EARLY RISING ON CHAUTAUQUA LAKE

EARLY RISING ON CHAUTAUQUA LAKE

A daily journal of our lives (begun in October 2010), in photos (many taken by my wife, Evie) and words, mostly from our home on Chautauqua Lake, in Western New York, where my wife Evie and I live, after my having retired from teaching English for forty-five years in Hawaii, Turkey, and Ohio. We have three children, seven grandchildren, and two great-grandsons, as you will notice if you follow my blog, since we often travel to visit them. : Photo: 12/04/2025 at 7:00 PM

Thursday, June 11, 2026

Partly Cloudy

6:57 9:10 It's 7:15. I was up at 6:45, went out for a short paddle, and now have maybe fifteen minutes before I head out to breakfast at...

Wednesday, June 10, 2026

Overcast And A Few Rain Drops

9:05 It was 72º when I woke at 7:45, quite a contrast to the previous day's 58º. I put on a T-shirt and life vest, made my coffee, grabb...

Tuesday, June 9, 2026

Morning Sun And Light Winds

6:37 7:49 It's 8:17, and I was up way too early — at 6:00. I didn't get out on the lake until 6:30, paddling for fifty minutes down ...

Monday, June 8, 2026

A Bright Sunny Monday

Evie, Louie, and Arlo, neighbors' grandsons 8:46 It's Monday morning at 8:53, and we're both up with our coffee. I was up around...

Sunday, June 7, 2026

A Windy And Sunny Sunday

8:23 February, 2026 It's 8:40 and I've been up since 7:00. When I started out kayaking around 7:15, the wind was light, but on my re...

Saturday, June 6, 2026

Rain Last Night, Sunny Morning

8:21 Putting In The Dock It's 9:40 as I start this, having slept in until 8:00. I got out for an hour on the water, and when I came back...

Friday, June 5, 2026

A Bright Shiny Lake Morning

6:51 8:02 It's 8:12, and I just returned from a good hour's paddle down Woodlawn, across and along the shore of Long Point, then acr...

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