Labor Day Weekend

Well let's see

"LOTS has been happenin"

I guess I will start with Labor Day Weekend

(already a week and a half ago)

then go backwards from there.

So on Friday Aug. 31st

I went to the book sale in Big Rapids -

they have a VERY good sale at the library

every Labor Day weekend.

Our plans to go to Wawa were cancelled...

need to save the money.....

more on that later -

BUT

Bob went to the tire store to see 

 if one of the tires on the Envoy had a leak

well, sir look at this...

the tires were cracked --

too many years sitting in that HOT Georgia sun....

2 new tires = $300.00

well I guess we aren't saving anything after all....:-0

 

Anyway--- we proceeded with our revised

Labor Day Weekend Plans...

 

Sat. morning we headed north -

to find a lavender farm that we had read about.

We know it is too late to see the flowers,

we just wanted to check out the farm.

Very cool indeed.....

we plan on going back next July...

THEN, we went to Boyne City

and discovered they were having a car show

this was a car that gave rides on the dunes -

 I rode in one of these cars (maybe THIS car !?!)

when I was a little girl !!

After the car show we grabbed out lunch

and headed to a lakeside picnic table.

 

We headed home to get some rest before we headed out on Sunday.

Sunday we went to Hart

to the POW WOW!!

Not very big this year, Gust & Stella were not there -

but I still enjoyed it -

SOMEDAY I might just step into that circle myself...

When we left the pow wow - we continued west

to the water ---PENTWATER

where we had ANOTHER picnic in the park

On Monday we stayed close to home -

went to the annual craft show in the park in Big Rapids.

Where I bought a nice WARM sweater

and a Hippie purse...

 

A very very nice Labor Day weekend -

even with the last minute change of plans.

 

 

 



Slip Sliding Away....

We are in the last days of August - -

The last days of Summer -

This month we went kayaking

in Ludington.

 

 

 

 

 

And we went boating on Lake Leelanau.

 

 

 

 

And we are hoping to get on the water again...

before the snow flies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Today.....

Well, plans today got canceled...

due to unforeseen circumstances....:-)

so....today

Bob hauled a few garden hoses out of the barn,

I untangled them and hooked them up

and YAYYYY

I can now water my pumpkins -

behind the barn much easier!

Also today, Robert got the skidster stuck

at the edge of the pond.

Joe was up, so he came over and drove the tractor

while Bob drove the skidster...

They got it out so quickly,

I pretty much missed the shot!!!

BUT the very MOST exciting thing that happened today......

WE HAD A BABY!!!!

Little Flopsy Mopsy,

who has sat and sat and sat

for so many hours -

finally got a chick,

she is sitting on 3 or 4 more eggs,

so we shall see if we get any more babies...



Grand Marais - - Again

To celebrate Robert's birthday,

we went back to Grand Marais

in the U.P.

As we were out looking around town, we saw...

So off we went --

lots of cute ideas and gorgeous flowers

At our last stop, I noticed the lady had some very cool rocks in her garden.

So I asked her about them and she said she had collected all of them in the area.

She said the boardwalk was a good place for collecting ---

but a VERY good place was about 8 miles down the road.

Soooo

off we went - down a very bumpy back road

actually it was 10 miles

THEN we had to walk to the water.

We traipsed up hills and down hills

and finally got a glimpse of

that beautiful blue water up yonder ...

YEP - we found lots of very cool rocks.....

BUT so far back to the car..

we had to pick and choose

which ones we would lug

up those hills.... and down those hills.....

On the ride back to town,

Bob asked if I wanted to check out the other "rock spot"

ABSOLUTELY!!!

Ahhh this place was a mere

hop skip and a jump from the car! 

The rocks were smaller  -

but I sure had fun playing in the water

while hunting them. 

The day flew by -

soon it was time for another

delicious whitefish dinner

and another gorgeous light show in the sky...

Pentwater Garden Walk....

Today we went to Pentwater's Garden Walk...

and YES ... we walked and walked and walked...

Whew - I have not felt this whipped

in a LONG time!!

Anyway we walked all around Pentwater,

looking at gardens...

These pics were taken from the garden that was my favorite -

I think our gardens are every bit as nice as the ones we saw today -

It made me think back to the time we were on the Garden Walk in Lexington
I really doubt that any of the gardeners from today spent
half the time that Bob did trying to get everything looking just right.



Amish Country

A ride through an Amish community -

We always see the big round bales of hay in the fields around us...

these fields were a work of art.....

 

Horses....of course

The silo..... 

and the farmhouse.....

simple living at it's finest....



A Cool Down!!!

Today was a very cool and very rainy day!

It has been "Georgia in the summer" hot here

for way too many days...

Our lawn has turned brown & crunchy

and our pond is shrinking!!

So today (our 2nd day of rain) was MUCH appreciated

I LOVED it!!

(Even as I was putting on a sweatshirt and drinking a cup of HOT peppermint tea!!!)
(Gotta love Michigan weather)

Here are some pics of the girls...and guys

enjoying their "Popsicles"

on the those super HOT days.

Ludington, Michigan - A walk in the park