IN Carmel

  Summer has arrived.  It doesn't stay very long in the U P.  Look for a lot of cold rain appearing the middle of August. Camping season was over for us at that point with our little boy campers wearing winter clothes.  Now the sides are all rolled up in the dining fly with a great card game in progress.. But sweat shirts are evident. The wooden camp kitchen was built by Eric O. for us more than 50 years ago.  It's called an antique now. It  belongs to JB and Kimmy. I would bet it will move on to one of the kids at some point. Eric O's camp kitchen will live in infamey. Another simple day.  I'm liking them a whole lot.  Living today has been  pretty slow with a good wake up and then morning stuff and then to the chair with knitting.  I finished another scarf during the morning hours.  I need to do a few other things.  Will that happen?  I'm not so sure.  Retirement sometimes brings nothing much that fits in well with ...

 The pictures for today are all from the north vacation country.  So come along for a camping experience. First...where does one sleep.                                                    The boys all have tents.  Different colors but all this size.              Two of the boys are pretty neat tent keepers.  The third one?  At least for this picture session..                At one time this tent held five people and a dog.  It's down to two now and still with a dog.                 New this year.  He has his on little blue tent bed.  Our tent is the same but a one size smaller. The morning  saw a garden walk that proved the storm last night was a doozie....

 Tonight is a pink night.  The itchy bites reminded me to take pictures this afternoon.  That was a good thing for another reason.  It's thunderstorm time as I write this.                                     Surprise Lilies.  For years we never saw them bloom.  We were camping. Another Monday to add to the many Monday's I have experienced.  I wonder what day of the week I was born.  I've never thought of that before.                                                                         Photo bombed by the orange sister. The Monday began as many do with all the stuff that starts the day.  I was feeling a bit slow in ...

 Happy birthday Doug.  One more year to add to the huge total of other birthdays.  Yes...I robbed the cradle by one year.  That really isn't a robbery, is it?                     This is a yesterday picture just reminding you that on a clear day one can see forever. I woke up this morning with my mind...stayed on Jesus.  Another song to start this Sunday.  So it was an easy morning.  I looked at all the patio flowers realizing that a volunteer tomato might have been covering some zinnias.  Yup.  It sure was.                                                             Walla! All uncovered and ready for the day.    I checked the Dahlias and about half of them have buds.  They are late summ...

 For todays blog I'm sharing pictures with the color orange found in the garden.  I think it is a "punch" color adding to the garden a little spice in nature.  But first...another Michigan vacation picture arrived today. One week gone.  One week to come.                                                                  Eli                Adam               Jacob                                                                                       ...

 Today started at a decent hour.  Well, decent for me but maybe not for others. The paper came a bit earlier and coffee was finished in a lick or two.  The morning air was wonderful as it has been for the last two mornings.  I did the walk around looking for bunny damage and finding none made it a good start for the day.                                                                    A picture from Bumble Hill, Michigan.   I pulled out the garden cart and dead headed all the Becky Daisy's that needed to leave.  Doing that always stimulates the plants to grow more flowers.  I love seeing a lot of white in various parts of the garden.  It adds a lot of light.  There will be some of that for awhile. This morning included a trip to I U N...