It's A Beautiful Morning

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It's 8:00 and the sun has just appeared above the southern horizon, lighting up the lake and sky.  The lake is partially frozen, still open in the middle. The snow has ended for a day or two but it's still very cold, right now a 16º. No kayaking this morning!

Finch Enjoying A Sunflower Seed

Pushing Back The Snow

Saturday was another snow day as we were outside shoveling our parking area three times, morning, noon, and late afternoon.  We probably have a foot and a half of snow, not as bad as forecast.  We love the whiteness, the snow and wish it would stay but warm weather seems to be in the near future.  We had a slow morning, in no hurry to do much, other than gather the trash.  Around11:00, I deiced the car, filled the back with trash, and drove off to the Transfer Station.  When I returned home, we wanted to get some exercise, enjoy the woods and snow, so I got out my skies and we drove to Mayville, hoping to walk and ski Webb's Trail.  Unfortunately, the parking area was not cleared so we had to look for somewhere else to ski. 

We ended up at the north end of the new asphalt path through Mayville which ends at RT426 and where the Rails To Trails trailhead starts.  Just as we got there, a tractor was pulling a snow-grooming machine, at lesast15 feet wide. We could not have had better timing.  We asked an owner if we could park in front of his shop and he said no problem.  Our forty-five-minute skiing and hiking were amazingly beautiful and Evie, though walking, was ecstatic. We could not have asked for a better trail and I got in a great workout skiing for the first time this winter.

Nicely Groomed

We did not get home until after 1:00, time for lunch, the last of the chicken soup and a fried baloney sandwich with pickles on a bun. Yum.  I watched my show, then could not wait to get back to my book, The Guest Book, which I really like, wondering why I haven't read it before.  The afternoon went quickly, although Evie starting prepping for our Christmas dinner on Sunday.  She paused around 3:30 and we finished the last of the oysters with beers, thanks to our daughter Jill and husband Drew. Around 4:30, I went out and shoveled the parking area for the last time. We decided to have Bloody Mary's for Happy Hour, a nice change from our glass of wine.  We both love our Bloody Marys with lots of horseradish, giving them a nice bite.

For dinner, Evie roasted some Brussels, made a salad, and warmed up the leftover lemon chicken and rice and we had a dinner, just as good as the night before.  We made the mistake of watching a new film on Amazon Prime called I'm Your Woman.  Unfortunately, we never stopped it and suffered through all of it, too lazy or dumb to switch to something else.  We ended the night with Deadwood and I was happy to get back to my book.