A FIRST LOOK AT HOLIDAY LIGHTS

 

The fresh snow adds to the scenes.

KEEPS ON COMING

 

Tuesday’s break in the weather allowed me to get out for some picture-taking.  Wednesday’s Record-Eagle said we’ve gotten 21.2” so far…with another blast currently underway.

BECOMING MURAL CITY

 

I read on the Ticker that Traverse City will launch a mural festival in September, 2025.  During the week-long festival, artists will paint a minimum of five new murals around the North Boardman Lake District.  I’m partial to murals as an art form because they’re accessible to everyone.  The festival news sent me out looking for murals I hadn’t seen before, including ones painted on electrical boxes and garbage bins. 

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

 May you spend good times with family and friends this Thanksgiving.  Safe travels if you’re on the road.  For "Up North" people, keep an eye on the weather forecasts.  Snowy scenes may be arriving soon.  Woohoo!

SANDHILL CRANE FLY-IN

 I got an Audubon alert that a large number of migrating Sandhill Cranes had landed on the mudflats at Logan’s Landing Saturday morning.  I stopped counting at 50 birds and focused on taking pictures.  Even though I had a wide-angle lens in addition to my long wildlife lens, I couldn’t capture the scope of the scene.  Cranes were everywhere:  fishing, preening, sleeping, and squawking at each other.  They left footprints in the sand…and on my heart.