and what could
possibly go wrong
or incredibly right
with 8 adults, 6 kids, 2 cats, 1 dog
and an occasional bear
all back in one place again
on beautiful glen lake?
—
“it’s well known that he who returns never left”
― pablo neruda
Jul29
Tag Archives: summer
Jul14
parks – a
and so –
my ann arbor parks walk (150+) has begun
here are the ‘a’s
#1 – Allmendinger Park
old school merry go round, in neighborhood in town, near the stadium, got really lost walking home from there and doubled my walk, picnic spots with grills, volleyball, old trees, basketball, tennis, baseball diamonds, ice skating in winter
– 8 acres
#2 – arbor hills nature area
between neighborhoods, ponds, loud frogs, birds, picnic spots in sweeping expanses under trees, wooded trails, scared a woman when i emerged from the woods who was shocked that i had found it
– 6 acres
#3 – Arbor Oaks
neighborhood park, basketball, open pergolas, open fields, picnic area, pirate themed playground, rain garden, baseball, i was the only person there on the day i visited
-8 acres
#4 – Argo Nature Area
– unpaved trails with beautiful views of the river, livery with canoes/kayak/paddle board rentals, river cascades, long, narrow park, large variety of trees, wildflowers, very quiet in the woods
-22 acres
and onward……many more to follow
—
“i believe that there is a subtle magnetism in nature,
which, if we unconsciously yield to it,
will direct us aright.”
―henry david thoreau
Jul11
smile of light.
“oh, the summer night, has a smile of light,
and she sits on a sapphire throne.”
-bryan procter
—
huron river, ann arbor, michigan, usa
Jul8
heat.
local scarecrow goes down in the heat
and perhaps looks forward to a cooler season.
—
“if you saw a heat wave, would you wave back?”
-steven wright
Jul4
4th.
”we must be free not because we claim freedom,
but because we practice it.”
~william faulkner
–
happy 4th of july
and here’s to practicing freedom every day
—
image credit: funnyordie.com
Jun27
carnival.
driving down the highway
i came upon this truck filled with fun
and wondered where exactly it was headed.
—
“i was sure that somewhere a grandiose carnival
was going on in the sky,
and I was missing it.”
-eve babitz
Jun23
lemons.
who wouldn’t buy from these six?
not many customers were available
and most who stopped by
had no money on them
so they changed their marketing plan
added music, dance, costumes
even an impromptu wedding
and
after drinking away
much of the merchandise
everyone still made a profit
not bad for a day’s work.
“if life gives you lemons, don’t settle for simply making lemonade – make a glorious scene at a lemonade stand.”
-elizabeth gilbert
Jun22
more light.
two grandies reap the benefits of more light,
each in their own way.
—
“one benefit of summer was that each day we had more light to read by.”
― jeannette walls, The Glass Castle: A Memoir
Jun21
summer’s long and lazy river.
time well-spent on the longest day.
—
“and so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, i had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.”
– f. scott fitzgerald – the great gatsby.
Jun14
waldeinsamkeit.
summer schedule
another day, another quiet hike.
—
waldeinsamkeit;
(n.) forest solitude,
the feeling of being alone in the woods.
one with nature.
– german
I didn't have my glasses on.... 