Sunday Ice Skating

A super Sunday in our little community. More congenial conversation with the "after church" crowd from St. Matthias while we ate breakfast. While the sky was high and gray, the lake ice proved to be smooth and clear. Driving down Shadyside, we saw people ice skating in a cove on Sunnyside. One person skated south with great speed, very reminiscent of "Hans Brinker". (I used to read that book yearly as a child.) Near the south end, there was finally activity at the Shadyside ice rink, three skaters with other adults and children milling around. What a jolly way to spend a Sunday! Rounding the lake we came up to the skaters in the cove. It turned out to be a man, a boy, and a dog working on their ice hockey. In my minds eye, I can see skating races. Skaters speeding south through the narrows, around the big island, then back north to the finish line. Bonfires, hot chocolate, and the CD from the skating rink playing. Wouldn't that be great entertainment? My husband wants to start a curling club in Findley Lake. Anyone interested in curling here in Findley Lake can drop me a note.