A Three Heron Morning

7:34

9:13

It's later than usual as I start this blog on a beautiful late Spring morning. I woke at 6:00 but went back to sleep a couple of times and didn't get up and make coffee until 7:25. I was out on the lake by 7:40 and paddled north into a light wind and met my kayak friends, Tina and Jim, on the way. It was a striking morning to be on the lake at 63º. As I finish this, I am enjoying my healthy breakfast, cherry pie topped with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Yum

Kayak Morning

A Lake Eyesore (boat garage)

Great Blue # 1

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Friday turned out to be a decent day, although I was not looking forward to it. I did get in a paddle before breakfast and the blog. I knew I had a doctor's appointment for a CT scan in Ashtabula at 1:00, which meant I had to leave around 11:15 to get there on time. So I spent the hour before leaving in the front yard picking up deadfall from Thursday's heavy winds. I filled two and a half garbage cans with the deadfall and took it up the hill when I was finished. I was out there for almost an hour and worked up a sweat and a sore back from bending over and picking up everything from branches to twigs to bark.

I was through just before 11:00, so I showered and got ready to drive to the Cleveland Clinic Ashtabula. Unfortunately, I ran into a traffic jam in Erie, so it was a good thing I planned on arriving at least half hour before my appointment. I got there at 12:50, ten minutes before my appointment, and waited maybe 20 minutes before getting called for my scan. It took maybe 15 minutes, and I was back to my car, on my way to the last stop in Ohio to fill up on cheaper gas and get a Whopper meal.

On my way home, I stopped at the northeast exit and bought a cherry pie, cookies, and chocolate milk at Orton's Fruit Market. I was home by 3:00, and Evie and I watched the US soccer team defeat Australia 2-0 before sitting on our front porch and enjoying a glass of wine and the view. Because I had a Whopper at 2:30, I was not very hungry, nor was Evie, so she made us fried bologna sandwiches, with mayo and pickles, her favorite sandwich from her childhood. I suggested watching an old film, from 2005, based on a Richard Russo novel called Empire Falls. We stuck with it for a little over half an hour before one of us admitted we were bored. We then watched a bit of soccer before Evie went up to bed. By then I had had enough soccer and turned to Apple TV and watched an episode of Sugar, with Colin Farrell. I think I am going to like it.

Autumn Looking Dusk, Thursday at 8:44