The First Big Melt

7:11

8:58

It's 7:30 and Evie and I are both up, Evie getting ready for kindergarten, me to have breakfast at 8:00 in Bemus. The snow has mostly melted, the lawns are green once again, and I had to chase a bevy of Canadian geese off our neighbor's yard this morning.

Wednesday was a strange day. I was up early and out on the cold lake by 7:15 for the first time in a couple of days. I was out for forty minutes, photographed a heron, and was dressed in layers so I wasn't cold. When I returned, I decided to go to yoga in Lakewood at 10:00. Just before I left, our plumber stopped by to check on our boiler. It had to change a zone valve because we were not getting heat in a couple of upstairs bedrooms. When I arrived at the studio, the lights were off and no one was around. I waited around for a few minutes, yelled if anyone was home, then left for a cup of coffee at Ryder's Cup. 

Ryder's Cup Friends

Neal, one of the regulars, was there, so I sat down with him for 15 minutes when our good friend, Paul, and his wife, Ellen, stopped in. Paul's been suffering from lung problems and is in a wheelchair. It was great to see him since he's usually been a regular until his health problems. He seems to know everyone, as anyone who came in for a coffee stopped to say hello. We sat around for nearly an hour talking. I left around 11:30, stopped at Kentucky Fried Chicken for our dinner, and came home to kitchen cupboards taken apart. 

Lunch was easy: the leftover dinner from Tuesday night, and I finished my series, Lone Wolf. After lunch, my afternoon went as usual, with a nap, reading my new book, a new novel by acclaimed novelist Ian McEwan called What We Can Know. Evie's afternoon was similar, finishing up the kitchen, watching some TV, and waiting, like me, for 5:00 when we could have a glass of wine. I tried to do a few things outside, but it was raining, so I just came back in. 

Afternoon Skies

Dinner was Kentucky Fried Chicken, Evie's favorite, and we watched three All Saints, although I have to admit that I am losing my interest in it, or like most series, it had a few bad shows before picking back up. When Evie went to bed, I watched a new series from Denmark, I think called The Asset, and it looks decent, and I watched about ten minutes of the Lakers/Thunder game before going to bed.

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