Today we have snow, or possibly rain washing away snow. It’s a study of “hard water” meets the liquid form. Over the weekend, one of our neighbors commented on a preference for temps in the teens and twenties throughout the winter. We smiled in agreement. .
We drove to the Michigan Legacy Art Park (by Crystal Mountain) Sunday afternoon for a guided snowshoe hike along the outdoor sculpture path. Today’s photos are from that hike. Art is exhibited out in natural settings, or at times, painted right on the trees! The quote at top, by founder David Barr, seemed appropriate to share on the day… Read more »
Happy New Year! Starting 2018 off in a winter wonderland. Top photo is a welcome bit of color at sunset last night. May your New Year include abundant enthusiasm for this lovely county up north!
Monday morning and it’s foggy and about 30 degrees.
It’s Monday morning in Leland. Streaks of light from the “rush hour” — mostly to school — slow shutter speeds add the action for today’s photos.
The moon emerged, super-sized, on Sunday evening.
A lone kite surfer enjoyed the fading sunlight and an end-of-season splash through the waves rolling in to Van’s Beach on Sunday. I spoke with kite surfer Mr. Larsen when he came ashore, and he admitted he was wearing three wetsuits to stay warm. (It was chilly just standing there, and I tried to warm up by an intrepid couple’s… Read more »
Wind chill on the beach: wear a hat that covers your ears. It’s windy and wavy. Perhaps a little bit of sun today, but feels like late fall in Michigan. I was delighted to see a snowy owl land on a balcony in Traverse City over the weekend (below). … Read more »
Cue a few lines from Richard Bach’s Jonathan Livingston Seagull, a short story featuring a brave and persistent young gull, which Bach wrote in Leelanau’s Port Oneida farm district. So this gull could be distant kin to the ones that inspired the story. I can see why watching seagulls is satisfying (or watching them watch me, as was the case… Read more »
A lot of clouds make for a gray day and muted fall colors. Over the weekend, JP and his team moved the nets from the Joy to the net truck, and then from the net truck to the trailer for winter storage.