Bug bites

My feet at Lake Superior

I would love to have been outside more of our stay here, but unfortunately I am a banquet for the blood thirsty mosquitos. I wonder if one gets more allergic to them over time. I don't remember being this affected by them when I was younger.

Treetop Playground

''If there were no poetry on any day in the world, poetry would be invented that day. For there would be an intolerable hunger.'' Muriel Rukeyser Branches sway and crackle and the chase is on; squirrels run up and down the tall trunk spiraling round. No one is caught that is not the aim of the game. "Breathe in experience breathe out poetry." Muriel Rukeyser

Nostalgia

Krista, Nathan ,Lauryn

Memory has a funny way of showing up sometimes. A time and a place comes back through a photograph. Such a feeling of sweet innocence and happiness wells up in me now as I remember. Good times.

Homecoming



Dad giving Lauryn a hug at an Emory Concert in 2004

My dad, Papa to Lauryn, went home yesterday after having surgery and spending 45 days, either in the hospital or the rehab center, because of a fall which broke his hip. He is eighty years old.

Go Fish!

My hand

Today was a "slower" day filled with walking, reading and much game playing. And yet I still feel exhausted. I'm ready to cuddle with Martin and watch a movie to finish the evening off.

Water and Fire

Avah picking up rocks on the beach of Lake Superior

Horizon at Lake Superior

Our driftwood fire

Avah, Martin's niece, and me

Martin - fire starter and veggie dog roaster

Swimming in Lake Michigan. The water was clear and chilly. Later we had a driftwood fire and picnic by Lake Superior. I collected some stones for mom's labyrinth.

Travel

2 planes and a rather long car ride later we made it to Newberry, MI. And a few hours later I crashed.