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Photos of Camilla and me that Alexis took seven years apart. I am really glade that she still wants to hold me hand when we go out for a walk. Today we went to the Lower and Upper Falls. There was a bit of a light rain. But we didn’t let that slow us down.Continue reading “Tahquamenon Falls”

While we had Oscar and Camilla outside looking at moths, Alexis sat and enjoyed a peaceful few minutes with a cup of coffee. A large lace-border moth and a porcelain gray, two of the more attractive “white/gray” moths at the cabin this morning. It’s hard to believe that the caterpillars of the painted lichen mothContinue reading “Moth Monday with the family”

A cicada killer that nested at our driveway in 2017 on this date. These huge wasps are perhaps the most docile of the wasps and I equate finding them with when Art Fair happens in Ann Arbor, which is next week. On July 17, 2019 I photographed this Harpy Eagle in Panama. This was aContinue reading “Past and present”

After a long flight, Alexis, Simon, Camilla and Oscar arrived in Detroit at 9:30AM. Here’s Oscar eating one of his favorite foods – pickled green beans (I have four jars that I prepared especially for him. And Camilla listening to a story on her iPad after dinner. We all sat outside for a while whenContinue reading “Family has arrived”

This one really hit home. I still have a reel-to-reel tape recorder/player. Not a fan of Starbucks, or pumpkin-spiced latte or I am a serious consumer of coffee. Anybody who has lived with a dog knows that their concept of supper time can be rather rigid. Doonesbury once again strikes a nerve with reality. TheContinue reading “Cartoons, the virus and a pie”

Here we are out on the town for our anniversary. Glad that this wonderful woman has put up with me for so many years. A fun dinner out at Red Hawk. Susan had the martini. I had tequila with grapefruit and more. Somehow I always find bar photos to be pleasant. Walked down to DawnContinue reading “Eating out and the garden”

This site is about 3/4 of a mile from home and can be an excellent place to go looking for birds in the spring, or insects and plants in the summer. It’s not surprising how many cranflies we find since there are over a thousand species in eastern North America. It is somewhat surprising howContinue reading “Sunset-Brooks Nature Area”

We’ve been in a situation when our maps instructions said “I do not know what to do here.” Gee, thanks. Then again, we have had people turn onto our lane at Whitefish Point, which is clearly marked “Private Drive” claiming that their GPS said this was the road to the harbor – which it isn’t.Continue reading “Editorial cartoons and memes”

It was a hot (97F+) day in July 35 years ago that this event took place in our garden, which has been a focal spot in our relationship since. Susan is wearing a dress that was her great-grandmothers, and fit her perfectly. Alexis is wearing a dress that we got for her in Mexico andContinue reading “A special day in July”

Shopping for art supplies at Michael’s yesterday I saw a mural of women’s apparel, mostly shoes and purses. Here are a few of the shoes. Today we walked to Village Kitchen for breakfast, then on to Aldi’s where we bought some veggies I needed for a project at home. After shopping we stopped at theContinue reading “A sunny Sunday in Ann Arbor”