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Evening Cruise

5:50

It's one of those rare mornings where the lake is calm and motionless.  It reminds me of rare mornings on Lake Erie when the same calm took over the lake, usually on hot, humid days.  It was perfect for paddling, no wind, no waves, just me kayaking over to the Bathhouse, back to Sandy Bottom, listening to Billie Ellish, quite a change from yesterday's Jack Johnson. I did spot a heron, perched high in a tree, spreading his wings.

Kayak Morning

Long Point

Great Blue Heron Nesting?

Sunning? 

Sunday was a fun day, not much to do although we always find something.  After my paddle, for some reason I settled down on our brick walk and worked much of the morning scraping off the moss, digging out the weeds, something I do twice a summer.  I usually pick a time when it's shady and stop when the sun takes over.

A Budding Dahlia, Crazy Love

 So around noon, I stopped and Evie made us a big breakfast, a menemen and bagel.  Evie had been busy doing some watering, then spray painting a metal chair we salvaged from Evie's Dad when they moved to Arizona.

Evie's Largemouth Bass

The rest of the day went quickly, some reading, a nap, and then I joined Evie out on the dock.  She was tres excited because she had pulled in huge largemouth bass, making my bass from the morning look like a runt.  It must have been close to two pounds.  She was excited and later, she pulled in a nice perch.  I guess the fish are biting.  It made us want to go get our fishing licenses and pick up some worms.  Evie also decided to get in some exercise in the lake, walking back and forth between docks, kind of pool exercises that lots of runners do to save their joints and stay in shape.  I watched her from the porch, then joined her for a beer before dinner,

Perching

We had meatballs and spaghetti, with a salad and garlic bread for dinner, with enough leftover for a couple of lunches or another dinner.  We watched a couple of Cheers, got bored, looked outside as the sun was beginning its journey west so we jumped in the boat and went for a nice, easy cruise as the sun dropped behind the horizon and the lake suddenly began to darken. 

Sunset At 8:52

We were amused to see two hammocks strung between the trees at the end of Long Point and assume a couple of kids were spending the night.  How neat.  We tied up the boat around 9:00, fished some off the dock with no luck then went in, watched some TV before going up to bed, another good day.