Babs Young has been out and about beyond the northern borders of the County. She writes: What a difference a week makes. This time a week ago I had just gotten my electricity back after about 48 hours of none. Today it was 60º and I went out without a coat. This old barn is […]
We had a fine sunny day today, just perfect for riding around on ribbon roads taking pictures. Still . . . our Babs was not inspired. Perhaps she was still recovering from the visual feast of Florence. Then the sky turned lavender.
November has its moments, and a good number were on display on Friday. A half hour with nothing to do but cast off and drift for a bit. Climb around on the ridge above Ellsworth Lake. Watch the breeze riffle the needles of a young white pine. Make a circuit around an old barn that […]
Babs writes: We missed the big snow that went south of here last week and instead have had some beautiful days like this one. I passed this farm, but can't remember exactly where it was. So let's say it's somewhere in Northern Michigan.
Babs Young writes: As you can see we had a white Christmas and it was a beautiful sunny day in northern Michigan today. In the foreground are former fields of sunflowers that have been harvested. This will be the last photo for 2010. Next week begins 2011 and who knows what new and exciting images […]
I am astonished. Babs has produced her annual Sunflower Image and there is not a Triffid² in sight. Just an innocent field of sunflowers, receding into the distance by the barn. The Barn. What is going on in that barn???? Triffid breeding, I’m sure of it. Here are your footnotes: ¹Theremin ²Day of the Triffids […]
March 11, 2012
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