Crandon, WI

The view of Lake Huron from our balcony in St. Ignace this morning.

A meadow filled with wild flowers along Lake Michigan.  I love the varied pines in the back ground.

This is the light house in Manistique in the upper peninsula, MI.  The light house sits in Lake Michigan.

 A windy day on Lake Michigan.  I even got the bird in flight!

Welcome to Norway, MI!  How creative is this!!

After I got the picture of the Viking, we turned the corner and we saw four small pubs with the Pabst Blue Ribbon signs outside.  Here is to the beer that made Milwaukee famous and to my good friend, Jill.  Clack!!  Clack!!

I had to post this one since it has the red stripe on it where the other does not.  Cheers!

St. Ignace, MI

The Ramsdell Building in Manistee, MI. The people of the town have been trying to re-create the glory days of the early 1900's.  Beautiful flowers hang along the main street and along the curbs in town.  Very attractive.

Another section of buildings with an old fashioned clock in front.

A caboose at an old train station.  Bill was going to walk up the wooden steps, but they were rotten.

Another side of this old caboose.

The Jersey tomatoes were good to the last bite!

Next to the Charlevoix's firehouse is the world's largest cherry pie ever baked.

The real pie must have been something dandy to see.  The pan you see was the pan used to bake the original pie in 1976.  Please remember, you can enlarge all the blog pictures by clicking on the photo.  Enjoy!

Grand Haven, MI

Bill contemplates the taste of a real Jersey Tomato.  My sister, Donna,

has become the gardener in the family.  We are at Nyona Lake in northern

Indiana.  Our destination is the Canadian Rockies.

The cultural activity for this summer in Grand Haven, MI was to have

the students decorate free form wooden shapes.  This was in front

of the fire house.  

Bill and the Shaggy Dog.

Jean and Picasso-like dogs.  Yes, there is a puppy at the 

bottom left.

This "domino" dog looks longingly at the hydrant.

Check out the curly hairs on the top of this

dog covered with sea creatures.

Grand Haven Lighthouse.

Sailboats on Lake Michigan in the late afternoon.

Southwest Room Photos

 Bryce Canyon

 Navajo white sandstone and Natural Bridge, Bryce Canyon

 Hoo Doos, Bryce Canyon

 Lion's Tail, Carlsbad Caverns

 Saguaro National Park

 Joshua Tree National Park

 Mesquite Dunes, Death Valley National Park

 Lowest part of Death Valley

 Park Avenue, Arches National Park

 Three Gossips, Arches National Park

 Wilson's Arch

 Grand Canyon

 Grand Canyon

 Chapel of the Holy Cross, Sedona, AZ

 Sedona

 Anasazi dwellings, Canyon de Chelly, AZ

Garden of the Gods, Manitou Springs, CO



First Glimpses of the "Southwest Room"

Welcome to the first photos of my new "southwest room"!
Here you see the piano upon entering through the front door.

The desert scene border is an artist's rendition of
Monument Valley and Saguaro National Park combined.
The center serape will go around the mirror when
Bill figures out what he wants to do with it.

Here are the needle point chairs with the table Donna
brought over to replace an oval blonde one I had that
did not match. She helped me tack the white scarf
on the table so it would stay in place. Did you notice
that old pole was gone and a new divider was built?

Here is a close up of that little sombrero on the
valance that Bill decided would be a great decorative
addition. I really love it!

I finally have a real linen closet after 34 years!

A close up of the table runner that is the same
that will surround the mirror.

A close up shot of the chairs, table and scarf.

A New Garden

We are here surveying Donna's new garden that

will be a home to several varieties of our Dad's

tomato plants. It looks good to me!

Donna and Cutie with her new Christmas

Cactus that is a culmination from Valerie's and

my cactus.

Another photo of Donna and her new cactus.

Notes from the past. Our Dad made notes about

his future gardens with seeds saved for the

following years.

Another note from Dad.

The little packets Dad saved with the notes

and seeds.

All put away for another year.