What a week! And I’m not talking
about what has happened on a national scale (but I’m pretty darned happy about
most of it). It’s the time of year when I start apologizing for posting too
many pictures. And the sad thing is that they’re often pictures of the same
things (lilies, daisies, moon…). That is especially true this week because I am
too sleepy to be discriminating (and after I finish this I have to go gazelle
because we were travelling today so I didn’t walk).
Sunday,
June 21st
I
noticed our first daylily this morning as I was leaving for church.
Dr.
M captured this fabulous shot. We thought it was pretty special, but apparently
these butterflies love our daisies, as you’ll see later in the week.
The
moon!
Monday,
June 22nd
Lilies and Rosie…
Tuesday,
June 23rd
Lilies again. Love that Easter
lily!
Dr. M stalked some water fowl.
A toad!
Wednesday,
June 24th
For some reason this doe and rabbit
make me think of a Disney movie.
See? Lovely!
Lilies (those are the last ones this week).
We had Relay for Life luminaries
at work. I couldn’t do one for everyone in my life, but I picked five people to
honor this year.
The moon!
Thursday,
June 25th
Last night I finished square #4 of
pattern #12, but waited until today to take its picture.
After work Dr. M & I headed up to
Lake Erie. I caught him mid-lecture :)
When we got there I took a quick walk
around the motel.
Friday,
June 26th
Today I finished up square #4.2
of pattern #12 (I had skipped one of the patterns for this particular blanket
so I made two different versions of pattern #12. Isn't it wild how the same pattern looks so different when you add another color?).
We headed to one of our favorite
lakeside parks to sit and crochet (me) & take pictures (Dr. M). But there
was a roadblock.
I took a walk before I settled
in to crochet. I noticed that it was pretty windy & the lake was very
splashy (technical term). Cue sinister music!
After hanging out there for a
while we visited “our” lighthouse at Marblehead.
Here are a handful of Dr. M’s
pictures from the day.
It was a good day!
And I finished square #1 of
pattern #13!
Saturday,
June 27th
We knew
that it was going to rain today & had planned to do some shopping &
indoor activities. But there was a LOT of rain and a LOT of wind & there
ended up being flooding & power outages.
We
decided to drive out to some of our favorite wetland areas since it was already
so wet. Of course, I went charging off down the path only to find it blocked.
But it was a beautiful drive – lots of birds and dramatic skies.
When we
got back to our motel we discovered that our parking lot was ankle deep in
water! Dr. M dropped me off & then parked the Bugly in a dry(ish) spot & slogged back to our room
(thanks sweetie!). And we spent the night listening to the wind & being
grateful for our 2nd floor room. (Side note: The hotel actually
called our home phone at 9:00 p.m. to say they were relocating folks, but we
had checked our voicemail earlier in the evening & didn’t get the message
until we got back home. And then when Dr. M checked out this morning, the
person at the front desk said that they’d checked us out last night. So we were
squatting! Ha! But we were warm & dry & the view of the crazy lake was
well worth the slog through the parking lot).
To be continued...
Hope everyone has a great week!
Love that daylili, and that picture of the road block.
ReplyDeleteI love that you stayed in a room from which you were checked out. That looks like a lot of rain and wind. Glad you are safe and sound.
ReplyDeleteThat day lily reminds me of the tiger lilies my mother used to grow. And I like the roadblock too. And the toad!
ReplyDeleteThe roadblock is hilarious!
ReplyDeleteAnd how silly of the hotel to call your home phone...wouldn't it make more sense to leave a note on your door, or something like that? So...were you in the hotel totally by yourself? Did you have any thoughts of The Shining afterwards? :-p
And I still have the song of the Edmund Fitzgerald in my head!
Maybe you could say you were Pirates rather than squatters. It would sound more adventurous and nautical. What a waterlogged saga!
ReplyDeletefun post as always. with the exception of a couple of clumps which were spectacular, our day lilies did not bloom well this year. not even the double orange ones.
ReplyDeleteB.e.a.U.tiful !!!
ReplyDeleteFun times, never mind the weather.
So did you get a night free?