We walked down to Art Fair, but first stopped at Kerrytown. Ant artist who did drawings of stadiums. Here’s his drawing of Tiger stadium. My favorite of the day. A photograpger who did underwater photography. Here’s the artist. The logo for this year. Starting out early meant not everybody was opened yet, but there wereContinue reading “Ann Arbor Art Fair – 2025”
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Protesting MAGA-world
Yesterday evening there was another protest/demonstration at Maple and Jackson Roads. As with those of the past it was a peaceful and enjoyable event. Here are some photos. And soon we’ll be off to Art Fair for something different.
July Political Cartoons
Not a lot of writing today, just an assortment of political cartoons relating to recent MAGA events. So much for MAGA. More later.
Anima Rising
Well, another Christopher Moore book arrived and has been read. And as withh all of his books it was entertaining and funny (sometimes). Moore has the ability to interweave history and fiction successfully. In this book there are the many historical figures such as Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung among othersContinue reading “Anima Rising”
Piping Plovers at Whitefish Point, Michigan
This year there was another successful Piping Plover nest at Whitefish Point. The point itself has been expanding after an early winter storm took out the point in the recent past. I think that this is a molting female plover, she still has some black feathers. This bird was not very far from the hatchingsContinue reading “Piping Plovers at Whitefish Point, Michigan”
Bald Eagles in Michigan
First, second, third and fourth year Bald Eagles (left to right) sketches by me. During migration there is a progression of age classes of Bald Eagles. Early migration is dominated by adult birds and second year birds. Then as migration progresses there is a steady increase in first year birds. Third year birds are leastContinue reading “Bald Eagles in Michigan”
Bird drawings
The other day when we drove to Brimley we didn’t photograph any birds. But I have drawings of some of the birds that we saw. Black-capped Chickadees are common all over the state, but as nesting birds are far fewer than we see them in winter and during migration. Red-breasted Nuthatches as with chickadees areContinue reading “Bird drawings”
Another anniversary
We spent our anniversary driving a favorite road looking for birds and heading to the Dancing Crane for lunch treats. One of the many creeks that we crossed which are all nice for birds. Susan spotted a ragged fringed orchid at one of the places that we stopped. A close-up of the ragged fringed orchid.Continue reading “Another anniversary”
Urban gardeners
Last week, before we headed north to Whitefish Point and after we were no longer feeling the effects of having the flu we started working on our garden. The first thing that we did was start harvesting garlic. The heads come out of the ground, get trimmed and then are woven into an old babyContinue reading “Urban gardeners”
Western Canada: Day-8
We started our day early, got breakfast then went to the Dawson City airport for a flight to Inuvik in the Northwest Territory. Since the weather for the next day looked iffy we decided to drive to Tuktoyaktuk as soon as we could, which was a great decision. We made it all the way toContinue reading “Western Canada: Day-8”
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