One more from Camp Tapico. Our last night in camp, after the closing campfire burned down, Ethan and I were walking back to camp when he pointed at the sky and said “Picture. I’ll wait.” I had to laugh. But he was right!

sunset paddle

Spent all of last week at Camp Tapico, BSA. Will be posting more pictures soon, but for now need shower, clean clothes, shower, food, shower…. and a real bed. And a shower. Seriously.

Goodbye Tapico. See you next year.

lakeside

Tree trouble – but I’m taking advantage of this. Mac has a chipper he’s bringing to help with the downed limb, so I asked if it’d be ok to bring down a few more limbs (the pruning saw way rather than thunderstorms) for the chipper. No problem.

This is just one load of the many I brought down today and tied to the lawn tractor to haul out front for the chipper. My back hurts from the work; my arms ache from the saw, but it’s done.

roped in

Daggum nature. Laughing… oh, the beast of it all. So we had a storm….

About a week ago, we had a huge thunderstorm move through. I came home to find a rather large (about 2ft at the base) limb down in my yard from my favorite maple tree. When I looked, it wasn’t really down but rather still half-attached – on the ground, but still attached to the tree. Neighbor Ron said “Look, it’s on the power lines. Call the power company and let them deal with it.” They did – by trimming it away from the lines and saying “the rest is your problem, buddy.” They were even kind enough to leave the trimmings in the yard and on the deck. Sigh.

Enter the golfing buddies. Two are coming over this weekend with chainsaws and a chipper. Until then, I can’t cut the back nor – more importantly! – use my chipping area for golf practice. Now that is a serious problem.

down

I’ve been so spoiled by auto-focus – laughing. Ugh. Just to prove to myself I still had my old K-1000 chops, I shot a few down by the river today on manual. Zoom, moving subjects… I used-to-could shoot that way but apparently need a bit more practice. That or I’ll just switch back to auto. nah….

Caught this shot as she was rootin’ around for lunch today. Her mate and their little ones were just across on the shore.

lunch

bright lights blinking. huge storage. happiness….

shiny

Caught the last of the day through this lily. As much rain as we’ve had here in Michigan, it’s nice to catch the sun every now and then.

orange

Summer sunshine

rip

If I use a fancy-soundin’ French title y’all won’t notice this is another from yesterday’s shooting. Right?

Another from inside the Fisher building.

arch

Anybody else remember the Fisher Body Works tag on the chrome beneath the door on the GM cars from yesteryear? I was in Detroit for a meeting today – got a call on the drive down that we’d been pushed back 30 minutes. I parked, then ran over to the Fisher Building on Grand Ave. I’ve yet to catch a play in the theater, but I so love this building. May post some more from here later on.

V

Rebel XT
ISO 100
f/5 at 4sec