Almost Fall

Great Grandson Rhys Wishing Granny A Happy Birthday

7:47

A brilliant sunny Friday morning makes it difficult to look out toward the lake. All is quiet as we move toward late September, the beginning of fall. It's 61º and should get up to 80º later in the day. Now it's 9:55 and I got in a forty-five minute paddle and am starting to feel more energetic. 

7:47

Great Blue Posing

Yesterday began with both of us up by 7:30. I was on my way for a paddle by 8:30 and was out for forty minutes. Since it was Evie's 80th birthday, our son Tom put photos of Evie from various ages on Facebook which was fun because of the responses from friends. So we didn't do much, mostly because I still lacked mojo and Evie was still suffering from COVID-19 symptoms.  In fact, she went up to bed around 11:00 because she was not comfortable downstairs. Around 10:30, there was a knock on the door and two dozen roses were delivered for Evie from our son  Tommy, a nice surprise.  

From Tom And Mary

I then decided to take the boat out for a brief cruise, making sure the battery was charged. It felt good to be on the lake and the boat performed well. I left the cover off, wanting to let the sun dry it out. We laugh that every time I take the cover off it rains. So after the cruise, I came in the house and went upstairs to read and nap. When I came down an hour later, Evie told me it did actually rain for about five minutes. The weather gods are playing with me.

Around 1:00, I heated up a bowl of chicken soup and made a toasted cheese sandwich for lunch and watched my show. I then read and tried to nap but to no avail. We both spent the afternoon either upstairs in bed or downstairs on the couch. Evie had phone calls from our kids and around 3:00, our good friend Linda stopped by with a Happy Birthday Evie sign, cupcakes. and beef barley soup. Later, our neighbor Barb stopped by with zinnias and a neat serving dish from South Carolina. 

Tommy And Evie, Honolulu, 1969

Evie wasn't hungry at dinner time, so I had corn and a Greek feta/turkey burger from Wegmans with a cupcake for dessert. Around 7;30, Evie was tired and went up to bed. I spent the rest of the evening watching Caitlin Clark Fever lose by a point to the Mystics. Once it was over, I watched the first half of Thursday night football before going up to bed. What a day!

Moon At 8:50