Drizzle And Gray Skies Begin The Week

8:02

9:09

It's 755, gray clouds and a calm lake greet me this morning. The crows are yakking and there are no duck hunters out so far. Light rain is expected just as I go out for a paddle, of course. It will stay in the 30s most of the day. It's 9:25 and I was out for a fifty-minute paddle in a sporadic drizzle, down to Sandy Bottom and back along Victoria and Woodlawn on a gray morning.

Kayak Morning

Northern Sky

Paddling Home

Yesterday was another good day, especially the morning and early afternoon. I paddled down to Whitney Bay and was out for close to an hour, a great way to start a Sunday. After breakfast, we decided to take our usual walk through the Chautauqua Institution, a good choice and we actually came across maybe four or five people out like us enjoying the morning. We were home by 12:15 and had a big breakfast if a big breakfast involves eggs, set on top of a sweet potato and a bagel. Evie's into sweet potatoes, we have enjoyed them for breakfast, lunch (in soups), and dinner. 

Thunder Bridge

Our afternoon was football, on and off, although the Bills did not play and the Browns were not on TV, only on the radio. So I was able to get in a nap as well as read and watch some football. Around 4:00, Evie gave me a shearing, much needed, and I then showered, shaved, and washed my hair and came out looking like a new boy, in a flannel shirt and jeans. I was ready for dinner with our friends, Ron and Linda. 

3:00

Before The Rain

We drove over at 6:00, in the rain which started as predicted around 3:00. We had not seen Ron and Linda for almost a month so it was like a homecoming, a Sunday dinner at their house. We sat around the kitchen table, drinking wine, regaling them with our aborted trip out West. Dinner was really tasty, lamb meatballs, with a yogurt and cumin sauce, like something a Turkish restaurant might make. With a salad and a lemon curd for dessert, we had a happy and tasty gathering. We drove home in heavy rain and watched some of the Chiefs loss to Green Bay. It was another good day on the lake.

Together Again