An interesting book on natural history at night. If you’ve never spent much time out in nature at night I can highly recommend it. I can remember evenings in southern Mexico with owls and howler monkeys fondly. Closer to home we frequently spend evenings outside at Whitefish Point watching owls heading north. More often weContinue reading “Some recent books”
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Recent drawings: part-5
I’ll be running out of Snoopy drawings to post in the near future. So, enjoy this one dancing on his roof. A California Condor, which I have never seen – although I might have when I spend a month in southern California in 1969. From yesterdays walk before the ice storm last night. White-breasted NuthatchContinue reading “Recent drawings: part-5”
Some recent “art” part-4
I have found that I am spending more time sitting and drawing, which for me is really nice. My hand is still a bit twitchy which makes writing less than optimal and sometimes affects what I am drawing, but that’s OK as the lack of major seizures is wonderful so putting up with twitches isContinue reading “Some recent “art” part-4″
February, 2025
January ended with a whimper, as it rained most of the day in Ann Arbor. But the rain changed to snow around 5 in the evening, and eventually froze. This lead to February starting as a slippery mess. View of the garden this morning. Not much snow, especially compared to the past. View of theContinue reading “February, 2025”
Some recent art – part 3
Yesterday we traveled from Whitefish Point to Ann Arbor. The first half of the trip was extremely windy. In fact there were issues crossing the Mackinac Bridge. Maximum speed was 20 mph with flashers on and only the right lane was being used, as the wind was out of the west. From the toll boothContinue reading “Some recent art – part 3”
Some recent art, part-2
My goal for the year is to spend more time drawing and painting. So, in an effort to achieve this I started drawing in a sketchbook, no painting yet. For the next two days, our last at Whitefish Point and a travel day I’ll post a few of the recent sketches. Garganoris bellmanni, a giantContinue reading “Some recent art, part-2”
Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan
We spent two beautiful days in Eastern Chippewa County looking for winter birds. We had some luck finding one small group of Common Redpolls, one large flock of Bohemian Waxwings, lots of SNow Buntings and Horned Larks among all of the more common stuff. Driving the roads around Rudyard always gives us the opportunity ofContinue reading “Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan”
The viruses are coming!
Needless to say the situation with viruses is not getting better, in fact cases are on the upward slope. The situation two weeks with influenza when the west and southeast were getting hit hardest. COVID-19, also two weeks ago. RSV from the same time. But what’s the current situation? Influenza, COVID-19, RSP and norovirus areContinue reading “The viruses are coming!”
Some humor to survive the cold
The temperature last night dipped down to -4F – outside. Fortunately the furnace company got to the cabin and solved our problem. Even better was that the guy had the part needed on his truck. Things like that you can never be sure of in the U.P., but it usually works out since they knowContinue reading “Some humor to survive the cold”
Whitefish Point – January, 2025
It was a slow trip from Ann Arbor to Whitefish Point yesterday. It was 7F when we left Ann Arbor and 5F when we got to our cabin. Along the way we hit intermittent snow squalls especially north of Gaylord. South of the Mackinac Bridge it really started blowing and snowing. That made for someContinue reading “Whitefish Point – January, 2025”
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