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The Diego Rivera murals at the DIA are something that I always stop to see when I am there. They are truly amazing. Andy Warhol self portraits. I guess that there were an early form of selfies. A piece of art by Yoko Ono. It’s a metal reproduction of the shirt that John Lennon wasContinue reading “More art from the DIA”

This morning, well before sunrise we headed to downtown Ann Arbor to catch the D2A2 bus which would drop us off in Detroit. There we would catch the Q-line trolly to the Detroit Institute of Art to see the Van Gogh in America exhibition. We arrive in Detroit after sunrise and headed to the DIA.Continue reading “Van Gogh in America”

A poem to end the year: The Death of the Old Year Alfred, Lord Tennyson – 1809-1892 Full knee-deep lies the winter snow,And the winter winds are wearily sighing:Toll ye the church bell sad and slow,And tread softly and speak low,For the old year lies a-dying.       Old year you must not die;       You came to us so readily,       YouContinue reading “The end of 2022”

Starting our year in Florida in late January, 2022 meant that we had the pleasure of seeing lots of anoles. Another Florida highlight were gopher tortoises. We are now pretty good at knowing how to find them. Congaree National Park in South Carolina has a delightful boardwalk. We were able to look down on manyContinue reading “Some animals from 2022”

well, here they are – the last four garden tomatoes of 2022. We picked these is late October when they were still green and let them slowly ripen. We’r4e hoping that one will last until Sunday, making it into 2023. I let you know if that happens. Now on to insects. A Julia and ZebraContinue reading “Some insects from 2022 and the last tomatoes from the garden”

Our day started with Susan making popovers. Candle-lit breakfast with popovers, marmalade and applesauce. As always I was up well before dawn, taking Susan coffee when the bedroom light went on. All of our Christmas decorations are in the front window. Neighborhood decorations are looking quite nice with the snow. A small skating rink withContinue reading “Christmas 2022”

It’s that time of year – the Christmas Bird Count season (CBC). This year we will be doing two. The Ann Arbor CBC on 17 December and the Whitefish Point CBC on 27 December. This should be a lot of fun, especially since we have not done a CBC since before 2019. We’re expecting aContinue reading “Christmas bird counts 2022”

Steve, Chellie, Susan and I went downtown for dinner at Amadeus then walking around downtown listening to music, watch dancing, and see the huge hoard of people. Literati on and Amadeus. Lights everywhere, and lots of people. I can’t remember the last time I saw so many people in one place. We avoided going intoContinue reading “Midnight Madness in Ann Arbor”

Here’s Susan and I in Camarillo, California last month. Hard to believe that she was a year younger then, as we joke about birthdays. Today we had a relaxing day that started with walking to breakfast at our favorite place for breakfast – Village Kitchen. What made it even better today was that our favoriteContinue reading “They say it’s your birthday”

Our day started with meeting our friend Linda at Northside Grill. I found it interesting to find that the car we parked next to had two interesting bumper stickers. The first was the “Stand with Ukraine” sticker, which we are seeing more of. The second was the “Puglia” sticker which was curious since that wasContinue reading “From Thanksgiving to Christmas in a day”