O What A Day

7:28

7:28

It's 7:50, the sun is up and I have been up since 7:00 on a 30º morning. It should be a decent day until late afternoon when the rain comes and snow tomorrow and Tuesday. Because of the bright sun, I have had to move twice on the couch to avoid it. It's 9:30 and I paddled down to Sandy Bottom and back along Woodlawn for forty-five minutes and scared off both Canadian geese and mallards.

Kayak Morning

 Northern Blue Skies

Paddling Home As The Wind Picks Up

Yesterday was as fine a fall day as I can remember. Blue skies all day, the temperature in the 30s, perfect for a walk in the woods or working in the yard, both of which we did. The day started with a paddle for close to an hour on a calm lake and a photo of an eagle. We had a leisurely coffee as we finished up the blog and then gathered up what little trash we accumulated over the past two days. By 10;30, we were off to the Transfer Station, then drove on Lakeside Drive for a walk in Long Point State Park. It was a good choice, as we were the only ones on the trails, and it was perfect hiking weather. We were out for an hour and loved it, the leaves, the sun, and the empty trails.

Happy Hikers

Long Point State Park

Winter's Coming

Evie In The Woods

When we returned, I had the leftovers from our neighbor's turkey dinner and watched the first half of the Ohio State game. I had a bad feeling, that they were just not good enough so at half-time, I taped the second half and went out in the yard and started raking and mulching leaves. Evie joined me and we worked for over an hour, cleaning up the leaves in the bushes and taking a couple of barrels of leaves up the hill. We were done around 3:30 and I watched the rest of the loss to Michigan, a sad day for Buckeye fans, the third year in a row that they have lost to bitter rivals Michigan. The past few days have strengthened my belief in a saying from a sign we saw in Greece on one of our summer jaunts. It proclaimed that 'Futbol is the opium of the people", true not only for Europe's soccer fans but also in the US's American football. As the world seems to be falling apart, over 100,000 fans watched the Ohio State/Michigan game and stadiums are filled every Saturday and Sunday as well. 

Long Point Afternoon

Afternoon Blue

We enjoyed a libation around 5;00, listened to the news, always depressing, then watched a fairly new film on Max called Reality, based on the story of a young woman whistleblower who ended up serving four years in prison for stealing classified documents and sending them to the press. It was decent, not great but filled our evening as we enjoyed another meal of chili over sweet potatoes. We ended the night with two episodes of The Crown.