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Started the day with a great breakfast. Then thinking about identifying plants and birds. A friend post this on Face Book, I thought that it might help with birds. But today we were heading off in search of plants. One of our favorite spots to look at plants is Nan Weston. Tremendous diversity here. ThereContinue reading “Searching for a winter orchid”

It’s hard to believe that my little girl is all grown up and half a continent away. The photo was her first day home from the hospital. Regardless, it’s her birthday. Her she is on the day that Susan and I got married. She was five years old. The first day of kindergarten, walking toContinue reading “A wonderful journey”

This is how I know that the sundial was developed in southern Europe. Regardless I like the snow, and not knowing what time it is. The polar bears down the street care about people. The kale is still ready for picking. It will be part of dinner until the spring when the new plants areContinue reading “The color of the day is white”

I noticed that when we put up a photo of Camilla and Oscar near the back door we used a Yoda magnet. The kids would love to hang out with him. My favorite breakfast – toasted rustic Italian bread with tomatoes, cucumbers, olives, arugula, some olive oil, salt and pepper. Sometimes I will do thisContinue reading “Silly fun and breakfast”

By the end of next week we will be visiting friends in Florida and seeing a lot of interesting birds, plants and more. All of the drawing today were done in the 1990s and were beirds seen in Washtenaw County, Michigan. Whenever a Cattle Egret shows up in the county or nearby there is alwaysContinue reading “Thinking about traveling, seeing and drawing birds”

Let’s start with the past. Back in the 1960s I went to Clippert Middle School. I knew that the school was built on the site of the old Clippert Brick Company. Last year we were talking about Detroit with our friends Mike and Linda and I mentioned the name of the school. Linda said, thatContinue reading “Dinner and the past”

On our way to get KN95 masks from the county we passed the closest “weed” shop to us. I have now collected quite a few images of marijuana related ads, billboards and shops. Just documenting the start of a new industry. As we passed the neighborhood gas station where we usually get gas I realizedContinue reading “The virus, gas prices and more”

Today and on Saturday Washtenaw County is giving free KN95 face masks to people. We will be heading over to get ours. We already have a couple each, but more would be better. I am also thinking about Camilla and Oscar and how much fun we had in Eugene. And with a lot of timeContinue reading “Feeling good and getting more masks”

“Bad news – you failed your test.” “Darn.” Maybe next time. Maybe one will show up in Florida in two weeks. Happily, more later.

A beautiful cold (5F) morning in Ann Arbor. But not much nearby for birdwatching. Bert and his bird friends are resorting to spider watching! In January, 2019 I walked around the Eastern Michigan University campus photographing various buildings and statues that I regularly passed going to teach. I was anticipating retiring later that year. ErinContinue reading “Oh baby, it’s cold outside”