It's Cool!

Osprey Hanging Out In Victoria

7:50

9:07

It's 9:20 and I paddled for 50 minutes, leaving around 8:15 because I slept in until 7:40, a miracle for me. I couldn't believe the cool weather when I walked out on the front porch to take a morning photo. What a relief from the heat and humidity of the past week. While paddling, I listened to a NY Times podcast on modern love, written by their columnist who writes about couples and love. Her conclusion: dating is difficult, love is easy. 

Kayak Morning

Juvenile Osprey?

Osprey

Saturday was typical with the usual list. First, I was up and paddling for an hour, then came home and wrote the blog and had Evie read it over, and publish it. Since it was still just 9:00, I decided to drive to Lakewood and have coffee with the guys before getting anything substantial done. Unfortunately, there was such a long line for coffee that I never had any, just sat on the front porch talking with the locals. After coffee, I stopped at the wine store and picked up a couple of boxes of wine, our new favorite way for wine time.

When I returned home, Evie had things cleaned up and the trash ready to go to the Transfer Station. I jumped in the Outback, drove up the hill, and started to the Transfer Station when all sorts of lights came on in the Outback, indicating a check engine light, oil, etc. So I turned around, drove home, transferred the trash to the Kia, and drove to the Transfer Station. When I got home, I checked the oil and antifreeze in the Outback and both seem full so it looks like I will be taking it to my mechanic next week.

I then had lunch since I skipped breakfast, my soup or stew of beans, kale, and orzo and it was decent to almost tasty. I was tired by 1:00, went up to read but fell asleep, enjoying a decent nap. I then read some but wanted to get a few things done, so I went out and mowed the rest of the lawn which we weren't able to finish on Thursday because of rain. I then went out into the lake and cut weeds for forty-five minutes, realizing it's a fool's task. They just keep growing. Once I was done, I went for a swim, then came in and took a shower and got dressed for our gathering of neighbors at 5:00.

Woodlawn Neighbors, Joe, Jim, Newt, And Moi

We meet our Woodlawn neighbors, usually three times a year, to talk about roads, right aways, insurance, things like that and of course dues. Everyone brings an appetizer to share so it's fun. Evie brought breaded eggplants slices and a tomato sauce for dipping. We get along well and there's rarely a problem. The best part is talking with neighbors who have been away for most of the winter. We stayed for over an hour and then came home, exhausted, at least I was from standing for so long. 

Evie heated up the leftover meatballs and rice for dinner, made a salad, and it was fine since we had feasted on the appetizers and were not that hungry. We watched an episode of a new series on Netflix called The Survivors, and it's not bad so we will stick with it. Evie went to bed around 9:00, and I finished up my series, Condor, and will need to find something else.