Up on the rooftop with Babs

October 4, 2010

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Our Babs has been finding some great perspectives lately. This morning’s email brought a new one. She wrote: This is a rooftop spire on Building 50 of what was once known as the Northern Michigan Asylum in Traverse City. It is currently under development by the Minervini Group into both commercial and residential space. Here […]

Posted in: Babs Young photos

The Power of Pink

October 3, 2010

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I know, I know, the whole Awareness thing was supposed to be last week, but I’m just getting a Round Tuit and until I had that I couldn’t do a post.  The whole idea of Awareness is that it is supposed to help us do the things we can do to fight @$^* Invasive Species.  […]

Mushrooms, mushrooms everywhere and not a one to eat

October 2, 2010

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Maybe I could eat some of these, but I am not the one to tell you. The only mushroom I will pick and eat is the morel, because I learned how to identify it for sure. The reason I did that, of course, is that I did not wish to take anyone along on my […]

Posted in: Adventures outdoors

I was just wondering

October 1, 2010

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I know, that's a bad sign, me wondering, but still . . . I happened to go past the Amvets Hall in Elk Rapids the other day.

There’s a pot roast in the oven

September 30, 2010

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Now I know it's autumn. I spent much of the golden afternoon wandering around between home and Elk Rapids taking pictures of golden fields and Stan Dawson's vineyard and fat pumpkins, and it all looked so good that I came home and . . . cooked. I did that! I never do that!

Posted in: Local foods

Smallville takes a little bow

September 28, 2010

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I've been looking forward to the opening of Smallville over at Raven Hill Discovery Center. I am fond of miniature things. That is probably because I am rather small myself. Vertically anyway.