Monday, July 31, 2017

the beauty of the bugs



Moth on the ground at Mom & Dad's house 


Sunday, July 30, 2017

SIDECAR



Went to an outdoor movie at the Traverse City Film Fest last weekend with my friends Matt & Jeanette and rode in their motorcycle sidecar!  So much fun!

Saturday, July 29, 2017

sky study #161



sunset July 26, 2017


Friday, July 28, 2017

toad style



Little helper the other morning as I loaded coolers into the car before market


Saturday, July 22, 2017

80 is the new 20



Mom rocking full 2Pac style


Dad's nap style on the plane to Florida last moth


Friday, July 21, 2017

contents of the wheelbarrow



- old rhubarb stalks
- tree trimmings
- but mostly, many invasive mulberry plants....you have to wear heavy gloves to pull them up, which is easy, but there are hundreds of them.  Birds eat mulberry in the woods then poop the seeds, which plant themselves everywhere.  As gigantic as that pile looks, it weighed almost nothing

Sunday, July 16, 2017

from the free book table



I did a Cheese 101 lecture at the Fife Lake Library last week, and in their foyer was a free book table.  Here was my haul - they had so many good ones!


Friday, July 7, 2017

C U B A




tile on the front porch of the house we stayed in


view of the street from the porch


classic cars everywhere


I bought this block of cheese from this man on the side of the road out in the countryside - it cost about $5 and he gave it to me with a block of guava paste, which is how they eat the cheese in Cuba - I gave the guava paste to our tour guide


sampling cigars at a farm in the ViƱales Valley


ice cream cart in Old Havana


Mom & I had coconut ice cream served in a hollowed out coconut shell - some of the tastiest ice cream I've ever had - we bought it off of the cart in the previous picture


art on the water tank at the cigar farm


in one of the many classic taxis we rode in


Plaza de la Catedral


a lovely tucked-away public garden, complete with bust of Hans Christian Andersen surrounded by bougainvillea - there were 17 friendly cats and kittens who live in the garden, and I was given a personal tour by the gardener (pictured above) who told me about every plant and tree and was glad I loved the cats


The National Museum of Fina Arts in Havana was great, and they had a show exhibiting the work of female Cuban film makers.  I had never heard of Ana Mendieta, but fell in love with her work - here is a link to some of her short films




Also loved the illustrations of Cuban artist Roberto Fabelo




Glass bottles at the beautiful Habana 1791 Perfume shop


Stained glass in the perfume shop atrium

they grow up so fast



Came back from my trip a few weeks ago and the baby bluejays were already teenagers.  They have now all flown the nest and are gone