Yesterday started with practice at 5 a.m. Generally I dislike early morning practices this late in the season because it’s dark when you get out there, and the sun is barely rising when you head back in.

Yesteday it was a beautiful night sky and a brilliant Seattle skyline. Incredibly clear sky with stars so bright it was sometimes hard to maintain focus in the boat. I was very nearly sure I had spotted several shooting stars within the first 20 minutes or so of being on Lake Union. Later on our coach said something about a meteor shower … I never saw anything in the news to confirm it. The husband suggested that maybe the shower wasn’t exactly planned. At any rate, 4 or 5 shooting stars. Or something. Can’t recall seeing one of those since I was at Camp Jewell in 7th grade.

Tuesday was sunny and wonderfully warm. Highs in the 70s. What a wonderful relief from the gray, foggy, cloudy, rainy weather that is October. Through March. April … and sometimes May. How lucky we are!

Today I walked Max and it was pouring rain.

How lucky we were.

Practice: 3 x 10 minutes. Increasing the rates 4 min, 3 min, 2 min then 1 min. Varying rates between 24 and 32.
Our third piece was much improved over the first. That is the type of practice I prefer.