Walking The Beach

What else is there to do? No cinemas or shopping malls, on the peninsula, to go to!

So we drive over to the shoreline to take a look at what is going on along the water's edge.

Saturday afternoon, on a chilly November day, we went to the beach to walk and play.

Picking up the fossils and getting them wet so we can see what they look like before we pop them in our pockets. 

The beach grass is golden against the deep green pines.

 

Wish I had thought to gather an armful of beach grass, to bring home, and put them in a wreath.

There's a chilly hillbilly! What a smile! 

As good a playdate as ever!

The Color Of November

At the top of the driveway, across the road, are cherry orchards. This time of year the colors are dusky and rich, amber and purple,

Then, north, up the hill the orchards are a golden yellow.

Had to include this photo for my husband. He loves that the clump of trees are spires of fire surrounded by the pines.

So mesmerized by the colors across the street I almost missed the northwest corner of our property!

The wind puffed up and blew the leaves across the picture!

I drove around the block to see the vineyards behind my home.

They start at the skyline.

 

Spill down to the road side.

Amazing foliage, 360 degrees, around my land. 

I was on my way to photograph some one hundred year old cottages and became sidetracked by the beauty in my own back yard!

Sweet Misery By Will Hoge

The best collection of rock & roll love songs ever.

So my Jeep does not have a cd player. My Bose is shot. The cd player in the living room won't play the songs!

I had to hook up the phone to my car, God forbid I had to learn a new trick. But I did. The first song that came on just about blew the speakers!
 Saint Agnes!!

Another Planet, stole my heart.

Last American Summer is the hit!!
 The verse, the orchestration and the feeling Will gives  the song with his voice. Can not stop humming the refrain.

Will Hoge
and his rock and roll band.

 I am just waiting to hear this baby live and on fire!!

 

A Red Barn Fall

A patchwork of color across the farm land.

The rusty red paint on the barn draws your eye to the brilliant colors behind it.

If you could see this in real time! The colors were at their peak!

The corner farmers, on my road, get it? Corn farmers?

I love where I live.
 God's hand on every corner.
 Showing me the gifts of the seasons.

 

My Drive To Cedar

Picking up cushions for a customer, in Cedar.

Had a few stops along the road to admire the fall spectrum.

Stop, jump out, focus and shoot.

The rain, along the day, made the wet leaves glow with saturated color.

A peaceful place to pause and admire the Maple trees in the full peak of fall brilliance. 

It took me all afternoon, I had to stop and pump gasoline, to drive from Lake Leelanau to Maple City just because the colors of the leaves were so amazing.