Spring ahoy
Wednesday, 21 March 2007
You know spring is on the way when the ground is thawed enough for the Botanist to start turning over the soil. The triple by-pass is behind him, and the seeds are ordered!
Musings
Blue night
Tuesday, 20 March 2007
Southern Michigan—no snow like yesterday in the UP; instead, rain (don’t ask me why the flag is still out, but they do have a light on it…). No tripod (trípie, for those of you learning (Mexican) Spanish—say tree-pee-eh, the last syllable pronounced like the last word of “Say yah! to the UP, eh!”), so the image is blurry, but I love the colors!
Driving fun
Monday, 19 March 2007
Note that the road on the right of the image has no tracks, and remember that our Honda has street tires that are a wee bit worn, and you know that we left going slowly uphill in this unplowed territory, creeping through new snow that came almost to the underside of the car. Our host reports that the sun over the last few days didn’t produce much sap, but he’s got the buckets out in hopes.
Party time!
Sunday, 18 March 2007
While we managed to capture many iconic images during yesterday evening’s festivities, the spoons fun generated the best for blogging.
Mackinac Island
Saturday, 17 March 2007
Sometimes you get very lucky and you get to cross the Mackinac Bridge under perfect weather conditions. No wind. Bright sun. Little traffic (yeah, I know that’s not weather). Today the ice was breaking up and we even could see the white slash of the porch of the Grand Hotel through the pines.
Octo ’n’ Mac
Friday, 16 March 2007
This is the extent of Mom’s personal computer activities—enjoying pictures via iPhoto!
Redbud buds
Wednesday, 14 March 2007
Redbuds on their way to blooming are emblematic of spring (see tomorrow).
Ethnic detectors
Tuesday, 13 March 2007
When these small ritual constructions appeared, ringing the neighborhood named on the inset sign, our eloquent friend THB called them ethnic detectors. He couldn’t have been more right. This flowering pear (I think), thankfully, overshadows the ED….
