Katherine writes: These are a few of my Aunt’s about 75 Lady Slippers. Her son and daughter were working over the weekend to erect a deer proof fence around them so they would keep growing and spreading. I think they are beautiful. I think they’re beautiful, too, Katherine, and you’ve captured them perfectly. According to […]
This Saturday, May 29, half of Antrim County will head over to Barnes Park to eat roasted corn and BBQ and elephant ears. We’ll browse vendor booths for handcrafted jewelry and polished Petoskeys. We’ll hunt for the Fabulous Fossil down on the beach. If it gets warm enough, we’ll even go splashing into the Bay. […]
If you are not sick and tired of morels yet you will enjoy this. Come with me to Sonny’s. Visit the Amazing Mushroom, up close and personal. Marvel at Mama Nature’s inventiveness. (This is my first experiment with a WordPress slideshow, and if you are on slooow dialup as I am you may wish to […]
I spent the better part of yesterday afternoon with Lois and Gary Dawson and heard so many good stories I don’t know how I’ll even remember them all, let alone make them into posts. Why the road to Ellsworth bends. The adventurous life of Jeanie Sage of Shady Nook. Taking the train to Petoskey. The […]
The trilliums are in full bloom. Hundreds of them flow over the drumlins, staking their claim to the land. Cars and trucks with For Sale signs stuck in the windows sprout along the highway. Optimists polish up the family buggy, slap a price and a phone number on it, park it out front of the […]
I can spend an entire morning watching the trees grow, but Rob the Firefighter and the Lady Alicia are made of sterner stuff. They are people who like to be up and doing. Here is part of what we got up and did on Saturday: Dog-walking through the woods, where we discovered what was most […]
June 3, 2010
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