Chautauqua Gray Sunday

7:26

It's 7:44 and I have been up since 6:40 and have little interest in kayaking this morning.  Both the sky and lake are gray, the lake is choppy because of the wind and it's drizzling.  Welcome, Sunday gray; it looks like a rainy day.

In contrast to today's rain and overcast skies for most of the day, Saturday reminded us both of the best of a Spring day, coolish but not cold, little wind and lots of sun and blue skies.  It was so wonderful early that I was out paddling for close to an hour and a half.  It felt like a summer day on the lake, not a whisper of wind, a warming morning sun.

Walking Long Point

After my paddle, we enjoyed the morning, our coffee, and finishing the blog.  Our weather app suggested that it would cloud up by noon (it was wrong) so we quickly got ready for a walk, stopping first to drop off our trash at the Transfer Station. It was a good choice, our walk out to Long Point and back was invigorating, energizing us for the rest of the day, sort of.  We were gone for an hour and by the time we returned, it was noon, time for my lunch of the leftover eggplant and tomato pasta.  I watched my show, Fauda, read and napped while Evie took a chaise lounge out on the dock until the wind picked up, forcing her to the side yard.

Afternoon Clouds

Mid-afternoon we both got busy in the yard, working on the beds around our house, moving around some plants, raking the leaves, pulling out weeds, tidying up the yard.  It felt good to be out and felt even better to see we had made some progress with our yard work.  Our neighbors were around, some cutting their lawns for the first time, making Evie envious. I guess we will be firing up the mowers in a few days.  I left Evie out in the yard to relax on her chaise lounge and I went in and practiced yoga for forty-five minutes, completing my trifecta of kayaking, hiking, and yoga.

Because it was Manhattan Saturday,  we were looking forward to the six o'clock hour, so we could kick back on our couches, watch the sky begin to cloud up, and enjoy a Manhattan and some Unexpected Cheddar cheese from Trader Joe's.  Because we discipline ourselves to a once a week Mannie night, it's always something we look forward to as the weekend gets near.  For dinner, we had a rotisserie chicken with baked potatoes and a salad and watched Real Time With Bill Maher, not as good as usual.  We watched another Colbert, then the penultimate episode of The Plot Against America as the Jews are being forced to move from the East Coast to the heartlands.  Many, however, are moving to Canada to avoid the obvious government-sanctioned antisemitism. It's scary to observe how some Jews see this as a good thing even if it denies them their rights as citizens.  We ended the night with an episode of Cheers.