A Rainy February Morning

A Couple Of Cuties

7:26

8:53

It's an ugly morning, falling rain, a slick, still frozen lake, gray skies, and 39º. The flag is frozen/stuck on the flag pole, unaffected by the windy morning. 

Yesterday was probably the last sunny, blue-sky day in a while, at least looking at the forecast. The lake is still useless, no kayaking, no fishing, just an enjoyable view. I was off to yoga at 9:40, to a good class with just three of us. I was tempted once again to hang out at the coffee shop but came straight home because Evie had a doctor's appointment in Westfield.

Lunch was the last (maybe) of the pastitsio and I continued with The Vietnam War, 1967/68 as things only got worse and almost 500,000 American troops were in the country. Evie left at 12:30, leaving me to the usual, napping and reading and waiting for her to come home. I did spend maybe half hour out in the front yard, picking up deadfall, enough to fill a garbage pail. 

We were going over to a friend's home at 4:00 for a venison meatloaf dinner. Evie didn't return until after 3:00 so we didn't have much time to get ready. Julie and Tom live on 40 acres of woods and a pond, where we would want to live if not on a lake. We enjoyed appetizers and red wine in their great sunroom, looking out at the ever-changing woods. Evie thinks it must be spectacular in a snowstorm and I agree. 

Dinner With Former Woodlawners

Tom is a bow hunter and dresses two or three deer a year, thus the venison meatloaf, a recipe I sent to Julie from the NYTimes. We loved the meatloaf, topped with tomato sauce, mashed potatoes from Tom's garden, and a salad. We ate slowly, enjoyed the conversation, and had strawberry shortcakes for dessert, with the last of their frozen strawberries. We couldn't believe it was 7:45 when we decided we better head home. 

By 8:30, Evie was ready to head up to bed but I stayed up and watched some basketball and a half hour of a film I had seen before called Shooter with Mark Walberg.  It was a way to waste an hour before going up to bed.