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| NOT RED |
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| CAN'T HAVE IT ALL |
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| BAYFIELD INN DINING ROOM |
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| BEST HARBOR VIEW |
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| ...DITTO |
Thursday, 8:00 AM. 37 degrees, wind changing from W to NE, light with moderate gusts. The sky had been mostly clear but dark clouds are rolling in on the wind. The barometer is up, so it will be an unpredictable day.
The antithesis, I guess, to a maple like the hybrid “Autumn Blaze” would be a red maple that does not turn red at all. So, meet this red maple on Manypenny Ave. the leaves of which are yellow now and seem to have no intention of turning red. I don’t remember if it has had yellow leaves in the fall in past years, but it certainly is an anomaly at present.
The once popular ‘Crimson King’ maple, a selection of the Norway maple, Acer platanoides, has very dark purple foliage all summer long and into the fall, but then the leaves turn a melancholy, sickly brown and just hang there. Can't have everything.
Yesterday Joan and I went to breakfast at “Victor G’s” at the Bayfield Inn. It only serves breakfast and lunch, and only during the “off season.” Its menu is very reasonable and the food good, a boon to those of us who mostly stay the winter when there is a scarcity of Bayfield restaurants open for breakfast. The dining room and service are pleasant, and The Bayfield Inn arguably has the best harbor view in the city.
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