by Judy Handley | Jul 24, 2022 | 2022 Life Logs |
2022 Life Logs, Day 205: Day of Rest After Saying Farewell to Lynne
Date: Sunday, July 24, 2022
Weather: Still Sunny, Still Hot; High 88, Low 75 degrees
Location: At Home in The Cottage, East Falmouth, MA
Bruce and Jane Woodin invited Lynne and I over for coffee this morning.
I took Shadow and he loved sitting on Bruce’s lap.
Bruce and Jane are getting their house painted, and what is done so far looks great. We enjoyed the coffee and conversation on their deck, and then Lynne headed on to visit with a friend who lives north and west of Albany, New York.
After feeding the cats and guinea pig at Heather and Jed’s, I headed home and basically enjoyed doing nothing for the remainder of the day. Shadow and I were lonely without Lynne and hope she will visit again before heading back to New Zealand in October. Heather and Jed will return from Maine tomorrow. I know they got a lot of boat cleaning done, but I will look forward to hearing more about Eider when they get home.
by Judy Handley | Jul 23, 2022 | 2022 Life Logs |
2022 Life Logs, Day 204: The Hot Days Continue
Date: Saturday, July 23, 2022
Weather: Sunny, Still Hot; High 92, Low 71 degrees
Location: At Home in The Cottage, East Falmouth, MA
The hot weather continues. It was 92 F today but felt like 96 according to WeatherUnderground. One way or the other, it was hot. There was a breeze, however, so sitting in the shade in the breeze felt great. Lynne, Shadow, and I went for a 2.5 to 3 mile hike at Quashnet River this morning. I knew the path would be mostly shady, and it was, so not as hot as hiking in full sun. At one point there is path down to the river. We took it and Shadow enjoyed a cool drink from the river. There was not another soul out hiking, so Shadow got to run free. He loved it. We returned home for lunch and then went over to Olga’s to check on the tomatoes I planted there. I have totally ignored them for three weeks. They need more water and need to be weeded, but they are surviving. When we returned home, we went down by the dock to sit in the shade and breeze to read. And finally, we went to Heather and Jed’s to do a laundry, go to the grocery store, and get Sam off to Martha’s Vineyard to spend tomorrow and Monday with friend Robert. He worked until 5 pm and had to wait for folks who returned their bike rentals late. Then he had to have some work done on his bike. By the time he got home, we barely got to Woods Hole in time for the 6:30 pm ferry. It was a stretch, but we made it. Lynne and I then returned home with spanakopita and a Greek salad for dinner from a Limani, a local Greek restaurant. Tomorrow morning we go to have coffee with Bruce and Jane Woodin, then she is off to visit a friend in the lakes region in New York state. She is out on a walk in the dark with Shadow right now, so I am going to sign off so we can have our last ‘chat’ before she leaves tomorrow.
by Judy Handley | Jul 22, 2022 | 2022 Life Logs |
2022 Life Logs, Day 203: Fun with Lynne, Ollie, and Jonah
Date: Friday, July 22, 2022
Weather: Sunny, Still Hot; High 89, Low 70 degrees
Location: At Home in The Cottage, East Falmouth, MA
It was another fun day with Lynne, Ollie, and Jonah. Lynne and I started the day by taking Shadow on a walk at Quissett Harbor and out to The Knob. Beautiful.
Then we drove to Woods Hole to hear Bruce Woodin playing with his music group, Noon Tunes.
Jonah and Ollie had been hanging out at home during the morning, so we picked them up on our way home from Woods Hole. They decided it was time to launch the Maui pad, so they paddled it out to deeper water using the kayaks and jumped in and played in the water on this very hot afternoon.
Lynne and I sat in the shade and read and watched them play. At 4:30, we drove a wet Ollie and Jonah to Menauhant Beach to meet Heather and Jed. Then Lynne and I went to Karen and Peter Baranowski’s for Happy Hour. Lynne had met Karen on a previous visit but had never met Peter.
She thought she was a tall woman until she stood next to Peter!
by Judy Handley | Jul 21, 2022 | 2022 Life Logs |
2022 Life Logs, Day 202: Welcome to Eider
Date: Thursday, July 21, 2022
Weather: Partly Sunny, Still Hot; High 86, Low 65 degrees
Location: At Home in The Cottage, East Falmouth, MA
Let there be light! As a follow-up to last night’s log that had to be sent today because there was no electricity and no internet, the electricity came back on at 3 am this morning.
There were two big announcements this week. Heather and Jed are now officially the owners of Eider, a 1983 Cape Dory 36 sailboat. They are going to Maine on Saturday to check on their newest acquisition. Sam will stay here with Lynne and me as he has to work. The other announcement is that Heather and Jed were finally able to order a new electric vehicle, a van. I think they have been on the waiting list for two years just to get the privilege of placing the order. Who knows when they will get it, but it is on the way at some point in the future. Congratulations to the Goldstones!
Jonah’s knee was better this morning, so I took him to his last day of soccer camp. Sam had a friend coming over for the afternoon, so I brought Ollie home with me as he wanted to do more kayaking. Today, he kayak chose to use the kayak that gave me so much trouble day before yesterday, letting Lynne and I have the easier to maneuver kayaks.
We weren’t out long, but we had a good time. Lynne and I watched the Jan 6 hearing tonight and Heather took the Goldpebbles to the Barnstable County Fair. Summer fun continues.
by Judy Handley | Jul 20, 2022 | 2022 Life Logs |
2022 Life Logs, Day 201: Mini-Golf on a Hot, Hot Afternoon
Date: Wednesday, July 20, 2022
Weather: Sunny and Hot; High 91, Low 72 degrees
Location: At Home in The Cottage, East Falmouth, MA
Compared to much of the world, our day today was not super hot. But for Cape Cod, 91 degrees F that feels like 96 qualifies as hot. Yet there was a nice breeze off and on throughout the day and we didn’t feel the heat until the middle of the afternoon when we were playing mini-golf. Who goes to play mini-golf when it is that hot?
Evidently not many people, as there were only two other families on the course. Despite the heat, Lynne, Jonah, Ollie, and I had a great time.
Jonah should not have been with us. He should have been at soccer camp. But early this morning, Heather called to tell me that Jonah had fallen on his knee playing soccer yesterday. He didn’t think much about it, but this morning he had trouble walking downstairs and realized there was a problem. Heather decided he should not play today, so Lynne and I had Ollie and Jonah. Sam was working. After mini-golf, we made the requisite stop for ice cream.
Then I dropped Lynne home and took Ollie and Jonah home. Right now, I am sitting in the dark writing this log as the electricity went off about thirty minutes ago. One minute there was light; the next we were in total darkness. The outage map shows outages all over town, probably due to overload because of the heat. The notifications from the electric company say they expect the electricity back on by midnight. I’ll have to let you know about that in tomorrow night’s log.
I took Shadow and he loved sitting on Bruce’s lap.
Bruce and Jane are getting their house painted, and what is done so far looks great. We enjoyed the coffee and conversation on their deck, and then Lynne headed on to visit with a friend who lives north and west of Albany, New York.
After feeding the cats and guinea pig at Heather and Jed’s, I headed home and basically enjoyed doing nothing for the remainder of the day. Shadow and I were lonely without Lynne and hope she will visit again before heading back to New Zealand in October. Heather and Jed will return from Maine tomorrow. I know they got a lot of boat cleaning done, but I will look forward to hearing more about Eider when they get home.
