It's Cold Outside

7:31

8:46

It's 8:54 and I just returned from an hour on the lake, my usual route along Woodlawn, over to Long Point, across to the Powerboat Club, and home.  It was a chilly 49º out when I woke so I put on an extra layer of clothes, a tee shirt under a long sleeve shirt, and was fine. 

Kayak Morning

North

Cormorant

Hawk

Juvenile Osprey

Osprey

Yesterday started out to be a good day, but then it fell apart on my drive to ride my bike. First, however, I had a great paddle, lots of sightings of waterfowl. I returned home, had another cup of coffee, and finished my breakfast. Evie helped me with the blog. Because we had run out of peaches, I decided to go for a ride on the Jamestown Riverwalk, which was close to Peterson's Farm, where we get our peaches. So I got in the Outback and was heading over to the start of the walk when all sorts of lights went on in my Subaru. The kind that says stop driving, danger, oil problems. Well, I was on the highway so I kept going, got off at the first exit, and fortunately, the Subaru dealer was a couple of miles away. I drove in and talked to the guy, who said they would diagnose the problem with their computer, but it would cost me $175. I didn't have much choice, so he said they could get to it in an hour. It took close to two hours, and it was a simple speed sensor that caused all the electrical problems. They didn't have one in stock, so I will have to wait a week to get it fixed, but meanwhile, the car was safe to drive.

Walking Jamestown's Riverwalk

On my way home, I stopped at both Tops and Peterson's to pick up items for Evie and didn't get home until 1:00. I had a chicken wrap for lunch and the leftovers, mashed potatoes and gravy from Tuesday night's dinner. I watched my show and then tried to nap to no avail, so I read much of the afternoon until Evie had a Zoom call with her sisters, when I watched another episode of Fauda. After the Zoom call, we enjoyed a happy hour before Evie grilled a couple of juicy Lucy hamburgers and we had thosse for dinner along with sweet corn. We watched a couple of episodes of The Resident and have one to go. Once Evie went up to bed I watched my show and then went up to bed to read. Not so good a day.