Musings

We motored east sometimes close to Lake Erie, sometimes a few miles inland, and finally saw Cleveland in the distance.

Over on the east side, we met up with a college buddy of The Guru at a lovely Thai restaurant. My dish: Siam salmon…salmon wrapped in a napa cabbage leaf with veg and a rich yellow curry sauce. Oh, just yum. Perfect. Thanks, FK.

We continued east, still under the lake effect smear, and, while in Amish territory dodging horse-drawn buggies, spotted this pair of planes that looked to me as if they were slowly degrading. I did not see a for-sale sign.

Then we turned south, and outran the snow-smear, and are now on the PA side of the OH/PA line, enjoying temps just a smidge above freezing. We understand that a winter storm is headed this way tomorrow. Hopefully, we’ll be out of here before it ramps up.

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We rear-view-mirrored our A2 friends, and spent the afternoon (plus) with friends in one of the Grosse Pointes. We laughed a LOT, great fun.

This isn’t supposed to be frozen, but the heater conked out and the replacement didn’t work, and the replacement’s replacement is still in transit—if I have it right. Instead of sipping, the birds were busy at the feeders, and the squirrels were patrolling beneath them because they could not access the protected feeders.

We even got a chance to see their daughter’s new (to her) house, in which she’s installed an audio mixdown setup (I’m told that’s what it is). Need an album recorded? In our circle, she’s the one to call/text.

We’re on the move this evening, and I type this as we motor along parallel with Lake Erie’s southern shore. Yup, we sleep tonight in Ohio.

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It started snowing sometime when it was still dark, big lazy flakes, and kept it up almost until noon. In the background, you can tell our host was busy with the snowblower, cleaning sidewalks and driveway. And a parking spot by the curb for us. Thoughtful man.

It was NOT froggy weather.

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Fast and _what_?

This was a manufacturer display we saw at a Meijer. This misspelling was on two of the four shelves.

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Northern Ohio is criss-crossed (sorta; more east-west than other directions) by train trax. Here’s a parallel pair.

You may not know the Maumee, but it’s a major river in NE Ohio. Note the geese STANDING on the ice on the river.

We stopped for lunch at a…unique…luncheree, shall we say, although we ate inside where it was not quite freezing, and not at this table.

We ate this evening near this cider mill that I visited every fall when I was a kid and into my teens. I think in those days the only building was the part on the right. Inside, it reeked of fresh apple juice, and I thought the smell emanated from the beams and walls, and not just the mill, because the odor was so intense. On warm days, I remember worrying about the buzzing hornets/yellow jackets/whatever attracted by the apple-sugar.

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Sometimes the wild blue yonder is really shades of blue, or perhaps grey-blue if you’re picky.

We’re northbound, after a snow-storm, which is a better time than during the storm. Duh. This is a northern Kentucky rest area.

Full moon rising over Cincinnati.

And, by the time we got to the outer Cincinnati suburbs: demurely hiding moon. If anthropomorphizing is permitted.

We did see about five minutes of wan sunshine, and a few minutes of snow blowing across the pavement, but otherwise: dry roads, yay.

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Desiccated, brittle, and achromatic can be beautiful.

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The nights are long, and the days short. I do especially enjoy the coming of the sun.

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I drove about a mile to book club this evening, and discovered that many houses now have lights up. Our hostess had a large assortment of holiday art on display.

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The rain we got and the rain that’s predicted surely will knock back our drought situation.

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