A Overcast Morning Calm

6:12

8:59

It's 6:40, the sky and lake are gray and the wind from the past two days has calmed down. A few fishing boats were out early, 5:30, and I was up at 6:00 to a 56º morning, with highs today in the 60s, tomorrow in the 80s again. Ugh. It's 9:00, and I have been out kayaking for an hour and twenty minutes, finally, on a placid lake and even if it drizzled some, I enjoyed it.  Evie's still sleeping so it's a quiet house although I am listening to a Bill Simmons podcast. 

Kayak Morning

Blue Heron

Yesterday was an easy day, as we really had no plans, no jobs or work that we had or wanted to do. So after a rough half-hour on the lake and the blog, I got our the grooming tools and Evie gave me a shearing, much needed by the way. I then showered and got ready for a walk. Evie showered as well and we were off to the Chautauqua Institution for a walk. It was strange because we are not used to it being crowded nor are we used to the intensity of green, trees, bushes, and shrubs, as it looks like a summer utopia. We walked for close to an hour, then stopped at the Lighthouse Grocery to pick up dinner, ground chuck for burgers, russet potatoes for fries. 

Thunder Bridge

Brick Walks

Bestor Plaza

One Of Our Favorite Houses

Thunder Bridge Through The Woods

When we returned, it was big breakfast time so Evie fried up some baked potatoes, added eggs and we watched CBS Sunday Morning. The rest of the day was relaxing, either in the yard, sunning, on the couch, reading, or napping, We tried the dock but it was too breezy, and stayed in the side yard. It's been a strange June as we usually are in the water, swimming or cooling off but it's either been too hot to be on the dock or too cold and windy. 

By 5:30, we were cut five russet potatoes into half-inch fries using a Progressive Potato Cutter, cooked them in water for ten minutes, then put them in the oven at 450º for approximately 30 minutes and we had restaurant-quality fries. Evie also fried up a couple of burgers, covered them with sauteed mushrooms and cheese and we had burgers and fries worthy of Five Guys. We watched what we thought would be a really fun movie, Jerry and Marge Go Large but it was terrible, silly, overacted, and often stupid. What a disappointment.  We ended the night with another episode of Intimacy on Netflix and it was not much better.  We were happy to go up to bed.