Perhaps one of my favorite Roman quotes, as well as my approach to life. One of the book shelves that is next to the front door entering our house. Fiction, genealogy and old photographs, and natural history. As with any personal library this reflects the owner. But there is so much more. this shelf isContinue reading “An inspirational quote”
Author Archives: makielb
Moth night – Matthaei Botanical Gardens – 2025
We arrived at the Matthaei Botanical Gardens early enough to set up our stations before beople started showing up. The start of the evening as people starting appearing. Some of the 68 participants hearing about where the stations were and how we were doing things. One of our further stations before people were on theContinue reading “Moth night – Matthaei Botanical Gardens – 2025”
Ann Arbor Art Fair – 2025
We walked down to Art Fair, but first stopped at Kerrytown. Ant artist who did drawings of stadiums. Here’s his drawing of Tiger stadium. My favorite of the day. A photograpger who did underwater photography. Here’s the artist. The logo for this year. Starting out early meant not everybody was opened yet, but there wereContinue reading “Ann Arbor Art Fair – 2025”
Protesting MAGA-world
Yesterday evening there was another protest/demonstration at Maple and Jackson Roads. As with those of the past it was a peaceful and enjoyable event. Here are some photos. And soon we’ll be off to Art Fair for something different.
July Political Cartoons
Not a lot of writing today, just an assortment of political cartoons relating to recent MAGA events. So much for MAGA. More later.
Anima Rising
Well, another Christopher Moore book arrived and has been read. And as withh all of his books it was entertaining and funny (sometimes). Moore has the ability to interweave history and fiction successfully. In this book there are the many historical figures such as Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung among othersContinue reading “Anima Rising”
Piping Plovers at Whitefish Point, Michigan
This year there was another successful Piping Plover nest at Whitefish Point. The point itself has been expanding after an early winter storm took out the point in the recent past. I think that this is a molting female plover, she still has some black feathers. This bird was not very far from the hatchingsContinue reading “Piping Plovers at Whitefish Point, Michigan”
Bald Eagles in Michigan
First, second, third and fourth year Bald Eagles (left to right) sketches by me. During migration there is a progression of age classes of Bald Eagles. Early migration is dominated by adult birds and second year birds. Then as migration progresses there is a steady increase in first year birds. Third year birds are leastContinue reading “Bald Eagles in Michigan”
Bird drawings
The other day when we drove to Brimley we didn’t photograph any birds. But I have drawings of some of the birds that we saw. Black-capped Chickadees are common all over the state, but as nesting birds are far fewer than we see them in winter and during migration. Red-breasted Nuthatches as with chickadees areContinue reading “Bird drawings”
Another anniversary
We spent our anniversary driving a favorite road looking for birds and heading to the Dancing Crane for lunch treats. One of the many creeks that we crossed which are all nice for birds. Susan spotted a ragged fringed orchid at one of the places that we stopped. A close-up of the ragged fringed orchid.Continue reading “Another anniversary”
Michael's Place 