I am in receipt of the latest Michigan Pic from Babs. She captured a typical February day on the ribbon roads of Antrim County, and shows you better than I ever could why Miss Sadie, the Cowboy and I have not been out and about in the car so much. On the other hand, some February […]
OK, I’m in Antrim County, but this little pelican is in Key West where a person can find sunshine, warm breezes, excellent sunsets and thousands of migrating Canadians and Michiganians who, like the pelican, are in no hurry to fly back north. No indeed. On the other hand, Climate Chaos being what it is, a penguin somehow […]
On Sunday Babs sent her weekly Michigan Pic. She wrote: This foxy lady is sitting in the middle of Torch Lake looking for her partner who is closer to the west side, the best side. And as of today Torch Lake is frozen as far as I can see. This was Saturday. Then Babs sent […]
Babs writes: This has been a great winter up here. It’s warmed up some the last couple of days, but the cold will be back next week. I love the snow in the woods. My first thought was that she had gone completely around the bend, but then I realized that no, that would be […]
This post has been waiting to be finished since March of 2013. It began, as good ideas so often do, with a wonderful photo by Babs Young. Those are Belgian draft horses, bred for strength (and also, I’m inclined to think, character). Good horses have played an important role Around Here for at least 150 years. […]
Babs was out and about during a warmish bit last Monday, after it had rained. She wrote: It is our fondest hope that one day soon these cherry trees will be filled with blossoms, but not this week. Indeed.
February 24, 2014
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