I liked the way the curve/speed sign
balanced the bright trees in the distance.
Friday, October 16, 2026
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Thursday, August 13, 2026
Wednesday, August 12, 2026
Northport, MICHIGAN - Dog {Parade 2026: "Pawty Like a Rock Star!"
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| Waiting for the parade to begin! |
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| Color guard |
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| Important local groups |
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| Village Voices |
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| Pups and music = FUN! |
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| Great Lakes Humane Society |
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| Leelanau Dark Sky needs a Dog star! |
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| Our agility coach!!! |
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| And his Muttley Crew! |
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| The entry that brought me to tears -- |
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| David Chrobak award winner |
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| Over for another year! |
Friday, July 31, 2026
Garden Black and Blue (and then some)
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| Black and blue salvia |
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| Black petunias |
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| Lobelia |
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| Blue salvia |
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| Borage |
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| Phlox -- not exactly blue |
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| Mullein -- Not even anything I planted! |
Thursday, July 9, 2026
Get busy!
Have you ever looked closely at sumac flowers? The bees caught my attention and drew it to the hundreds of tiny flowers.
Wednesday, July 8, 2026
Old Barns and Tools
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| 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.
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| Mr. and Mrs. Shalda in the old days (not my photo) -- |
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| New paint job for the country's 250th birthday -- |
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| Lumber neatly sorted and stacked -- |
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| This ladder was useful when hay was stacked nearly to the roof. |
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| Many old things found in the barn could be seen... |
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| ...but the vintage and the modern were at times strangely juxtaposed. |
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| Milk cows would have come and gone by this downstairs door. |
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| This old apple tree caught my eye as we were leaving. |
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| 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.
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| What could it be? |
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| 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, June 25, 2026
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