Overcast, Windy And Rain

6:44

7:33

It’s 7:12, and I’ve been up since 6:30. The lake isn’t very inviting, and neither is the sky, with its drizzle, wind, and gray. So I’ll skip kayaking and have a leisurely morning before driving to Bemus for breakfast at 8:00. Evie’s up as well, waking slowly since she has kindergarten today. I feel guilty not getting in a paddle, especially since the rain, as predicted, hasn’t started yet. It’s strange to sit around for an hour and a half and not do something.

Yesterday was another fine day. I know I keep saying that, but these past three or four weeks have been some of the best in years, with lots of sun and light winds. I got in a 50-minute paddle down to Whitney Bay and back. Once I finished the blog, I took my morning walk around Woodlawn, planning the rest of my day. I wanted to get a bike ride in, so I drove to Lakewood, parked, and rode along Terrace Drive to Celeron and back. It’s mostly on roads, but they aren’t heavily traveled. It was chillier than I expected, especially biking into the wind. I was out for 50 minutes and was passed easily by an older guy, which made me feel like a wimp. At least I told myself I’d gotten out there and done something. I skipped coffee and came straight home because I wanted to pick up some leaves in the side yard.

North End Of Lake

View From Harbor Hotel

Hotel Walk Way

Winter Boat Yard In Celeron

While I was gone, Evie had been busy and had a good talk with our son Tom. For lunch, I had veggie soup and an egg salad sandwich on Dave’s Killer Bread, supposedly healthy with lots of seeds. After lunch, I realized I’d finished my book, and I started the first chapter of a new one that the publisher had included as a come-on. It had similar themes and characters, enough to easily fool the reader. So I started a different book instead: the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead.

Around 3:00, I finally went out and decided to mow the rest of the yard, mostly the side and the front. I thought this would be the last mow of the year, since the leaves from our trees have mostly fallen, except for a few from the tulip tree. It took about 25 minutes, and the front yard still looks good this morning. By 5:00, I was really tired from biking and mowing, so it felt good to sit down and relax for an hour, listening to the news about Hegseth’s embarrassing performance at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. What a doofus. Dinner was great, and Evie devoured it: tilapia fillets with baked potatoes and garlic spinach. Yum. We watched our shows until 8:00, when I turned on the Cavs game until halftime, then returned to my series, The Mayor of Kingstown, and went to bed.

What an eyesore: tear it down!