A few days ago it was St. Patrick's Day. It dawned beautifully with
the hot sun streaming in the east facing windows of our bedroom.
Saturdays can be lazy days here after a week of work in the studio or in
Deb's case, her current job search. The smell of spring and the face
warming sun was a heady, almost overwhelming load on my senses as we
enjoyed the start of the day from our balcony overlooking our yard.
The
back of our place faces towards open fields behind the yards on the
side street beside us. The field, recently abandoned as a subdivision,
is overgrown with bush, sumach, swamp grass and some medium sized trees.
It is a haven for birds and it is so pleasurable to sit on the balcony
and listen or watch the birds doing what birds do with scant attention
to our important human work or CNN playing in the background. This is
where I start most of my days now that decent weather is here.
We
went for a ride yesterday, just getting to know our new neighbourhood
and to see the lakeside before the summer gets here and the sand is
populated with people and their dogs playing in the sun. It is so warm
this spring the shorebirds with their chaise lounges were already out on
the sand flipping Frisbees and taking in the vitamin D.
The 2011
Road Glide is running perfectly and Debra got her first ride on this
bike. Wow!!! No comparison to the 2004 in terms of ride or raw
horsepower. The amenities including the TourPak and passenger backrest
with built-in speakers were a real hit.
Later, we drove into
Niagara-on-the-Lake to take in the St. Patrick's Day festivities at the
Irish Harp pub. We met up with my good biker friends Lee and Linda, Stan
and Danuta, Dave and Mary Ann and Mary Ann's mother, and Nancy. The
place was packed and hopping with a Celtic Band and lots of good beer on
hand. Debra got to meet my friends who have been a big part of my life
since retirement and I got to re-connect after many, many months. What a
wonderful time!
We called it a night after a few hours of fun wit
friends and made the drive back to Lake Erie. The day ended with a
quiet beer on the balcony listening to the tree frogs and crickets
singing their way into a wonderful, warm spring night. Life is good!!!
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St. Patrick's Day in Niagara
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