Wet walk on my own......................

I did it, I went for a short walk on my own. I don't know why I am reluctant but I am......I am inclined to stay indoors on my own. I have much to do inside and yet yearn to be outside. I have two personalities.It is very obvious to me. One is painfully insecure and shy (not sure that's the word) My teachers called me "retiring" the other me is the opposite. She doesn't show up too often. When I worked and have done the required personality tests I have always come out 50/50 opposites. The turtle who withdraws in her shell and the wolf who is confident and aggressive. Make of that what you will but every test like that comes out the same and I see it in myself.
So........today I had to get birdseed. The sun was out and so I made myself do it and why not go for a walk then. Right.......got my bird seed. Started to rain, only light rain so off I went.
This little guy was the reason I went to get the bird seed

The path down by the Boardman Lake goes two ways. I have only been in one direction and so I looked it up to see how far it went in the other direction. I saw a small park with a dock so thought that would be the way to go. I know there is a lot of bird activity on that lake and I know there are Loons around. Not today, not a soul to see. It was drizzling under lowering skies. You will see raindrops on my lense in some pictures. Grey and gloomy but it was a walk and exercize so there ya go.





It doesn't make for great pictures but ah well. Found a few things of interest anyway and beauty is in the eye of the beholder.






The path runs alongside the railway tracks. Not often used these days but I think that's going to change soon. Might be able to take train rides down state. Wish they would go north. Pretty Oak leaves I want to paint.


The railway tressles make a nice picture don't you think? Great for mice, rats, otters and birds nesting.I think it makes an interesting picture myself.


I also found some interesting statue displays. Iron work collages. Unexpected find that




The only wildlife I saw was a lonely squirrel and we have enough of those guys in the garden. I hope he didnt see what I bought at the feed store.


I have been down there on my own before so that was a good start. I will go again on a sunny day maybe.

Last of the colour..............

Well we are almost done with October and even though we have had a lot of rain, we have also had some sunny days. We went out to get some pictures before it's too late. I do want to get to Leland next week to look for Blue Stones but that can wait. This day we went on our usual route and stopping for coffee at the Peddling Beans. Remember when Gerry first started to come with me, well he sure got a liking for the white chocolate mocha coffee..........
We stopped first at Cedar Lake but the pictures were dull but the next one Little Traverse Lake was pretty.


Its a lovely road with houses along the beach side and woodlands on the other. We had gone for a walk in Veronica Valley but the grass was wet so we didn't go far. The Blue Heron came in but was dissappointed because some kids were fishing. So no pictures of that. Also missed a flock of turkey running. We didn't get a picture of them either.




By the time we got into Leelanau county the sun was in and out.There was no one to see on the Boardwalk so we next went to the Port Oneida roads into the woodlands. There is one spot that I love because the colours are so brilliant.




There were people up at the farm house working on the barns so we just stopped down the road a bit to get pictures.





This road and the views never get old. We meandered on through the woods. We noticed the apple trees from the old farm was lush with fruit and the deer and other animals will enjoy these.


This road was nice and smooth unlike the ones we were on Thursday. The view from my favourite spot was fantastic. A couple of people had put up chairs and sat enjoying coffee just enjoying the view. I took my pictures and left them to enjoy the sunshine and the view






We were surprised to see the Sandhills still there. I just took a couple of pictures because some guy was there with a huge proffessional camera. Didn't want to disturb him.


Next stop the beach, it was also washed out but at least I could get down these steps. Gerry stayed in the car to "rest his back" .....there were quite a few people going back and forth because the storms had brought up a lot of stones too and everyone wants Petoskey stones. It's the fun of the hunt. I saw one lady with a bag of driftwood. I contented myself with picking up trash. I hate to see the rings from milk jugs and tabs from soda cans etc that birds and fish get caught in. Now I have to say our beaches are usually pristine but after so many storms trash was inevitable.

The colours were pretty and the lake was calm this day, but you can see the damage.





I saw some cute little bugs on the stones on the beach. No idea who they are.



A freighter passing by, safe this time from the gales.




Gerry was ready to go home by then so a quick swing by Empire to see what the damage was there.......amazing how strong those waves were.



So home today and next time Leland.