Sun 29 May

Heading up to Liberty Lodge for a couple of nights today - yay!!! Hoping for temps in the low 60s with at least some sun. Dinner at LURE tonight and at CHOP tomorrow for an early anniversary celebration. Hoping to pick up some more good scones from Piggly Wiggly and some meat spread from the Valmy store. Also hoping to get in a couple of good hikes. Food: 7:50 am Cherry danish, 101 g blackberries, coffee

Sat 29 May

Sunshine, cool temps at this point, but I believe it's supposed to start warming up again. I will be the reader at church this evening at the Noel Hangar; a new experience in many ways. Beautiful walk to the market. Couldn't quite limit myself to five pastries each; had to have a snail as well. Food: 8:50 am Berry danish, 101 g blackberries, coffee

Fri 28 May

Almost the end of the fifth month of 2021 already. We have hit the point in the pandemic when numbers are down and masks are no longer required in most places if you have been vaccinated. A fairly high percentage of people in our country have been vaccinated, but now we're down to the resistors so it may not climb significantly higher. Unfortunately, other countries haven't had as ready access to vaccines so there numbers remain low. Hopefully that situation will right itself soon. Food: 7:55 am Honey bear, 101 g blackberries, coffee

Thurs 27 May

The week goes on... Had a nice cooler weather hike at Rib last night followed by dinner at Rib. Walking this morning with Kathy, Bootstrap this afternoon. Food: 8:00 am Chocolate croissant, 101 g blackberries, coffee

Wed 26 May

A bit cooler this morning, 61°. Don't expect to do Pump outdoors because it rained quite a bit last night and the grass is likely still wet. Food: 8:00 am Cheese danish, 101 g blackberries, coffee

Tues 25 May

Temps are at 70°, skies are overcast but don't look like imminent rain. We'll see how the day pans out. Food: 7:55 am Chocolate pecan snail, 101 g blackberries, coffee

Mon 24 May

Temp only at 54° this morning, and feels quite damp after nighttime rain. Weather is really all over the place of late. I'm happy because Bob agreed yesterday to go to Liberty Lodge for a couple of days Sunday-Tuesday to celebrate our anniversary. We have reservations on Monday evening at CHOP for dinner. Should be quite a pleasant jaunt. Food: 7:55 am Apricot danish, 101 g blackberries, coffee

Sun 23 May

Looks like we may be in for another fairly rainy week. It's not raining now so I'll have to check the radar to see if it's safe to walk to Pacelli for church. Food: 8:00 am Orange peel nutmeg danish, 101 g blackberries, coffee

Sat 22 May

Not raining for a change today, some clouds but a little blue sky in between. Supposed to get quite warm later on. Food: 9:05 am Mixed berry danish, 101 g blackberries, coffee

Fri 21 May

Still somewhat grey outside, 67°. We needed rain, but I tire of it easily. Food: 7:45 am Honey bear, 101 g blackberries, coffee

Thurs 20 May

A humid morning, 66° but sticky-feeling. May be a warm walk with Kathy. At least it's not raining and doesn't look particularly threatening. Food: 7:50 am Chocolate croissant, 101 g blackberries, coffee

Wed 19 May

Rain came as promised last night, and it's still grey, cloudy, and drizzly this morning. I doubt she'll do Body Pump outdoors today, even though it's already 62°. I'll switch out of the flannel sheets this week. Food: 7:45 am Cheese danish, 101 g blackberries, coffee

Tues 18 May

Had a nice hike at Rib in beautiful, albeit warm, weather yesterday followed by a good burger at the Dane. Had to eat indoors as the patio had a 45-min wait, but we were in one of the large booths in the bar area with plenty of open space around us. Food: 7:55 am Kouign amann, 101 g blackberries, coffee

Mon 17 May

Sunny morning, start of a warm week with possible rain/thunderstorms coming later in the week. Might go hike at Rib today before the rainy days. Hiked at an Ice Age segment in Hartman Creek yesterday. Food: 7:55 am Blueberry almond danish, 101 g blackberries, coffee

Sun 16 May

Found a "new" supper club near Coloma last night when Cimarolis was way too crowded and Two Lakes had no openings for several hours. It was called Crystal's Wood Lake Supper Club and was a very typical example of the Wisconsin supper club. I had scallops and Bob had walleye almondine and we had brandy old-fashioneds because, why not? We had a nice hike before at Roche-a-Cri. Food: 8:05 am Cherry danish, 101 g blackberries, coffee

Sat 15 May

Temps are fairly mild this morning, but there's a brisk wind at times, clouds, and a little spitting rain. Made it to the Farmer's Market and back without getting wet. Saw Mick in his car and he stopped to chat a bit as we were returning home. He said Leone continues to do well. Food: 8:05 am Berry danish, 101 g blackberries, coffee

Fri 14 May

Sunshine, almost 50°. A few clouds. Should be another lovely day. Food: 7:45 am Chocolate pecan snail, 101 g blackberries, coffee

Thurs 13 May

More lovely sunshine and 51° this morning with promise of 60s and even low 70s to come. No walk with Kathy this morning, so I'll have to motivate to go out by myself instead, and I want to try to wash the sheets and maybe towels this morning as well. Bob thinks he might get some time off tomorrow so we could take advantage of this lovely weather to hike somewhere, making it a good idea to minimize the laundry tomorrow or even postpone what's left to Saturday. Food: 8:10 am Apple cinnamon danish, 101 g blackberries, coffee

Wed 12 May

Was a half hour late for my massage yesterday because I put the time into my phone incorrectly. Mary was able to squeeze me in, but I made her day pretty rushed. Michael stopped over in the morning with belated Mother's Day gifts! Some homemade apple granola tart and two huge danishes from Bake Superior! Made me feel much better to be remembered. Food: 7:55 am Cherry pear danish, 101 g blackberries, coffee

Tues 11 May

Very nice sunshine out there today, 41° at this time. Massage this afternoon, possibly a walk this morning to Schmeeckle if I can muster the motivation. Happy that the scale has returned to its previous area from the truly upsetting post-Door Co level. Would be so good if I could keep it falling down below 150. Food: 7:55 am Cheese danish, 101 g blackberries, coffee

Mon 10 May

Seems partly sunny, temps currently at 41°. May be able to walk outside today if it doesn't rain. Food: 7:50 am Pear danish, 101 g blackberries, coffee

Sun 9 May

Had a Happy Mothers Day text from Michael first thing this morning, along with wishes from Bob. Day looks sunny and bright, temps at 43°. I have to do Eucharistic minister at the Pacelli Mass, handling distribution to the floor seats. Food: 8:00 am Kouign amann, 101 g blackberries, coffee

Sat 8 May

Lovely walk to the Farmer's Market, cool but completely sunny and no wind. David had kouign amann as promised, but pear danish instead of pear tarts. The young girl was manning the stand today. Might be an excellent day for an afternoon hike, probably at the Ice Age trail to look for open trilliums. Food: 8:45 am Berry danish, 101 g blackberries, coffee

Fri 7 May

Watched a ZOOM presentation on Spring Ephemerals at the North Shore last night. Fun to see all the spring critters, flowers, etc. and learn their names, even if we couldn't remember half of the names afterwards. Nice that the Folk School offers these presentations for free. Food: 7:55 am Almond bear claw, 101 g blackberries, coffee

Thurs 6 May

Somewhat distressed by a substantial jump on the scale after this last little trip. Shall need to tone down the indulgences considerable to nip this in the bud. I have hope that often a post-travel jump comes down again quickly to pre-travel levels, especially when the jaunt was only a few days such as this one, but it was a wake-up call. Food: 7:55 am Half-piece of White Gull Inn coffee cake, 101 g blackberries, coffee

Wed 5 May

What a lovely trip to Door Co this was! We got out hiking every day in spite of much rain in the forecast for Sun/Mon. We hiked at Peninsula (two long trails), Newport (Europe Bay loop), Whitefish Dunes, and a few smaller venues as well. We had daily breakfast at the White Gull Inn and felt safe with their masking/distancing precautions, got a pizza from Wild Tomato (where we waited outdoors to take it back to the hotel since they weren't careful with masking or distancing indoors), dinner at Mojo Rosa's and late lunch/dinner at Al Johnson's and lunch at the Cookery, all with good precautions. The hotel was again very nice, and I enjoyed the newly-remodeled Piggly Wiggly in Sister Bay.

Sun 2 May

A mild morning in the mid-sixties to send us on our way to Door County for a few days. It's only supposed to be in the low fifties there, and probable rain tonight and tomorrow, but we should be able to hike on Tuesday and Wednesday after breakfast. We had a beautiful hike at the Ice Age Trail at Aniwa yesterday, a bit rushed to get back just in time for evening church, but flowers everywhere! If we can't hike much tomorrow, we made up for it. We hopefully can get a few short walks in on the way today. Food: 8:05 am Lemon-filled donut, 101 g blackberries, coffee

Sat 1 May

David isn't planning to be at the market today, so not sure if we'll walk down after breakfast, but no need to go before. Church at Pacelli at 5 pm today. It's supposed to get quite warm today, almost 50° already. Food: 7:50 am Almond kringle, 101 g blackberries, coffee