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Wow, 18 inches of snow south-west of Marquette, but almost none at Whitefish Point. It was an interesting fall snowstorm. Now, on to some drawings. The Inktober prompt for October 8th was match. So I did a “match” of two people’s hearts. October 9th prompt was “nest.” Here’s a quick sketch of a Palm WarblerContinue reading “Inktober – group three”

While research shows that drinking 3-4 cups of coffee in the morning helps people live longer. The above statement has always been my philosophy. Regardless of what you think, let’s sit down and talk. The Pandemic Doctor is here talking to old friends about – you guessed it, the pandemic. It’s still here, and forContinue reading “Let’s have a cup of coffee and talk”

It was a beautiful morning, albeit with threatening clouds that started producing rain soon after getting home from a walk. Now on to some sketches. October 4th the theme was scallop. My question is dinner or a shell? So, my feeble attempt at combining dinner with a meal, including lemon and garlic. October 5th themeContinue reading “Inktober – batch two”

Our day started in the dark with a beautiful look at the Moon. Then it was off to an early breakfast. A restaurant that we had not visited before. A highlight for me was being able to get cheesy grits that were quite good. It was also nice to have time to chat with ourContinue reading “A beautiful Sunday with friends and birds”

The Red Wings game last night was infinitely better than game one last season. Elmer Söderblom scored the first goal of the season, in his first game in the NHL. Husso got the shutout, and Rasmussen had the best game of his career. Now let’s see how tonight goes in New Jersy, It was aContinue reading “Game day in Ann Arbor”

The funny things that you find when you are out shopping for the first time in over two weeks – a new cannabis shop. Well, weather aside I guess that pumpkin spice popcorn means that it is fall. No, we didn’t get any. And now Heinz in selling tomato blood. Not only is it fall,Continue reading “Time to go shopping”

Susan canned diced Roma tomatoes last night. We still have some 20 pounds of green tomatoes that are waiting to ripen. When they do they will become either diced tomatoes or tomato sauce. Two of the raised beds have had the plants removed leaving only a few marigolds. Here are the last of the tomatoesContinue reading “Putting the garden to sleep for the year”

We packed and left Camarillo early yesterday morning. We gave ourselves plenty of time to make the 45-mile drive to LAX, which took some 90 minutes. After returning our rental we took the shuttle to LAX and had sandwiches that we packed at Candy and Jim’s as we sat near our boarding gate reading, snackingContinue reading “Back home in time for fall”

Our nephew Nick was married last night. What a wonderful celebration. Here they are, Nick and Carlie. It was a perfect evening with a full Moon. Great music, dancing, food and drinks. You couldn’t as for better. Today we headed to the ocean looking for birds and plants. The few shore birds \that we sawContinue reading “A wedding then a day with birds”

Our day started with a nice walk photographing plants and an occasional non-plant like this spider (close up of the spider on the left, me taking a photo with my phone on the right, thanks to Susan.) The rest of the day was getting ready for a party that Candy and Jim were hosting forContinue reading “California day-3”