PRETTY, BUT....
THE MACKINAC BRIDGE, A THRILL AS ALWAYS
MASTER HUNTER ATTICUS IN ACTION
A BEAUTIFUL RETRIEVE
THE BIRD'S THATAWAY
SENIOR HUNT TESTFriday, 6:30 AM. 65.5 degrees, wind SW, light. 2” of rain fell in our absence and the barometer predicts more. It is a very quiet morning except for birdsong and the splashing of the fountain in the park.
The meeting of the Urban Forestry Council at the Art Center in Milwaukee was O.K. as such things go. Downtown Milwaukee looks good these days. The trip to Columbus went well, the highlight being daughter Greta’s running her Flat Coat retriever Raven in her first Senior Hunter test, held near Cleveland on Sunday, which was completed with great flair. Master Hunter Atticus, her Lab, did a fine job as backup retriever for lost birds. We spent another two days helping daughter Greta put in her flower garden and catching up on yard work.
The trip back to Bayfield through lower Michigan and the UP was pleasant, and crossing the great Mackinac Bridge was a thrill as always. The hanging basket “tree” was outside the welcome center at Marquette. The “tree” is quite artfully done in reinforced concrete. I have named it Concretus flouribundus, in the family Concretaceae. I don’t really like it very much.
I overheard a typical Youper (Upper Peninsula resident) joke at a restaurant:
A Youper called the game warden to ask how to get rid of a skunk living under his porch. The game warden told him to put something under the porch that smelled worse than the skunk. The Youper said, “I’ll put under it some lutefisk” Several days later he again talked to the game warden. “Ya, den, da skunk iss gone. But vat do I do now vit all dem Norvegians under dere?
If that’s too politically incorrect I apologize.
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