Sunny And Calm

6:26

6:46

7:06

It's 8:50 as I start my blog, having paddled for a good hour, over to Tom's Point and back.  When I returned, Evie was already busy in the kitchen putting together a pie crust for tonight's dessert.  It looks like another pleasant day until late afternoon when we might get some showers,  

Kayak Morning

A Relaxing Paddle In The Reeds

A Bald Eagle OnTop Of The World

Hiding In The Leaves

Monday turned out to be a windy day and because of it, we spent little time out on the dock.  So we spent much of the day either on the porch, reading or napping or in the garden, or shaping our privets.  I use an electric trimmer for all but the tips of the hedge, hanging out over the water. To get to them, I use a ladder, place it in the water, and Evie braces it so I can climb up it and trim the annoying tips of the privet.  Now it finally looks well-groomed.  All this was done after I took a bike ride in Mayville, parking at the lake park and riding along Sea Lion Drive and beyond and back, for just about 50 minutes, just right.  On the way home, I picked up some corn and a rotisserie chicken at the Lighthouse for dinner.  

Lunch was the leftover sub sandwich from Wegman's and I am getting tired of my Japanese cop show but will stick with it, hoping for the best.  I then read and am enjoying my novel, set in Malaysia in the 1950s, just after the Japanese brutal occupation of that country.  We both then relaxed the rest of the afternoon, mostly on the porch and occasionally, Evie would drift off to do something in her garden.  At 5:00, she had a zoom call with her three sisters. One of her sisters who lives in Arizona has her son, wife, and three grandchildren with her.  They live in California and fled because of the smoke from the wildfires that was making it difficult to live in their home.

Late Afternoon 

After the call, we enjoyed a gin and tonic and black bean hummus on the porch, commenting on the greenery of Long Point and the Bemus Point shoreline, soon to turn red, brown, and yellow as fall arrives. We had an easy but tasty dinner, rotisserie chicken, corn on the cob, and mashed potatoes, compliments of Bob Evans.  We watched a Colbert and particularly enjoyed his interview with three guys from the podcast called Podcast America. We then watched some junk TV including the Republican Convention until we had enough of the paeans to Trump's empathy, truthfulness, leadership, and integrity and went to bed.