Musings

Spring ahoy

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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!

Blue night

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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

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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!

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While we managed to capture many iconic images during yesterday evening’s festivities, the spoons fun generated the best for blogging.

Mackinac Island

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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

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This is the extent of Mom’s personal computer activities—enjoying pictures via iPhoto!

Snowed overnight

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We are back in winterly environs (see yesterday).

Redbud buds

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Redbuds on their way to blooming are emblematic of spring (see tomorrow).

Ethnic detectors

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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….

Hostas emergent

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The hosta tips are above ground!