Cloudy Waters – July 18
Near sunset at Spencer Lake, Ohio, the clouds reflected strongly in the dark, still waters, like cream swirling in coffee. Except for the calls of a few insects and birds, all was quiet.
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Out on an errand I stopped by the quarry lake parks in Berea. It was a cold, gloomy day, reminiscent of my recent mood. As I explored the area, I watched ducks and geese, studied and listened to thick ice water flowing over the lake's dam. I discovered ice curtains forming on snowy tree limbs tangled in the rocks, and observed dark skies reflecting in waters that were darker still. The already-gloomy day was heading toward night –we're a day shy of winter solstice– making photography difficult and the cold air was stiffening my fingers, making them hurt. Time to head home. Dark and cold the days become.
I didn't know how to spend the couple of hours between the end of my work day and the beginning of an evening meeting. So I visited a favorite old place of mine — a cliffside overview of Lake Erie. The view was more beautiful than I had imagined it would be. What a fine way to fill a little time, and one's spirit.
Friday was set aside to take a trip to The Wilderness Center in Wilmot, Ohio where I would be given a somewhat behind-the-scenes look at their Astronomy Building. Members of the Center's astronomy club were very generous with their time and information. It was a nice trip down under partly-cloudy skies but we couldn't look through their magnificent telescope because of developing overcast and sprinkles of rain! Of course the sky cleared after we left. Grrrrrrr…..
We had a lazy day Saturday and did a little exploring. We checked out the annual Lakewood Art Festival, held on a closed street of that Cleveland suburb. Then we set out for Huntington Beach Park in nearby Bay Village, Ohio. Along the way we stopped at a tiny lakefront park to admire and photograph the amazing colors we saw in Lake Erie. It was good to have a lazy day if for no other reason than to get ready for the next day's hard work.
Sunday I worked for 15 hours straight removing old and installing new computers. It was a lot of work but much easier to do with the place closed! Even at this writing I'm still working on the project, though now changing out a few computers at a time instead of 20 systems in one session. Yeah, 15 hours is a long work day but the last time I did a leased computer swap-out at work I worked for 24 hours straight –yes, 24 hours awake and working– and had no sleep for a longer time than that! I got a bit smarter over the ensuing years and figured some ways to make the job easier this time. I hope to take some time off soon to recover but we still have a meeting room out of commission, in use now as my warehouse and workroom, and I have to empty it this week.
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