A Day in the Life

May 24, 2010

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Babs Young writes: I took this image last night to be included in the Parkside Arts Council’s project, A Day in the Life: Images of Antrim County. All photos for this were to be taken on May 22. I think you can see what has be taken and uploaded at the project’s Flickr site. People […]

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Cats of Eastport

May 23, 2010

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Miss Puss says that I devote far too much space to dogs in these posts, not to mention in the house.  She is lobbying for the inclusion of more of interest to cats.  When Maryanne Jorgensen commented that she would like to see a photo of Sammy, who lives at Katherine’s house, Miss Puss turned her green […]

Sunday Morning on Grand Traverse Bay

May 23, 2010

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Back when I had television and conventional weekends, I enjoyed watching CBS Sunday Morning.  I especially loved the segment at the end, the quiet video essay that took us somewhere out on the land and let the birdsong and windrustle and shadowplay tell the story.      There’s nothing here you haven’t seen before—except maybe the ladybug […]

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Requiem for a camera

May 22, 2010

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This is a lovely morning. Green, quiet, shiny with rain. But I fear, I truly do, that my little camera is dead. It captured this morning’s walk and then Phffft! The screen flashed brilliant white with a streak of brown burnmark and some purple zigzags. Very dramatic. Particularly in contrast with its last peaceful images.

Always time for a good sunset

May 21, 2010

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The other night we trotted down to the beach to experiment with the Night Portrait setting on the point’n’shoot camera.  The dogs got bored before I did, but they put up with me.  There was a nice sunset of the delicate variety, as opposed to the scarlet and purple drama that can flare across the […]

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Can you stand more about morels?

May 20, 2010

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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 […]

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