Morning Fog

6:26

6:30

7:30

It's just after 7:00 and the fog has lifted enough so I can see Long Point.  It was as if a curtain of gray had descended at 6:20 when I got up.  It's 41º and the only action on the lake are ducks taking off and landing and a single heron, sitting on our dock, fishing until I walked outside and scared him off. He came back later, I photographed him, and he then took off.  And despite the fog and mist, I kayaked for a half hour on a cold morning with little to see other than the gray clouds, lake, and fog.

Kayak Morning

Yesterday started off nicely, with some sunshine, clouds, an interesting morning sky, and a paddle.  But by the time I was driving off to yoga, it started to cloud up, drizzle some and seemed cold, not exactly Spring weather except if you live here in Chautauqua County where we have come to expect just about anything.  The yoga class was fine, lots of women, and one other guy besides me.  I stopped at Ryder's for coffee and ended up talking with Dave and Joyce about teachers and teaching because one of the barista's, Jessica, teaches part-time at JCC.

A Huddle Of Mallards On Our Dock

I was home by noon and Evie had been busy as usual, doing some spring cleaning upstairs.  Lunch was easy and good, tuna fish, mayo, mustard, and hot sauce mixed and spread on toast.  Along with another bowl of lentil soup, I was ready to watch another episode of BOSCH.  I also watched some of the NBA playoffs, wanting to see the end of the Golden State/Rockets game which was filled with controversy concerning the referees either not making a call, or making the wrong call.  It's a job I would never want.  Neither of us did much the rest of the afternoon, just some reading, a nap and watching some TV because it was not inviting to step outside.

We were happy to go out for dinner last night, no worry about prepping, making and cleaning up.  Linda and Ron picked us at 6:15 and we drove 25 minutes to Pine Junction, near Findley Lake.  It was a quiet night at the Junction and we were the only ones sitting at the bar.  We try to make it there at least three or four times a year and it's just as much fun in the winter as summer, a mecca for either snowmobilers or bikers or locals like us.  They have good burgers, as well as steaks, wings, a variety of sandwiches, and flatbread pizzas but we usually get burgers.  We had a good time catching up and enjoyed our burgers and beers.  We drove home in a gray mist, getting home just as it turned dark.  We quickly put on more comfortable clothes, watched Jeopardy and another episode of RAKE before going upstairs to read.