Our first Upper Peninsula picnic on Lake Michigan. That’s a smoked whitefish. We’re doing great, don’t you think?
Archive for August, 2009
When at the Lake, Eat the Fish
Posted in Travel, tagged Food, Lake Michigan, smoked whitefish, Upper Penninsula on August 31, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Let’s Put Some Hard Miles on This Old Car
Posted in Travel, tagged Dairy Queen, Fresh Market, groceries, healthy eating, iPhone, Long John Silver's, Michigan, Upper Peninsula on August 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We are practically out the door for the UP. The car is loaded with camping equipment, but we’ve decided not to take the bicycles this trip. I guess we’ll stick with hiking and fishing. And we’ve decided to change the small matter of our eating habits this week. On our 4-hour drive to and from [...]
Let the Verbena Go Wild
Posted in garden, tagged annuals, Berggaten Sage, garden, Iris "Pallida", perennials, salvia, scars, Summer on August 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
To me there is something absolutely gorgeous about a late-summer perennial garden. There’s a bittersweetness to it. It has developed character by now…patina. All those spring bloomers that make us so happy happy happy when they first come alive are gone, and there’s not much of the happy happy remaining. The flowers blooming now have [...]
Walnuts Are Dropping in the Yard
Posted in Travel, tagged bicycle, Jay McKillop, Michigan, Rivendell Atlantis, Scooter, Upper Peninsula, vacation, Vespa P200, XYL on August 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Gosh, so many things to fill you in on…but I have to watch the length of these posts or I’ll get what-for from Suzanne.
First: We both woke up yesterday with a clear decision…we’re going to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula on Sunday. Yes, it’ll be chilly there. Well, fine. Why bemoan it. Let’s just deal with the [...]
What We Do for Fun
Posted in Scooter, tagged golf, Metro Scooter, Scooter on August 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Take my advice: Don’t even ask about the golf tournament.
As for me…well, this is what I’ll be doing again tonight. That’s me on my scooter. I’d forgotten how good I look on it.
The Word “Tournament” Makes Her Happy
Posted in golf, tagged Cincinnati Seniors Metropolitan Golf Tournament, golf, surgery, tournament on August 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Deb is ecstatically out the door to her city golf tournament. I’ve never seen anyone
sign herself up for a tournament without anyone else she knows participating in it,
think about said tournament every waking hour,
practice every spare minute,
decide on her clothes way in advance (She got in a bit of a rush to iron her shorts [...]
Pin the Tail on the Map
Posted in Travel, tagged Arkansas, Hilton Head, Maggie Valley, Memphis, Michigan, Myrtle Beach, Nascar, Nashville, Oak Island, Outer Banks, Ozarks, Sanibel Island, vacation on August 25, 2009 | 3 Comments »
We still don’t know which way to point the car on Sunday. We have next week off but we have zero plans for it. We’ve arranged for someone to stay at the house with the pets, so we know we’re leaving town. So, let’s just tease out some of the possibilities right here. Remember, we’re [...]
We Are Open to the Universe of Possibilities. Right Deb?
Posted in The Wild, tagged chanting, Chongtul Rinpoche, Friends, Reiki, Tibetan Lama on August 24, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Want to know who’s coming to visit us in our home on November 1st? This guy: Chongtul Rinpoche…a Tibetan Lama living and practicing in NYC. And why, you ask, dear reader…why on earth is a Tibetan Lama coming to visit Deb and Liz? Because Deb’s very dear childhood friend, Vicki, loves us. And we are [...]
Steady Blogging From Findlay Market
Posted in Findlay Market, tagged Cincinnati's Historic Findlay Market, dawn, Findlay Market, Turner Farm on August 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
6:34 am
I’m heading out the door. The sky is visible, but most of you lazy dogs would call it dark. You are missing the best part of the day. I mean it.
7:42 am
I’m all set up and things are really beginning to hop. Many farmers…And today I’m working right next to my good friend, Bambi, [...]
Running and Rolling and Sniffing and Digging
Posted in Blog, tagged dog, Findlay Market, walk on August 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Good morning, Reader. Yes, I’m a little late writing this morning…I slept an hour later than usual, and Not Alice was the thing to let go for a while.
I’ve just walked the dog in the woods (I’ll post a picture of the bench on which I’m writing this), and we had a grand time running [...]
