Sun, Snow, And Icing Lake

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Buffleheads Are Back

What a surprise to have a sunny morning; even the moon was out at 6:30 when I got up, projecting shadows on our front yard.  I just returned from a 45-minute paddle, dodging ice, as I made my way down to Wells Bay and back, Lots of mallards and seagulls, a few buffleheads off in the distance.  It was chilly, 27º but little if any wind which made it pleasant.

Kayak Morning

Sun Rising

Lake Freezing

Victoria/Woodlawn

Blinding Sun

Wednesday was like Tuesday which was like Monday, etc.  I did not kayak because of the wind and waves.  So we had a long morning coffee, listening to Michael Smerconish, deciding on dinner and where we would walk that morning.  We decided, because of the 6-8 inches of snow, to walk around the Chautauqua Institution.  It was close by, three miles, and is always attractive when it snows, resembling a Victorian village with all the brightly painted houses with front porches.  Fortunately, the roads were plowed so it was not icy although both of us used our walking poles.  As far as we could tell, we were the only ones out enjoying the morning and we walked for close to an hour, enjoying the cold and snow.  Because we decided on hamburgers for dinner, we stopped at the Lighthouse Grocery for ground chuck and Utz chips.

Morning Sky

Thunder Bridge

Plowing The Snow

Lunch was the last of the schnitzel on a sandwich bun, with mayo and tomato and I watched another episode of Normal People, sent to afternoon viewing because of too much shagging.  I stuck with it and have two more episodes.  I spent the afternoon, as usual, reading and napping and watching a NFL football game, on a Wednesday because of Cov19 problems.  Fifteen minutes was enough to send me back to my book.  While I was wasting the afternoon, Evie made a pot of white bean chilly with chicken and did a load of wash. 

Bald Eagle

Around 5:30, we had some excitement during our wine time as Evie spotted a bald eagle perched in our neighbor's tree. Around 6:00,  Evie put some shoestring potatoes in the oven and fried up burgers for our dinner. I cracked open a beer to have with my burger and fries and was happy, imagining we were sitting at a bar.  We watched Colbert, some Shepard Smith, then started a new series on Prime Video called The Other One, a bit of fluff but amusing, a nice respite from all the violent, often sick crime shows. We watched four 30 minute episodes before deciding we had enough.