Thursday night was gorgeous. It was warm but breezy. Just about perfect.

I drove out to Gayle’s place, and since I was early I stopped at a roadside lake (I believe it’s called Parker’s Lake).

There were people fishing and boating, walking and jogging. And that lakey smell (Curiously the same smell as the water out of my pipes in my apartment–mom says St. Paul water is drawn from lakes). I saw a red-winged blackbird.

Then after I got my cat fix at Gayle’s…meet Esmeralda:

…we were off to watch her nephew Zach’s soccer game. He did really well and no goals scored on him whilst he was goalie (I just like that word “whilst”).

It was cute to see all the 6- or 7-year-olds playing.