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Today we spent a beautiful morning at the Ann Arbor Art Fair which rambles throughout downtown Ann Arbor and the University of Michigan campus. There was no lack of diversity in art. I’ll have to admit that I am drawn to realistic animal art. Hey! It’s a realistic dragon. A whimsical library. This photo reallyContinue reading “Ann Arbor Art Fair 2023”

It was a beautiful morning, full of promise. But a Whitefish Point the promise is more exciting than just a promise. From minute to minute the skies can go from dark to cloudless. A freighter with Ontario in the distance. We went into town for lunch. No, TJ’s hasn’t reopened. In fact it’s been closedContinue reading “Today’s color is purple”

Now there’s somebody who knows how to separate them permently. Here’s not how to separate church and state. Unless you’re a member of the ultra-conservative supreme court. Ah, the dilemma. The “howlers” enforcing the dilemma. I am so glad to not be teaching and grading papers these days. When all of the stars line upContinue reading “Some Monday humor”

After raining for the better part of two days it was cool and clear this morning. We walked to the “hawk deck” at Whitefish Point then came home. The little clouds moved out as the temperature warmed from 61F. By the time we got home most of the clouds had cleared and the temperature wasContinue reading “After the rain in the north”

On our way north to Whitefish Point we stopped near Moran in hopes of finding some late blooming Showy ladies-slippers. We were not disappointed. We visited the Owls Roost where the owl banders light for moths at night. “White” moths dominated the roost. But there were a few others. Here’s Susan photographing one of theContinue reading “Another orchid and some moths”

I can’t remember how many years ago I found Lamb. I was intrigued by the subtitle The gospel according to Biff, Christ’s childhood pal. I would be laughing out loud the book was so funny. And that book started me on my “Moore-quest.” It’s funny how some of the books are free-standing, while other shareContinue reading “Christopher Moore books”

Here we were 36 years ago getting married, very appropriately in our garden. It was an outrageously hot day, approaching 100F. We had friends and family in from all over the US and Canada. This year we celebrated with dinner at Sava. It was delightful. Our server even brought us two glasses of champagne toContinue reading “An anniversary celebration”

In the past four days we managed to set aside some time for dinner at El Harissa, a wonderful little North African market and restaurant that’s only a 15 minute walk from home. Now that the garlic has been harvested (more on that later), it’s time to plant pole beans. Some of the herbs haveContinue reading “A busy few days”

I just finished The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller. This is the second book by Miller that I have read recently. The previous book was Circe. The Song of Achilles was not as good as Circe, but it was still and interesting read. The book covers the life of Achilles from when he wasContinue reading “A book review”

We spent yesterday morning on Embury Road where we had quite a few colorful dragonflies and butterflies. This is an Eastern Pondhawk. Widowed skimmer and Spangled skimmer were both quite common. Whitetails were also common. But I only found two Halloween pennants. Butterflies were abundant, but less colorful than the dragonflies. Delaware skipper on theContinue reading “Fourth of July drangonfest”