Saturday, 22 September 2018
Still this morning after the turbulence of the last two days. The caulk fix the Guru implemented on the rain barrel is holding!
Not yet seeing milkweed seeds floating around, as the pods are still desicating.
Found this bold lichen on the neighbors’ gate. Tough surface, but a bit sheltered.
The afternoon sun warmed the porch to the mid-70s, warm enough to dine here. Outdoors the temp dropping fast toward an overnight low in the upper 40s.
Friday, 21 September 2018
Yesterday was rain rain rain, and the wind kicked up overnight—woke us up kind of wind. That kind of wind sure makes us edgy!
By morning the rain/wind had slacked off (mostly), and there was a kinda normal several hours (glorious sky; see photo), as the temperatures rose to the highest point maybe by 11am. Then the wind kicked up and the temps have been dropping to a predicted overnight low at maybe 7am breaking 40°F. The wind wind wind means there are small branches down under all the trees and a live maple branch came down at the neighbors’, narrowly missing a pickup. Safe!
Sad story of life: the raccoons have somehow raided the last of the corn (less than a dozen ears, I think) in the same neighbors’ garden. We people got almost all of it, however. 😋
Thursday, 20 September 2018
The story of today is right here. Rain. Drippy rain. Not so cold, just continuous moisture. Good for the late garden plants. But.
So, we hopped in the Prime, and headed out to defray boredom. First stop: winding drive down to Seul Choix Point and its lighthouse on the north shore of Lake Michigan. The latter dates back to 1892, and is still used, but most navigators are using digital/satellite systems, making the light more confirmation than a sole guide.
To me, this kind of view is Essence of UP. Maple trees bending to make a tunnel over a gravel road through the forest that I can toodle along, with a smile on my face. Special this day: drippiness.
We popped out on the Lake Superior shore near Marquette. These are two of the Picnic Rocks in the Marquette Harbor.
And this is the view southwest into the upper harbor from Presque Isle Park, a rugged point extending into Lake Superior. This is an immense ore dock. Rail cars are moved out onto the top of the dock, and their loads are dumped into spaces in the dock, then emptied into a ship (called a boat around here) in 20-ton lots. The name is “ore,” and I think of ore as the material that is rock-with-mineral as it is mined from MotherEarth. But, here the “ore” is taconite, pellets of 70% iron that has been separated (mostly) from the rock that contained it at or very near the mine.
Monday, 17 September 2018
Oh, I thought, so picturesque…the crocks on the neighbor-deck with a new-fallen leaf.
Then, later, I looked under our maple, and sure enough, this is the day the leaves began to fall. There were the odd two or three here and there before…but today they came down by the dozen. And not because it was super windy, or even more windy than usual (mostly).
Down at the beach, I caught the eagle soaring out of a tree back from the beach, and looping around the point to leave me alone. Eagles are loners, most of the time.
Follow-up on the weather: sometime before sunset, the weather went from hot/rather humid, to cooling off more than it has in quite some time (very early in Sept). It’s now in the lower 60s out…and dropping. Extra blanket tonight!
Wednesday, 29 August 2018
Gorgeous sky…as thunder rumbled. And rumbled. Yes, rain did arrive, but not much, although enough to cool it down.
Monday, 20 August 2018
Our rainy, muggy, steamy August continues, and this new (maybe two months old) mulch is supporting a healthy crop of fungi. All locals are reminded to carefully clean between their toes. 😀
My weather app indicates sunset will be at 8:18pm; too cloudy to see it….
Saturday, 11 August 2018
I mall-walked today (yes, again), yet managed to accumulate just a few (very few) steps outdoors. I found it hot and humid.
Thursday, 9 August 2018
We had another late afternoon storm roll through—heavy on the wind and lightning, not so much on rain and duration. No power outage!
Dug into the archives for this very-Michigan-highway shot…. Love the Prius behind the Oldie-but-goodie.
Monday, 6 August 2018
Yesterday morning I discovered it was a Dixie-dew day. Heavy dew…which contributes to the agricultural success of the piedmont…. However, it’s tough when it’s hot—makes it MUGGY. Seeing the same pattern this morning, I opted for indoor fun, and walked the mall. Lots of real dummies. hahaha And air-conditioning. heh
Sunday, 5 August 2018
I liked the light on the flag. [This isn’t a clever commentary on the news out of WashDC this week…month…rrrrgh.]
On the weather front, mega-super-muggy comes close to how hot and humid it was this morning…and by 9am.