Friday, 18 August 2023
The wind blew itself out, as Mom used to say. The lake level is lower than when we left, but the point still isn’t as pointy as it was.
Still haven’t been able to return to my before-10am outdoor work schedule. It’ll come.
Tuesday, 15 August 2023
As to today’s military vehicle sightings: we saw flatbeds in sand camo paint, empty…the reverse of yesterday.
And we found a whole dashboard’s worth of rubber duckies and their friends. It did perk up Ohio.
Much farther up the road, we got a good view from the north shore of Lake Michigan. If we could see around the curvature of the earth, we’d have a very distant view of Chicago (more or less).
And we have arrived! Very dry, so dry that the lilac leaves are hanging limp, and the grass is mostly brown.
Thursday, 10 August 2023
This ginger is meh this year; last year on this day I captured its showiness.
Sunday, 30 July 2023
On this day in 2019, we watched this magnificent sunset in Oahu. Wasn’t as hot as here in ATL, but probably about as humid.
Sunday, 9 July 2023
Another ho-hum day of chores, resting between chores, a bath in the lake, a neighbor drop-in, and this and that. However, I arose before the sun ascended above the trees [earlier than I’ve gotten up lately; looooong days here…].
Wednesday, 5 July 2023
We had a bit of a cloudburst this morning that filled the water barrel—almost filled it, actually.
The day was rain-free, although often overcast, until late afternoon when we had off-and-on pitter-patter, and right now it’s sprinkling again. That pattern made doing yard work difficult, although the plants are MUCH happier. I’ll bet the grass won’t be crunchy tomorrow (which is an improvement).
Tuesday, 4 July 2023
Such a surprise to see a grouse on our road by our property…and she was “purring” to wee ones in the grass behind her. Safe travels!
Monday, 3 July 2023
The beach sand retains clues. See the fawn and adult deer tracks. And mine. I don’t know the dog-like one…not a raccoon or similar with an elongated foot. I didn’t know, so I just went in the water.
Day two of decent air, not much haze and no smoke smell. Yay.
Sunday, 2 July 2023
Previous summers I have had multiple opportunites to take foggy morning photos. This year I suspect it’s been just too darned dry for the fog to form. So, I was excited this morning to see the fog thicken as the sun rose, and went to to capture images. Since I now have a clear path from my activities with The Beast, I headed out into the field for a different perspective than I usually get from near the cottage. After this shot, and a few more steps, I scared up a sleeping deer, which huffed-snorted at me for the indignity.
Also, the day stayed cool longer in the morning, which made my almost-an-hour with The Beast easier to endure. Still humid, though….
Thursday, 29 June 2023
The smoky haze continues to hang here; you can barely see the other side of the lake (approximately three miles). Thankfully, yesterday and today it didn’t smell smoky outdoors.
Meanwhile, on land, the lupine blooms have mostly become pods—still green—as Fabaceae do.