Tag: Musings
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The Week In Seven Photos

Well, my insane idea to finish all my projects in May and bend and lift too many things the wrong way has resulted in me not being able to do many things this month because of excruciating nerve pain if I move the wrong way due to a herniated disc in my back. For now,…
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The Week In Seven Photos

Thankfully I have several adorable photos to share this week to help distract from my pessimism. Just like those old days when I loved to double down while playing blackjack in Las Vegas, I could double down on my pessimism this week, but, oh look, another adorable moment in nature. Oh, this year it feels…
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The Week In Seven Photos

While the great blue herons are staying right on schedule with their spring routines, I on the other hand was so excited for the first sunrise kayaking of the season that I forgot how cold the water is in the spring and the all-important morning routine of bringing along a cup of coffee to warm…
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The Week In Seven Photos

Don’t really know why when the temperature goes from zero to sixty in a few days that it isn’t as exciting as flooring it after a green light in a fast hot rod, but trust me it really isn’t. Started the week with a freezing mini snow storm that had Harper looking to the sky…
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The Week In Seven Photos

It was suppose to be a peaceful morning on the nature trails, but instead of those wonderful winter mornings of solitude just hanging out with the birds along the trails we were reminded that it’s that awful time in Michigan where everyone decides in March it’s time to leave their homes after a long winter…
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Yep, Too Many Winter Mornings And Movies

We actually had one day last week where all the snow melted except for a lovely layer of ice and mud in the yard before it was all covered again during a winter storm. I’ve officially announced to the weather gods that I’m over winter, but they do not seem to pay as close attention…
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Favorites Of The Week

I thought it was going to be impossible to find some new favorites after a week of car and home repairs and following Harper around the yard trying to obtain a urine sample to see if she has an infection, but thankfully I was saved by this wonderful Baby Yoda Valentine’s chocolate. Sweet little Harper…
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Favorites Of The Week

Wasn’t sure after beginning the week with very cold temperatures and a bad football attitude after some epic losses if I would discover new favorites for the week, but all it took was watching my first pileated woodpecker in the middle of a snowstorm…chasing little birds through the snow…binge watching the first season of Raising…
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Favorites Of The Week

Walking by frozen lakes and lovely winter trees…Wasted Days by John Mellencamp (feat. Bruce Springsteen)…Farewell, Ok by Elvis Costello & The Imposters…Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills…Archive 81 on Netflix…Backyard visitors…Harry Kane’s 250th club goal…News that my favorite book so far of the year, Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz, is a new tv series coming…
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Favorites Of The Week

Taking hundreds of photos of the visiting cedar waxwings on a berry binge…Deer family daily visits…Standing guard and protecting Harper on her leash during early morning potty patrol as two foxes dart through the yard and never head in our direction…Grand Traverse Select Semidry Riesling…Snacks and beverages ready for the NFL Super Wild Card Weekend…Favorite…