Saturday - September 5

Dreary day but a few little bursts of sunshine.    Cooler today with a high of 78 but humidity was still high. 

Mark changed the oil in the generator - another messy job but one more thing off the list!

Our euchre buddies, Todd and Cindy from CT are back in Fort Myers for a week - they live in Colorado or Georgia.    Cindy wanted to play euchre sometime this week.....sorry, still in Port Clinton but definitely when we're back this fall!

Michael and Chris (boat sister) arrived.    They are staying on Bruce and Christine's boat this weekend.    We all went over to see their new sailboat - wow....it's a beauty - 44' Jeanneau.    Had a fun visit and Bruce made delicious Aperol Spritzes/

Mark and I left to go to 4:30 Mass where we saw Bob and Donna (boat sister).    Last mass for us with Father Jonathan till next spring.    We went downtown to the "P" festival and enjoyed our perch and cole slaw + shared a piece of peach pie and ice cream.

Back to the marina and Dennis had arrived after a week-long vacation in Canada and Michigan with his brothers and a friend.    We sat under the tent and visited.    Later some of us were on Bob and Donna's "So Blessed" - lots of laughs!    They are a crazy bunch!   Said our good night's and back to Flo....till tomorrow!

Mark and I had our first date 61 years ago tonight - September 5, 1965 at the Tri-County Fair in Mendota, IL.

Friday - September 4

Loaded up the car with laundry on this rainy morning with thunder, lightning and heavy rain at times.    There was a let up around 9:30, so we were off to The Orchard Farmstand (a favorite of mine).   I saw online that they have their breakfast sandwich (bacon or sausage, egg and cheese on English muffin and hash browns for $5 from 7-11.)    And they have the specialty coffees. 

Gosh, water standing all over the place......enjoyed our breakfast and coffee and then onto the laundromat for last time this season!    3 loads later we were on our way home with the rain still coming down.

Quiet afternoon with rain off and on.    Around 4, we decided to go for a walk....whew.....so humid.   We walked downtown and back.    Visited with Bruce for a bit....he came up tonight for the long weekend - Christine will join him later.    They are from the Cleveland area and have a sailboat "Job Site"!    Maybe the weather kept others away, but we know more will be coming tomorrow.

So, here we are with the start of Labor Day weekend - hard to believe!    The "Perch, Peach, Pierogi, and Polka Festival" is happening starting tonight thru Sunday.    The Knights of Columbus put on this event downtown always on Labor Day weekend and this is the 21st annual "P" festival.   We plan to go tomorrow.

Thursday - September 3

 Hopefully this is the last of the HOT days!   Lots of sunshine, hot 'n humid!

Mark ran some errands and when he got home, I left for the coffee shop and a to-go latte and then a mani/pedi with Danielle.   Said our good byes till next spring.

On home and Mark was changing oil in the engines - got that messy job done but thankful he can do it and save a bunch of $.   Took him over 2 hours.    Also changed AC filters.

I was using our apple corer to cut up an apple for lunch and while the apple slices come out perfect, I  "somehow" cut my thumb - those blades are SHARP.   Lots of bleeding and thought it had stopped but no...a band-aid, followed by gauze and tape and lots of paper towels applying lots of pressure - arghhh!    Finally used some of the "Seal Wound" which Mark keeps on hand if/when he nicks or cuts himself while shaving.    That did the trick to stop the bleeding, but when he sprinkled this brown dusty stuff on, OUCH>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>holy moly, did that hurt!    What an ordeal....one of those "I can't believe that just happened" moments!!!

We got me all cleaned up and after lunch, Mark (my great nurse once again) was off to run more errands.   

Late afternoon, the sky was getting dark to the west. We decided to put Ruby and Big Red inside the building.    I went to Rich's for some chicken and sides.   I got Ruby tucked away safe 'n sound and we decided to head to the biggest building which has solid heavy-duty walls between buildings.    We met Jeanne as we were walking and she and Roscoe were going into the building where her RV is.    Radar looked nasty!

It was a doozy of a storm - very heavy rain and strong winds.    It came fast and furious.   Lasted almost an hour.     Went back to Flo and enjoyed our supper as the sky became nice and bright again!

  

Wednesday - September 2

 We hit 93 (but felt like 105) according to the weather here in Port Clinton!   

Had a quiet morning reading and playing games and lots of puzzles (me) on our I-pads.    Steve, one of the dockhands came to pump out Flo and Catrina's potties - so nice they have a portable pump out to come right to us!

Then off to The Orchard Farmstand to meet friends, Steve and Margaret from CT.    They live on Catawba Island and we got together last August with them.    I play canasta with Margaret.

We ate inside this hot day and enjoyed a yummy lunch as always.   Our waitress handed us the drink and food menus and "features". The special drinks were in memory of "Saint Dolly", so Margaret and I just knew we had to try "The Dolly" which was very good and refreshing.

CHEERS to Dolly!

Lots to catch up with - health issues, their home is on the market, family updates and news from CT.    Look forward to seeing them back at CT this fall.

Steve, Margaret, Pat, Mark

Mark and I stopped at Rudder's for some of their delicious wasabi/ginger tuna salad and then a few things at Wal Mart.   On home for naps and more time on our I-pads.   

Tuesday - September 1

 

 Steamy and breezy start to September....the heat is on here in Port Clinton and much of the country.

Mark got a haircut with Gina and stopped at Coffee Express for coffee and muffins and back to Flo.   We have Catrina cleaned out and now living on Flo and pretty well organized.   We did 3 loads of laundry here at the marina - an all-day job but it's free!

We picked Jeanne up at 11 and off to Fremont and the Tackle Box II for lunch - we wanted her to experience this place which is very eclectic with just about every collectible (from way back when) you can imagine.    She loved it and of course, lunch was so good (Jeanne had shrimp and Mark and I shared the pollack platter)!   Lots of good visiting, a stop at Lowe's for Mark to return something and on home.     Enjoyed the AC...

Pat, Mark, Jeanne with the Pillsbury Dough Boy and so much more!

Mark went to Bassett's for another return.

Sorry to hear today that our friend, Rhea (90) passed away.    She and Earl were the dearest nicest folks - I was in Exchange Club with Earl for many years and they were both big Blue Angel fans!

More rain around 6:15 but didn't amount to much

Another pic from my Class of '66 reunion