Humpty Dumpty

Mechanical Humpty Dumpty

This guy is at House on the Rock. He was featured on Antique Roadshow and was originally used as a prop to sell diamonds. Today’s big event was a luncheon with Anne and Bill. We all went to Cozy Corners and all had whitefish. This celebratory lunch was in honor of Anne and Bills anniversary. Their treat. We will reciprocate after our anniversary in a couple of days. Tis the season! It was warm when we went out for lunch, but a passing front has cooled things off. After lunch, we drove around the countryside. On a dirt road we came upon a huge hay fly hatch

Hay Fly Hatch

Maize & Blue

Our first stop was the Ann Arbor farmer’s market. Anne hit Spun the yarn store there, while I found breakfast in the form of an apple fritter, a cool t-shirt and Honeysuckle honey from Mackinac Island, all in different vendors booths. When got back to Harry’s the gang was all there. Eight people for eight slices of Anne’s strawberry-rhubarb pie. We scattered after.

Cafe Zola’s Maize & Blue Martini

We lunched at Cafe Zola and I ordered one of their signature drinks, a Maize & Blue martini, which consisted of Grey Goose vodka, blue Curaçao and Limoncello, shaken, not stirred. I also ordered their Moroccan Octopus. It was sautéed in a lemon-garlic marinade, with an olive tapenade and lemon saffron aioli

Moroccan Octopus

After lunch, we walked around Main St., but when we tried to head up to State St., we hit a wall of construction. We gave up walking and tried driving, but with little success. We eventually broke through just north of the Big House. With time to kill we walked Gallup Park, until it was time to pickup Harry and head over to Liz’s. Grilling ensued, with Alex manning the meat. Good times.

Axe-Maxxing

Candidate Birthday Cake – Licorice Flavored Asphalt?

Once upon a time ago, May was Anne’s birthday-month and July was mine. Everything was fine then things changed. I guess it began when she added Mother’s Day to her month-long celebration. It seemed to fit nicely at first, remaining well within her celebratory month. Father’s Day followed but fell short of July. Fast-forward, David marries Maren, then first comes Declan and then comes Wyatt. All of whom have July birthdays. Add in Bruce, Maren’s dad, and my birthday month is beginning to get a little crowded. That’s OK, I call this Axe-Maxxing.

Candle in the Wind

Photo by Mariloa Grobelska on Unsplash

Pictured is a statue of Marilyn Monroe modeled after her iconic pose from the 1955 film The Seven-Year Itch. The statue depicts the actress in a white cocktail dress designed by William Travilla. The original scene was filmed on a windy subway grating in New York City. Marilyn Monroe was a prominent American actress but died way too young. Yesterday, June 1, 2026, marks her 100th birthday. That would have made her more than a year older than Harry, who won’t turn a hundred until a year from this coming August.