Yesterday I gave myself a day to read. First I finished Ted McClelland’s The Third Coast: Sailors, Strippers, Fishermen, Folksingers, Long-Haired Ojibway Painters, and God-Save-the-Queen Monarchists. It took me a good part of the week just to read the title, which I found captivating. As a native of what McClelland calls the Freshwater Nation, I found […]
Regular readers may remember a springtime post about the goosefoot maples that grow around the Writing Studio and Baitshop. This month I noticed their leaves have faded to pale yellow, and look even more like goose feet. I’ve also noticed that the spring post (Caught goosefooted at the end of a lingering spring) was plagiarized, text, […]
There is one place in the Township where fall color is utterly reliable. Maples grow at the edge of the woods in just the right conditions. A mowed meadow gives light a place to play. In the late afternoon the sun’s rays slant low enough to shoot beneath the dark clouds, setting the trees on […]
This autumn has been a mellow golden one rather than the splashy one we had last year. Babs writes: Fall has come to Northern Michigan. It’s not the most spectacular year for color, but always nice up here. This is the bridge to the library in Elk Rapids looking out to Grand Traverse Bay. Every […]
It turned out to be a good weekend for autumn walks, if you don’t mind a little bone-numbing cold. We took a little stroll along the paved walking/biking trail at Barnes Park yesterday. The sun came and went, the wind came and stayed, the rain held off mostly. Open spaces along the trail make it […]
This morning was very promising. The Bay was kicking up under reasonably sunny skies. We hurried off to take pictures of fall color, and managed to get quite a few. I will only show you two, as it’s time to go to the day job. (It is blowing and spitting rain, so I am not […]
October 24, 2009
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