:00, we had enough, so I took another couple of pails of twigs, grasses, and leaves up the hill to the compost pile, the second time in two days.  Our yard, Evie's garden, looks taken care of finally, with some green starting to show.

We then relaxed with a couple of glasses of wine and cheese and crackers, happy with our day, our efforts, as the wind began to die, the ducks floated by, the sky began to lose its color.  Dinner was easy, rotisserie chicken from Sam's Club and roasted cauliflower and roasted potatoes.  We caught up on Homeland and Billions, and neither was very exciting, in fact, Billions is confusing.  We need a degree in accounting to figure out what's going on with Bobby.  I finished my book, RULES OF CIVILITY, a good read and started a new Longmire.