I Love To Go A Gardening
Growing Our Life in Northern Michigan
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Duck Drama
You know, many times a person develops this beautiful sentimental image in his (or her) mind about how things are going to go. Like raising chickens and ducks, for example. You just think it’s going to be this beautiful thing. A rooster waking you… Continue Reading “Duck Drama”
Egg-citing!
This weekend our county had their yearly get rid of old tires for free day so we loaded up the Suburban and drove to the recycling center. First, we looked up the location on Google Maps because we had never been there before. On the… Continue Reading “Egg-citing!”
El Galeon
Fifteen tall ships of different nationalities are crossing five Great Lakes (Ontario, Erie, Huron, Superior and Michigan) this summer as part of the Great Lakes Tall Ship Adventure Challenge 2016. They are docking at various USA and Canadian ports. I love tall ships and I… Continue Reading “El Galeon”
Lake Michigan Rock Hunting
Today EJ, JJ, and I went hunting for Petoskey Stones along Lake Michigan, which is a very Michiganian thing to do. The Petoskey stone is Michigan’s state stone. They are very beautiful. They can be found on various beaches and inland locations in Michigan,… Continue Reading “Lake Michigan Rock Hunting”
Critter Encounters
It’s been so hot and humid for several days. When I try to work outside, I immediately feel like I’m melting. There are times I suspect that I might have some snowman DNA in me! I really do not know how people in hotter… Continue Reading “Critter Encounters”
The Weekend
After a fun Saturday watching the Blue Angels perform and seeing Piper, the airport dog, we spent the next two days working around home. On Sunday I mowed our lawn. We mow only the areas around our house and let the rest of our… Continue Reading “The Weekend”
Piper and the Blue Angels
This weekend, besides being the USA’s Independence Day (on July 4th) was also the National Cherry Festival in Traverse City. There are a lot of activities going on, but the one that interested us the most was the air show. EJ works right next… Continue Reading “Piper and the Blue Angels”
The Day After
Sunday night I didn’t sleep well. I ended up driving downstate to finish loading our possessions and then closing on the house, and driving back, and helping to unload the uhaul trailer on only about 3 hours of sleep. This morning when EJ woke… Continue Reading “The Day After”
So long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Goodbye
We got up early this morning and began our drive to the old house downstate at 7 a.m. We stopped at the Cops & Donuts bakery in Clare to replenish our coffee and, of course, we had to buy donuts. We bought a dozen Bismarks and… Continue Reading “So long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Goodbye”
Cops & Donuts
We have been driving downstate every weekend to finish emptying the old house before we sell it. On the days we drive down, we usually get up at 5 a.m. drive for hours, work really hard at the old house, and then drive hours… Continue Reading “Cops & Donuts”
Sticks & Stones
After I wrote my last post about minimizing abuse, I got to thinking a lot of thoughts. I will try to put them into somewhat coherent words although it won’t be easy because they are sometimes more intuitive and abstract than concrete, and sometimes… Continue Reading “Sticks & Stones”
Minimizers
There is a story I have been recently reading in the news that is breaking my heart. A young woman accompanied her sister to a party. I believe she was reluctant to go, but she was protective of her younger sister so she went along. The next… Continue Reading “Minimizers”
Chicken Run
It feels like I haven’t written in forever. Mostly it’s because I began to have problems with my laptop overheating a couple of weeks ago. After only a couple of minutes, I could feel the heat building up and almost burning my fingers. I… Continue Reading “Chicken Run”
My Tribe
This morning I took my camera with me when I went out to the garage to care for the ducks so that I could try to video our young rooster’s early attempts at crowing. I actually got him crowing THREE times on camera. It… Continue Reading “My Tribe”
Fangorn Forest
Today was Memorial Day in the USA. It is a day to honor fallen soldiers. We always really enjoyed the Memorial Day celebrations in the little village we used to live in. They had one of the best, most honoring, Memorial Day celebrations I… Continue Reading “Fangorn Forest”
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