Waving in the Breeze

Good Morning, Leelanau!

For many who live or visit Leelanau County, 

Lake Michigan is its most important feature.

The clean beaches (smaller this year),

the vast waters.

My Leelanau focus is smaller

and more inland-looking.

It is animal tracks on a dusty back road

and drops of dew on the seedbeds of grasses.

Look Familiar?

While others were looking at and into the hole, I was admiring the shadows on the sidewalk.

Survivor

Not a giant "champion" tree, 

but you can tell it's been around a while.

It is stunning in every season. 

Closeup Magic

I have a story about horsetails that I'll save for another time. Today you should simply appreciate the beauty of sunlight on morning dew on these little prehistoric survivors. And the closer you get, the more magical they will appear.

Sailboat in the Fog

Trillium Hill, In All Its Glory

It’s hard to say which is most charming — a single flower beaded with raindrops, the wider view of many flowering plants, or an entire hillside of trees with the spring ephemerals blooming on the ground below. 

And then, which is the more enchanting flower, the pure white trillium or the blazing yellow cowslip, a.k.a., marsh marigold? Both flowers, blooming by the hundreds, together in one scene, are unforgettable.