Monday, 29 September 2025
I have no talent for naming…for blog entry titles, and for photos.
The first one got “web dawn,” and this one: “deer ballet.”
This one is beyond mediochre: “apple ripening.”
See: a stupendous lack of naming talent.
Sunday, 28 September 2025
Ah, the sun rose above the treeline and warm light flooded into the cottage. The lens is making the art look ill-hung.
Yesterday’s goose tracks were mostly obliterated, replaced at one end of the beach by a profusion of these tracks…raccoons? otters? Dunno.
Down on the point, I looked between the trees at ducks (visible through far right gap) I scared from the beach, who went toward the sun.
Tuesday, 23 September 2025
We arose in fog-world, aka Ann Arbor, on the SSW side. Commuter traffic is horrible and we took a chance and took Main Street north all the way through town, without any traffic problems…and bonus: we got to see the business district all quiet and misty-hazy.
Many miles later, we crossed the all-important bridge, still under overcast.
Happily, we made it safely to the cottage (with a brief span of sunshine), and found no evidence of critters visiting indoors in our absence. Yay.
Monday, 22 September 2025
We got on the road at a fine hour, and we had clear weather until we approached the greater Cincinnati area. Here’s the view of the city from Kentucky, the descent off the bluff on I-75. Having made this drive umpteen thousand times, I can testify that the vista varies; today, we saw the skyline through airborne precipitation.
This was on the north side of Cincinnati, where the suburbs sprawl and sprawl. I can’t remember ever seeing the safety folk split the traffic like this…and the traffic was heavy: rush hour. I think all the various Cincy slow-downs added nearly fifty minutes to our drive.
BTW, we just crossed into MI (so you know we made good progress), and I will post this from the right seat using the miracle of the personal hotspot on my phone.
Saturday, 20 September 2025
This evening.
Goat day one (a little closer, but still).
Conclusion: plenty of processing by goat digestive systems.
Friday, 29 August 2025
If our temporary pets were any good at climbing trees, these would be leaf-less twig-branches.
Wednesday, 27 August 2025
I was relatively busy today, but nothing to remark on. Leftovers (so no cooking, yay). [Apologies for the delayed post….]
Tuesday, 26 August 2025
The temp and humidity were so lovely this morning we left the “kids” and walked in the park—nice sky, with a sheen of algae.
We even saw the great blue heron, here hunched on the platform for the inoperative oxygenation fountain.
