Get busy!

Have you ever looked closely at sumac flowers? The bees caught my attention and drew it to the hundreds of tiny flowers.

Old Barns and Tools

 

Historic barn on M-22 between Leland and Glen Arbor

An open house in a newly restored old barn tempted us south on Sunday afternoon. This was the old Shalda farm. I remember when their little store stood across the highway on the southeast corner. 

Mr. and Mrs. Shalda in the old days (not my photo) --

New paint job for the country's 250th birthday --

Lumber neatly sorted and stacked --

This ladder was useful when hay was stacked nearly to the roof.

Many old things found in the barn could be seen...

...but the vintage and the modern were at times strangely juxtaposed.

Milk cows would have come and gone by this downstairs door.

This old apple tree caught my eye as we were leaving.

Old and weather-beaten, it is still bearing apples. 

Back at my own barn, where Tree Guy is at work cleaning and organizing things, he turned up a mysterious object. We were puzzled.

What could it be?

The patent number was the clue we needed.

An online searched turned up information. The patent expired long ago on this antique chimney cleaning device!

Thursday Morning After the Rain

 

Poppies

Their petals are dropping now, but only days ago they were at their vivid peak.

 

Doors

 

Stage door

Barn door

Friday Evening, June 5, Solon Township

The light was magical.

 

My Porch These Days

 

What a lovely time of year! Now, if ever, come perfect days! Porch life is underway!