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.
by Judy Handley | Jul 19, 2022 | 2022 Life Logs |
2022 Life Logs, Day 200: Fun Kayaking and Sailing in the Eel River
Date: Tuesday, July 19, 2022
Weather: Sunny and Windy; High 84, Low 70 degrees
Location: At Home in The Cottage, East Falmouth, MA
After driving Shadow to the groomer and Jonah to Cape Cod Academy for day two of his soccer camp, I picked up Sam and Ollie and brought them home with me. Ollie and I wanted Sam’s help in figuring out how to attach the little sail I bought on one of the kayaks. That didn’t take long because Ollie was right. It was not a smart purchase. Sam immediately figured out how to attach it, but it just didn’t work.
We abandoned that project and Sam decided to sail the Opti and Ollie decided to kayak along with him.
Then Lynne got in a kayak and before I knew it, they were all out of sight.
I didn’t want to miss the fun, so I got the third kayak out, launched it, and got in. But before long, I realized why the boys have always said that kayak is hard to steer as it has a totally flat bottom. I would paddle a long and then a gust of wind would blow by and the kayak started to turn a circle no matter how hard I paddled. I still made progress and caught up with the gang just as they were turning around to come back. I paddled and twirled most of the way home and then Ollie decided I needed a tow.
It was a good day to be out on the water.
After a late lunch, Ollie and I then left Lynne at home and spent the remainder of our afternoon in the car taking Sam home, driving to pick Shadow up from the groomer which is just before the Bourne Bridge, heading across to Osterville to pick up Jonah, and then driving home to get bathing suits and heading to Surf Drive to meet Heather for an end-of-the-day swim.
It was 6 pm when I got home. Lynne, Shadow, and I took a short walk, and then it was time to fix dinner. Another fun summer day.
by Judy Handley | Jul 18, 2022 | 2022 Life Logs |
2022 Life Logs, Day 199: Lynne Arrived
Date: Monday, July 18, 2022
Weather: Cloudy and Humid with Some Sprinkles; High 81, Low 72 degrees
Location: At Home in The Cottage, East Falmouth, MA
My good friend Lynne Kirwin arrived this afternoon to spend a few days with me just as the humid weather arrived. I suppose we are having a heat wave, but no complaints, because it is not really hot . . . just a bit sticky. The boat closing did not happen today, maybe tomorrow. Ollie and I tried to figure out how to attach a sail I bought to one of the kayaks. In doing so, we discovered a porcupine living under the tarp where I store the kayaks. It was not going to leave, so we just had to work around the critter. We were not successful in attaching the sail and Ollie said, “Oma, I think this is the worst purchase you have ever made. It just doesn’t work.” I think he might be right, but we will give it another try. Lynne arrived just as Ollie and I were getting ready to have a late lunch, so we all ate together. Then Ollie and I drove to Cape Cod Academy to pick up Jonah at the end of his first day of soccer camp. Tomorrow is busy day of transporting Shadow to the groomer, taking Jonah to soccer camp, picking Sam up from rowing, and then coming home to spend some time with Lynne and Ollie before I have to head back to pick up Shadow and Jonah. But on Wednesday, Ollie and I have some plans for showing Lynne parts of Cape Cod that we love. Tonight, Lynne and I did a catch up on life and that will continue tomorrow. It has been almost three years since we have been together as Lynne’s 2019-2020 visit to New Zealand got extended by Covid restrictions. But she is here now, and it is just so much fun to be together again. Life is good.
by Judy Handley | Jul 17, 2022 | 2022 Life Logs |
2022 Life Logs, Day 198: Getting Ready for the Week Ahead
Date: Sunday, July 17, 2022
Weather: Mostly Sunny; High 83, Low 68 degrees
Location: At Home in The Cottage, East Falmouth
Like most of my summer Sundays, I spent today getting ready for the week ahead. My friend Lynne comes tomorrow . . . Ollie and I hope she will join us in some of our activities during the week . . . Jonah starts a four-day all-day soccer camp that requires daily transportation to and from . . . Sam works W-F-Sat-Sun and does his own thing on the other days . . . if all goes as planned, Heather closes on the sailboat tomorrow and makes phone calls to the boat yard in Maine to see if the boat will be ready to sail away this coming weekend . . . and we all hope we will survive another busy week! Heather is single parenting this week as Jed is away at a conference. That means she is super busy, but still she invited me over to have dinner tonight. Dinner was great and Jonah and Ollie got to show off their freshly cleaned bedroom. That was their project today. Since Sam was working today, he will attack his room tomorrow. And all of us are enjoying the beautiful, warm weather.
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!
