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| CREEPING PHLOX... |
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| OLD CEMETERY ON US HWY 2 |
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| IMMATURE BALD EAGLE |
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| TRILLIUMS NEAR ANTIGO |
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| MOONLIGHT AND OAK TREES |
Our brief getaway was very nice, quite welcome and productive. We headed SE several hundred miles on Thursday morning to Langlade, Wisconsin on the Wolf River, and got to friend Tommy’s lake cottage in time to cook a good dinner on his grill and then spent the evening talking and listening to tree frogs and loons, the latter almost driving Buddy nuts. Anyway we had a good visit, Buddy had some good walks, and after breakfast Friday morning we drove to Northwoods Nursery in Rhinelander and picked up the Bayfield Arbor Day tree which we will plant next Friday as part of the Bayfield in Bloom kickoff. Now I have to figure out how to unload the tree from the pickup truck.
A sign seen in Antigo, Wisconsin: “God will deliver you from evil. Frank’s Trucking will deliver everything else.”
Speaking of signs, we saw only one Recall Walker (Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker) sign on the trip, and manY, many We Stand With Scott Walker signs.
It was quite warm, shirtsleeve weather really, once away from the Big Lake. On the way we stopped at an old cemetery on Hwy 2 just a few miles west of Hurley, Wisconsin. It was one of the most beautiful sights I have ever seen, the ancient headstones surrounded by masses of creeping pink and white phlox. Shortly thereafter we saw an immature bald eagle along Hwy 51. It was accompanied by an adult, which flew off as we approached. The woods near Antigo were resplendent with white trilliums.We saw no turkeys on the trip, which is quite unusual. I believe they are mating or perhaps nesting. Last night the almost-full moon was spectacular as it shone through the tall oak trees.
We are way behind on tree planting and garden work, so we have lots to do today.
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