By the Shore

For decades now, I've gone to the shores of Lake Erie for enjoyment, but also when I need solace, or to think, or for cheering me up. I've been suffering from depression more lately with not being able to go everywhere I would like to, so a little over a week ago, Mr. BTEG and I hit the beach.

We saw one fish in the water that day, but we saw some birds come out of a dive into the water with fish in their beaks, too.

There's a creek right there that feeds into the lake.

And this breakwall was partially submerged; the water level seemed rather high the day that we were there.

Grass Is Green, Water Is Wet, Cleveland Gets Midges

Apparently, the yearly infestation of midges is important news this year. Is there an unusual amount of them in 2018, or something? I don't really get that from the article. I spent most of my childhood years living two blocks from Lake Erie, in the 1970s. The outdoors would be crawling with those things for a little over a week. You kept your mouth closed and dealt with it. For that matter, it's difficult to drive your car in NE Ohio during a summer evening, or ride a Cedar Point roller coaster as dusk settles in, and not encounter a few bugs, even once the midges are gone. Take your car to the car wash, and as for the roller coaster, well, it's sometimes hard to keep your mouth shut, so be prepared to pick a bug out of your teeth.