I move in a couple days to my new home on the southwest side of TC. As my bird feed supplies have run out, I’ve taken down my feeders one by one. I’ve enjoyed watching these beauties from my study window in all seasons. Once my new yard is landscaped in early July, I’ll be hanging out my feeders again. I look forward to what I’ll attract in this environment.
It was another early morning ride to Glen Haven to walk the beach. The sky was still washed in gold from the sunrise an hour before. I returned by the path next to the Aloha, the historic tugboat on display across from the Cannery. Build in 1937, the classic “turtle back” gill net fishing boat worked Lake Michigan until the mid-1980s. It had been temporarily moored at Frankfort when it split a seam and sank in the harbor. In 2013, The National Park Service funded its recovery, restoration, and transportation to Glen Haven. I sure hope those days of financial support for preserving our Lakeshore history aren’t over.
I’m not much of a close-up photographer, except when it comes to flowers. I’m especially drawn to irises with their variety of colors, frilly lobes, and fuzzy beards.
In wandering the countryside, I saw many cows and horses feasting on the green grasses that have appeared recently. As I stopped to take pictures at one farm, this small pinto galloped toward my car. Its beautiful thick mane flew as it ran. It stopped at the fence and watched me snapping away, probably more interested in the white dog hanging out the car window than me.
