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Starting the day with a funny but appropriate cartoon. Having had kidney stones I appreciatre “drinking my troubles away with water.” First Common Grackles at our feeders. We spent most of the late morning at Ford Lake looking for waterfowl. The local flock of Greater White-fronted Geese were rather obvious. There were a few CacklingContinue reading “Interesting geese and a nice evening”

But first, what’s happening in the Ukraine. The attack on the nuclear power plant is both scary and unimaginable. I hope that this is all resolved soon. In 2013 I was invited to an Anatomy & Physiology meeting in New Orleans. Susan was able to attend with me. She was able to wander town whileContinue reading “New Orleans meeting – 2013”

We went to Barton Pond today in search of a White-winged Scoter. We found the scoter along with Redheads, Common Mergansers, Ring-necked Ducks and Bufflehead. Unfortunately, they were quite distant. Although easily seen with a spotting-scope I could not photograph them. So I settled for the dam and some other stuff. More later…

This is ll too familiar a problem. I went through a lot the same issues several years ago, Fortunately, I am still here to annoy people with my writing and photos. Right now the garden consists of enough kale plants to get us through the next couple of months. But it’s time to plant nextContinue reading “Walking in the neighborhood and thinking about the garden”

My day started out with a blood-draw (all routine, not due to a problem) then I walked over to Toyota to meet Susan who was waiting for the cars routine maintenance. It is now ready for our first trip to the cabin in April. Since my blood-draw required fasting we stopped at Village Kitchen soContinue reading “The March to spring in Ann Arbor”

On this beautiful winter day I have been looking at some drawings that I did last spring. I was drawing the spring ephemerals as I has seen them. Here are a few violets. I’m thinking of redoing these drawings, but in color. Long-spurred violet is perhaps my favorite violet to find in the spring. WeContinue reading “A beautiful winter day in Ann Arbor”

Our day started at the North Star Inn in Corinth, Kentucky. I would recommend this place if you are taking I-75 either north or south through Kentucky. First time since we were at Sault Ste. Marie in early January that we woke to frost on the car. It was 27F, and running the car asContinue reading “Back in Michigan”

After spending time with so many friends in the south this really makes sense. Heck yes! I’ll take a good tequila or mescal over beer any day. I had a negra modelo with lunch yesterday and a bit of Espolon in the evening while playing a game with Mark. The Espolon labels are as entertainingContinue reading “North Carolina to Kentucky”

Our day started in Weverville. I worked with Mark at the Insect Division of the University of Michigan Museums of Zoology some 25 years ago. We would often go out insect collecting together and had some amazing road trips together. Today we went out photographing plants. Our destination today was Rocky Fork State Park inContinue reading “A fun day with Mark and Adrienne”

We finally got into North Carolina yesterday. Susan and I spent the morning on a trail at Pisgah National Forest. Now we can say we have been at Pisgah, North Carolina and Pisgah, Oregon. The stream here was clear and rocky. There were fly-fisherman at nearly every pull-off along the stream. We headed up aContinue reading “North Carolina!”