It seems like almost every day I’ve been able to cross things off my bucket list. Maren Morris Our adventure today entailed a quick hop across the border (river) to Canada to visit the southern most tip of this enormous country at Point Pelee! Yes, that is actually sand beneath the ice that Mike is…
February 5: Reflections in the mist
That mist was thick. It was hard to see at times. The wind was wild. It’d come at me one way and hit me from the front, and hit me from the back. Nik Wallenda The same view is never the same twice, depending on the mood of the weather. Today was dark and gloomy,…
February 4: Painted skies
“Sunrise paints the sky with pinks and the sunset with peaches. Cool to warm. So is the progression from childhood to old age.” — Vera Nazarian (The Perpetual Calendar of Inspiration) The painted sunset is always beautiful, even if you see it every single day! The sunrise brings anticipation, and the sunset brings peace and…
February 3: A walk through the forest
“You said you were going for a walk!? What kind of walk takes six hours?” “A long one?” — Cassandra Clare (City of Glass (The Mortal Instruments, #3)) Not quite a six-hour walk, but a long one! Since today was the first sunny and relatively warm day we have had in a while on a…
February 2: Fort Gratiot lighthouse at Point Huron
“Lighthouses don’t go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining.” — Anne Lamott After another week of recovering in bed (yup, pretty much flat on my back for two weeks), I was desperate for new views…so we went on a little drive up to Lake Huron. Can…