Browsing All posts tagged under »Autumn«

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 […]

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!

Babs reserves judgment

September 27, 2010

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Babs writes: The leaves are beginning to turn. I alway hope for good color, but it’s too early to tell yet. Autumn in Antrim has a little something for everyone. Tomorrow I will tell you all about the Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Weekend–with redeeming qualities.

Turn, turn, turn

September 23, 2010

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I always expect a spell of wonderful weather in September.  This year has been something of a disappointment in that regard, but yesterday made up for it.  I went rambling across country with the Duo.  I found huge, perfect, delicious tomatoes at Providence Farm.  I stopped at King’s for apples: Galas and McIntosh.  I returned […]

Happy Thanksgiving from Babs

November 23, 2009

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Babs Young went looking for a last little dab of fall color and found this.  She writes: Most of the leaves are gone, but I managed to find these in East Jordan today. Not sure what type of tree they are from, but the color is good. I’ll be in Ohio next week, so no […]

Dear Snowbirds: Nope

November 18, 2009

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I can tell from the search terms that you snowbirds want to know just one thing. Has it snowed yet? Well, no, not yet. In fact, today’s a nice sunny day. But I’m not going to show you that, because I have a lot of other things to show you that backed up while I […]