43 Years Tomorrow

Tomorrow will be our 43rd wedding anniversary. My husband had the florist deliver flowers today because we will be in Fort Wayne much of tomorrow.

It is terribly humid and hot today (87 right now at 1 p.m.). By mid-morning tomorrow the humidity should drop significantly. It also will be about 20 degrees cooler, at least to start. A pleasant day for our jaunt.

We are going to dine in a somewhat upscale restaurant for lunch tomorrow for our anniversary. Also want to visit Kohl's (during the Senior Hour), Half-Price Books, and Costco. 

We know this increases our risk of contracting the virus, but it is a risk we are willing to make for one day. We will wear masks and social distance. 

A stark reminder of the pandemic world out there is the email we received today informing us Grace Village now has one case of Covid-19 in Assisted Living. Our county also had 7 new cases reported in the last 24 hours. The situation is worsening, not getting better where we live. 

Lakeside Worship

 Every summer Sunday between Memorial Day and Labor Day, the Syracuse-Wawasee Ministerial Association sponsors a 30-minute worship service on the lake near Oakwood Resort. There are 3 ways to attend the boat-in worship service: On the Lilly Pad II boat from which the participants and sound system operate, on the shore, and in one's boat.

It was a bit cool this morning. My jeans jacket felt good. There were probably 70-80 boats in the water.

Next to the pier you can see two people in kayaks that had tethered there for the service.

Well over a hundred people on shore.

A few people wore masks, especially the ladies handing out the bulletins, but there was plenty of room to spread out to practice social distancing. This year my husband and I stayed a bit after the service ended to watch the boats with dogs line up to go to the boat with the dog biscuits. There were some dogs on shore as well.

We try to go at least once during the summer. If we get another beautiful day like today, we may go again. A very relaxing Sunday.

For Sunday lunch, we went to Boathouse restaurant in Winona Lake where we ate fish tacos on the screened-in porch overlooking Winona Lake. Except that the servers wore masks, it seemed almost like the good old days before the pandemic. However, we are quite aware that the number of people testing positive in our county is rising quickly. From about 120 to 210 in a little over a week.

Meet Cori

Covi the elephant has a new friend Cori the giraffe.

Today's Walk

Around 9:30 this morning I headed for the pond. Fresh air on the breeze felt good. We are to be around 90 degrees today, and the rest of the week is to be hot and humid. The humidity wasn't too bad yet this morning.

A resident of Grace Village gave money to buy flags for the planters, etc. around the apartment building and the flag circle. A nice touch for Memorial Day.

Several Robin Hood (condo) residents fly flags most days. We just put ours up on patriotic holidays.

Many people in the neighborhood through which I walked have flower baskets and pots now.

I added a geranium to my porch.

My neighbors' peonies are blooming.

My daffodil stems/leaves were falling over. I cut some short to get them off the speedwell plants. There is a tinge of pink on some of the Asiatic lily buds. Maybe in 10 days we will see them bloom. I bought them the first week of July last year already in bloom; perhaps with the right weather conditions they will bloom in June.

Only one quince bloom left. 

It is a beautiful day; I am glad I was able to be outside for awhile.