Taking a Ride

The bike path around Petoskey is lovely this time of year, and with over 30 miles one just one trail, there is a lot to explore. You can ride along the waterfront, around the bay to Harbor Springs, or south to Charlevoix as well. Or, for the very adventurous, you can start in Charlevoix and bike to Harbor Springs, taking in all the beauty along the way!

Let's Go Fly a Kite!

It was a gorgeous day! And there was a breeze, the kites took off beautifully, and it was warm and sunny. ( I did forget the sunscreen, but it was worth the small sunburn to be out on today! The bottom picture is at the Open Space by the waterfront where there is plenty of room to fly kites. The top picture is a field a few miles out of town that is perfect--no kite-eating trees to be found anywhere!

Okay, I think this is it!

A gorgeous sunset on our difficulties, I believe! The sun was going down the other night and it was just beautiful. Thankfully, all of our technical difficulties have been addressed and we are back up and running once more. Welcome back! (Oh, it is finally feeling like summer around here--I wore something sleeveless yesterday!)

Shadows

Today I forgot my camera so I wanted to share this picture from last week. I love the long shadows on the ground. In the winter, these shadows come as early as 4:30 pm and in the summer as late as 9:30 or 10:00 pm. In the summer, we get 5 more hours in our "day". Winter days are short; some days it is dark when you leave for work and dark when you get home from work. I much prefer the longer days and am anticipating them even now.

City Daily Photo Day

Happy New Year! Today is a day to look back over the last 12 months and choose a picture that you think is the best. This is one of my favorites--who could not love a sunset?--and I love the softness of the pink and the color of the hazy evening. I remember this evening, it was quite chilly and cool. It was June and I had a sweater on, and wished I had taken a coat with me as well. Summer in the North! Enjoy your day and I hope your 2009 will be sunny and bright!

A Compass to Guide Us

This was a place we spent quite a bit of time this summer, the library. This is the entrance that is a really beautiful rotunda and has a gorgeous compass rose in the center. My daughter loves to read, almost as much as I do, and we were there at least once a week, sometimes more during the summer. I'm so proud of her. She was in the Summer Reading Program and came in first for reading 271 books! And she was gone for 2 weeks this summer! She worked really hard and learned a lot about new places and things in which she was interested. So, visit the library and you might meet us there!

"Waving" Goodbye

Someone commented yesterday that the blue sky was saying goodbye as it was the end of summer, so I thought I would just elaborate on that theme a smidge. Labor Day weekend was the warmest weekend we had all summer, so it didn't really feel like the end, but the weather has cooled off so much now that it really does feel like it has said goodbye. Hope your summer was a great one!! :)