Ready for summer

A pale winter sun is setting, and highlighting these two empty Adirondack chairs on the shores of Pleasant Lake.  Most but all of the snow cover is diminishing in the 40 degree temperatures of the last few days, there were still brave, or nutty, ice fisherman on the lake, but no one prepared to sit themselves in the setting sun.

For shots of shadows, please visit the intrepid photographer "Hey Harriet."

Whoopeee!

Yes, yes, yes, the sun is shining!  Whoopeee!  Let the sun shine in!

Sunset on Superior

This is the spectacular sunset we viewed from our cabin at Lake Shore Cabins in Silver City, Michigan, toward the western end of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.  Waves crashing on the log strewn beach and stormy clouds scuttling northeast and a red, red sun kept us on the beach for a long time.  It was mid-September last year and this shot was taken about 8 pm.

Lake Superior is on our minds as Gene made final arrangements this week for our September trip, booking a room at the Straits View Motel in St. Ignace in order to break the trip to Shelter Bay into two days.  We have not stayed here in long while because the rooms reeked of smoke, but new owners have redone the rooms and promise a less rancid smell.  We will "dine" on pasties from Suzy's at a picnic table behind the motel and watch the Straits of Mackinac and THE Michigan bridge as we do.  The trip to Shelter Bay can be done in one day, but it is a very long day as a result.  It is close to seven hours to the bridge, the Mighty Mac, from Three Rivers.  As you might have guessed, I photograph the bridge at every annual crossing, coming and going!

Hope you have the time to visit more skies of our world at Skywatch Friday.

Reflecting on Lake Michigan

Nothing better than this sunset on southern Lake Michigan!  We spent ten days contemplating and walking along and simply enjoying this one of the great lakes that define Michigan.  On one clear morning we could see the Sears Tower across the lake -- about 10 miles north of the Indiana border at this point the lake is about 50 miles wide.

And contrary to previous years there was no neighbor's internet connection for me to piggyback on, but now I am back to blogging.  I had hoped to let you explore with us this section of lakeshore which is very much a Chicago playground.   But Hoosiers also are in abundance.

Lake Superior Sky for Skywatch Friday

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The sun is going down and you are looking northwest over Lake Superior toward Canada.   It is mid-September around 6:30 pm and there is nothing better to do than sit on a beach just south of Whitefish Point and contemplate the immensity and power of the sky and the water.  We head to Lake Superior every summer for just these moments of inexpressible beauty.
For more inexpressibly beautiful skies, go to Skywatch Friday.