Overcast And A Light Rain

6:41

8:02

First Loon Of Spring

It's 8:30, and Evie just came downstairs and is making coffee.  I've been up for a couple of hours and paddled for fifty minutes before a light drizzle sent me home. It was a lovely morning when I set out — a band of golden light stretched just above the horizon — but the clouds gradually rolled in, and the drizzle followed. The paddle, however, was exciting because I was able to take a couple of great photos of a loon. He was about 20 feet away, screeching, then diving for five seconds, then surfacing, and screeching again. 

Kayak Morning

Mergansers

North

Woodlawn

Loon

Loon

Yesterday was a productive day, despite rain throughout much of the morning, which kept me off the water. Since it was Thursday, I didn't mind skipping the kayak, as I had breakfast in Bemus with friends at eight o'clock. It was good to see them again after a month away. When I got back, Evie and I enjoyed a leisurely morning coffee, listening to Michael Smerconish and putting the finishing touches on the blog.

I needed to get to the bank, so Evie put together a short list, and I was out the door by 10:30 — stopping first for a coffee at Ryder's Cup, then on to the bank. Since I was already in Lakewood, I made a quick run through both Wegmans and Aldi's, picking up a few treats: sushi from Wegmans for an appetizer and a pasta sauce from Aldi's, which came highly recommended.

I didn't make it home until after noon. Lunch was light — leftover chicken noodle soup, stretched a bit further with some added broth and rice. I watched my show, charged the Kia, then settled in with a book and a nap. I've started Peace Like a River, one of the many recommendations that finds me through TikTok, and it's already pulling me in.

The rain had stopped by late morning, and by 3:30, the sun came out, blue skies and puffy clouds dominated, and the lawn looked dry enough to mow. I pulled out the mower, loaded two batteries, and got to it — forty minutes and a couple of short breaks later, the yard was done. It felt good to accomplish something outside.

5:50

Around five o'clock, we settled into the living room, put on Jake, and enjoyed our sushi and wine. Before happy hour, Evie had prepped dinner: meatballs grilled in the air fryer, mushrooms sautéed to a golden brown, and Aldi's tomato sauce folded into both. By 6:30, the pasta was boiling, and we soon sat down to plates of spaghetti topped with meatballs, mushrooms, and sauce. Neither of us thought Aldi's sauce was anything remarkable. Evie turned in after a couple of episodes, and I closed out the night the usual way — a little basketball, then the final stretch of my series on Prime.