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It’s been a busy week. I haven’t had a lot of time to sit down and write. So, it’s time to get caught up. Don’t forget to set your clocks back to night to the real time. And don’t forget to vote on Tuesday to prevent setting your life back 40 years. Halloween was aContinue reading “Catching up for the week”

We managed to get everything ready in the garden before the rain started last night. Hopefully, it will stop before the little ones are out tricker-treating. Whatever happens we are ready for them. If birds celebrated Halloween and were in charge of the pumpkins. More tomorrow when Halloween is done.

It’s been foggy the last two mornings. This morning we walked as the sun was rising to Village Kitchen for breakfast. One you get to Village Kitchen you are definitely in Wolverine Country. After breakfast it was back to working in the garden, getting it ready for a long winter nap. Fresh compost is theContinue reading “On the eve of Halloween”

After leaving Whitefish Point this morning we headed to Huron County Michigan to see if we could find the Variegated Flycatcher that has been there for the past ten days. Sightings have been on Wallace Rd., near Port Austin. Recently they have all been before 9AM or after 3PM. We arrived at the site shortlyContinue reading “Seeing a stray flycatcher in Michigan”

The regular waterbird counter Alec on the left and the substitute counter Chris on the right. Two miserable day then finally the sky cleared, the rain stopped and things were better. Yesterday was a stiff northerly with intermittent rain. But today the sunrise was quite delightful. Two freighters that appeared to be racing towards SaultContinue reading “Sunny day at Whitefish Point”

It was a rainy day at Whitefish Point. That gave me the perfect opportunity to get caught up on posting some sketches. The prompt for October 17th was “salty.” So I drew a seashell that Susan picked up last February on the beach in New Smyrna Beach. The prompt for October 18th was “scrape.” ThatContinue reading “Inktober – batch five”

An amazing sunrise at Whitefish Point. This photo is from the lower deck. The next one is from the upper deck. Each has its own merit. With strong south/southeast winds the clouds were soon gone, then replaced by others well after the sun was up. I think that when people think about fall color theyContinue reading “Fall colors – plants and birds”

I think that BC nailed it the other day. Now on to the ride north. It was barely beyond Washtenaw County that we started seeing the billboards for cannabis. I guess that “Granny knows best in Whitmore Lake.” And if you’re having trouble finding a place to get your cannabis just follow the directions fromContinue reading “Back at Whitefish Point for the week”

Our day started with breakfast at Nick’s which due to road work was really hard to access. But we managed to meet Mike and Linda. Then Mike came with us to Lower Huron Metropark. At Lower Huron we decided to walk the Wood Creek Rustic Trails. This nice trail had a lot of nice trees.Continue reading “Sunny Sunday morning breakfast and a walk”

Having seen a few Bullet ants I thought that this was a nice cartoon. Susan and I had dinner tonight with Don and Loree at Los Tres Amigos in Chelsea. Now I’m stuffed. Since I have been posting some drawings from Inktober I thought I should post the pens and pencils that I have beenContinue reading “Another beautiful October day”