Project 365 – Week Twenty-Eight

Sunday, July 4^th
On Sunday we explored the Marblehead area. One of the things we like to do up there is visit Johnson's Island. It served as a Confederate prisoner of war camp during the Civil War. There is a graveyard there for the men who died in the camp.

 Dr. M took a picture of the new marker listing the names of the dead, by state. You can see the two of us reflected in this picture.

 My grandmother's maiden name was Hilton – I wonder if this soldier is an ancestor of mine?

That evening we staked out our places on the dock at our hotel so we'd be in good position to watch the Cedar Point fireworks. I used some of the bird pictures we took that evening on my post the other day – Erie Images. Here are pics of some of the fireworks. We weren't very close – which suited me just fine – I don't like loud noises!

Monday, July 5^th
We drove home on Monday. I took lots of pictures of the fields we passed – tomatoes, corn, soybeans, wheat. Most of them are pretty blurry, including this one. But I kind of like it anyway – so you have to look at it too.

Tuesday, July 6^th
On Tuesday Dr. M took a picture of one of our cucumber blossoms. I will be doing a whole separate post sometime about how this cucumber plant has plans for world domination – it is OUT OF CONTROL. I haven't seen Despicable Me, but from what I've heard I think the cucumber might have minions any time now.

Wednesday, July 7^th
On Wednesday Dr. M took a picture of one of the really lovely yards he passes on his way home from school. It's in the town of Yellow Springs. It's a fascinating little town – a kind of hippie mecca. And a place to find beautiful flowers.

He also captured this picture of a red-tailed hawk.

Thursday, July 8^th
On Thursday Dr. M took some updated pictures of our garden. We're going to have a lot of banana peppers & tomatoes!

Friday, July 9^th
Speaking of tomatoes – I took a picture of our first ripe grape tomato from the Topsy Turvy plant. For perspective, I posed it next to a regular tomato we bought on our way home from the lake on Monday.

Saturday, July 10^th
Today we went to the Clifton Gorge for a mini hike. Although the temps are much lower today than they have been, it was still quite steamy. Or maybe it was just me with my makeup melting… Well we know for sure that Dr. M's makeup wasn't melting. Heh.

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Ode on a Daisy – the Poetry Bus Edition

This week it's Dominic's turn to drive the Poetry Bus & he has quite a fun gimmick for us to try. The challenge is to write a poem on something. Literally. You really do need to go to his blog to see the examples he gives – they're worth the simple click of your mouse.

So here is my attempt. I took a picture of one of our daisies (after a fabulous refreshing storm), printed the picture, and wrote my poem on the picture. I seriously toyed with the idea of picking the flower & actually writing on the petals – but I decided not to sacrifice it to this cause. The menacing looks from Dr. M. may have had something to do with that. Heh. My handwriting is fairly hit or miss, so the poem is posted below the picture.

Daisy

dreams

are more

than the

sum of

their

petals

Erie Images

Caution – lots of photos in this post! All of the images are from our trip to Lake Erie this past weekend.

 

 I don't do drugs.

But I could fly away

on a cloud of chocolate

or marshmallow

and caramel.

Or maybe a pepperoni pizza

with mushrooms

and banana peppers

I could fly away.

 

Or I could stay

tied to the earth,

rooted and tranquil –

sated with tomatoes

and sweet corn

or Gala apples

and Braeburns.

Or Clementines

I can be a bird

on the wing

with no clear

flight plan

Or I can take that

other, wooded and

furrowed path

that leads me

to you.

Project 365 - Week Twenty Seven

Sunday, June 27th
On Sunday while we were driving around look at signs for my Poetry Bus poem (and eating ice cream) we saw a couple of deer in a field. This isn't a great picture - if you click on it to enlarge it you can see better.

Monday, June 28th
Martha Goose found a friend! Goldenrod is moving & thought that I would enjoy this hilarious gift. We've named her Chloe.

Tuesday, June 29th
On Tuesday I took the garden shots I had in my last post. Here is a shot of some baby tomatoes on the plants in the garden - these are the ones we grew from seed my dad gave me.

Wednesday, June 30th
On Wednesday Dr. M went to a meeting at Mac-a-Cheek. Must be rough - a business meeting at an Ohio "castle." Heh. It was the Bugly's first trip to the castles.

I also took yet another picture of the finches at the feeder.

Thursday, July 1st
On Thursday we drove up to Marblehead Ohio to enjoy some time at Lake Erie. Before we left I basically guilted Dr. M into picking this banana pepper from our garden. Our first produce! It was a bit bitter - I'm pretty sure we picked it too soon.

I took not one picture on our way to the lake. And once we got there we were so wiped out from the sun that we basically strolled around the resort grounds & came to the room to get on the computer before crashing. Here's Dr. M in the room. Isn't he the cutest thing? It's the glasses!

Friday, July 2nd
On Friday we took the ferry over to Kelly's Island. We had a fabulous day - and I'll be doing a separate post on it. Here is a picture that a nice lady on the ferry took of the two of us.

On our way back to our hotel we stopped at the Marblehead Lighthouse - we always check it out when we come up here.

Saturday, July 3rd
Today we just decided to ramble around. We went to Maumee Bay State Park & walked around looking at the birds & the bathers. Then we went to the Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge & took their boardwalk through the marsh. It was very pleasant (except for some biting flies). Here I am enjoying the marsh:

On our way back to the hotel we stopped at one of our favorite places - East Harbor State Park. And I had to take my usual shot of Dr. M standing on the rocks.

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