Mosquito Repellent
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Comings and Goings
Harry came home from the hospital and Victoria left to return to Saint Louis. David is expected today, plus Puck. Tomorrow, Maren, Declan, Wyatt and Anne land at Chippawa International Airport, gate one-and-only. Then we will have a full house. Last night we had a huge storm that went on and on. This morning, the weather turned cold. I started a kitchen stove fire, split some more firewood and Dan, Britt and I hunkered down in the kitchen to ride out the ensuing blow.
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Turkey Nuggets
Pictured are a hen and her four poults. The chicks are still quite young, but as they grow older, they will become jakes and jennies and then eventually morph into hens and gobblers. Yesterday, I saw the turkey moving through the woods. Only after I ran down to the beach to get this shot did I see the babies. By that time, they were all playing hide-and-seek with me in the grass.
Nichols Arcade, Ann Arbor
Blue Sky!
After days of gray leaden skies, we awoke today to mostly clear blue. The AQI is still 125, which is poor, but much better than it has been. Overnight, the Canadian wildfire smoke had departed. A wind shift is responsible. Along with its shift, the wind speed diminished enough to allow Dan to go sailing for the first time. He is seen here heading out with Britt and Victoria aboard. This was Victoria’s first and last sail, because she leaves today. Headed back to Saint Louis. The weather gods were not kind to her this summer, because except for her first and last day it was all smoke apocalypse. Tonight’s sunset should be grand. It wasn’t the smoke rolled in.