Thursday, 2 June 2022
The lupins are out! These are probably the farthest along of any on the property. There’re perhaps one hundred blooms in this photo, but none opened other than this cluster.
…not even opened as much as these rare white ones. There are also a minority of pink ones.
However, the lilacs are perhaps two-thirds opened, and they are scenting the whole area. Mmmmm!
Also, the first skillet of morels has been found and consumed. Thank you, Neighbor!
Tuesday, 31 May 2022
We paused our chores list and headed north to see The Big Lake. Grand Marais harbor.
Mouth of Hurricane Creek.
Coaster brook trout resting during their travel upstream to spawn in Hurricane Creek. These fish were something like 15 inches long.
Walked a mile and a half east to Au Sable Point Lighthouse.
Pleasant shoreline view. You cannot see the annoying biting stable flies. You cannot see how warm/humid it was.
Tuesday, 24 May 2022
Today was laundry day, only one load, a medium sized machine in the establishment we visited. Of course, the “regular” machines hold about half what my home washer holds, so I’d call them minis, while the washer we used holds more than our home machine. Happily, we had sunshine the rest of the day to dry our dungarees and tees. So: yay.
Then, in the late-day sun, when I was out dumping compost after dinner/supper, I spotted this trio, part of a larger group we’ve been seeing that numbers in the range of a dozen. Our tick-bearing, four-footed friends.
Monday, 23 May 2022
I’ve been waiting for this: my first quiet, clear morning artistically generating ground fog.
Yeah, I know eclipses are show-stoppers, but ground fog comes more often, although not frequently enough that it’s not special when it happens. Shown here with this year’s ringfort (aka small, elevated garden), planted with mixed greens (center), amidst a ring of basil seeds. Stand by to see what germinates and survives; give me/it time.
Sunday, 22 May 2022
See the darker green in the center and center right of the foreground(ish).
That’s chives mixed in with the grass, with their darker green stems compared to the grass.
Saturday, 21 May 2022
We emerged from raininess to a world of thriving plants, like this lilac. I’m hoping the blooms open before we must leave for me to bury my nose in and inhale deeply.
All that moisture meant today was perfect for re-creating the ringfort. Today I groomed the top (having weeded the mound earlier) and planted basil seeds around the perimeter and a mixed greens selection in the central (aka habitation (in the real ringworld)) area. Now, careful watering begins to nurture the hopefully swelling incipient botanical wonders.
Sunday, 8 May 2022
All the weekdays last week reached highs in the 80s, and the morning lows were comparably high. Such a pleasure this morning to begin in the 50s, and top out about (merely) 70.
Most roses in bloom at the moment are red-red. I found this in a rosegarden front yard, with over a dozen colors of roses. This specimen was by the sidewalk, and ripe for photographing.
Saturday, 30 April 2022
I went out just a few minutes ago, well after dark, because I needed a photo. This is the sky…dark on the ground, but magic above (with the camera’s computational powers).
Friday, 29 April 2022
More backyard labor this morning. No privet to attack. Other species, names unknown to me, attacked. This, however, is the decorative, woody perennial Liriodendron tulipifera.
