Here are a bunch of photos that I've taken in the last few weeks. Sometimes I wonder why I keep taking photos. Year after year I am drawn to the same things and I take similar photos. But since I enjoy it I just keep doing it. At this time of year the gardens are…

My morning glory is hugging the purple coneflowers.  The bed next to our patio is full of blooms right now. I'm particularly happy with my Japanese Anenomes and my blue sage.  Who needs fussy dahlias when you can grow big beautiful zinnias so easily. I ripped all the pachysandra out of the bed by our…

Brian went to Sydney this week. Here are a few pictures that he sent back to us. Back at home the girls started school. No pictures but they are off to a good start. Shadows are getting long. I went to the Chicago Botanic Garden. It's hard to decide which part I like best –…

We are well beyond the very top of summer but I read this quote in the first week of August and I can't stop thinking of it. The feeling you get when you are at the tippy top of a ferris wheel does indeed feel like the rush of the peak of summer. “The first…

The botanic garden has some gourd vines growing on an overhead trellis. I've been sort of obsessed with photographing them against the sky lately. I just love those curly reaching lines.

After Midland we were off to Tawas to spend some time with mom and Jennifer and Jenna. We rented a cute old cabin near Jennifer's yacht club. Jennifer and Jenna showed us a good time like they always do. We got to sail a little, we got to hunt for Petoskey stones, we bumped around…

Here are some photos from our visit with Gramma C. There was lots of drone flying including some cool footage of the Tridge. Ummm…. why did I not appreciate these windows on the Dow home before? So much eye rolling. It's nice to visit Dora. I've never been to one of these events – it's…

Oh my gosh I am so behind posting all the summer stuff that has been happening the last few weeks.  Brian and Bea went on a big trip to Sydney and then to Singapore. The trip was supposed to be just to Singapore for a wedding but then Brian needed to be in Sydney for…