Chatter Matters!: A "FENCE" FULL OF MASKS. This story could happen...

Chatter Matters!:  A "FENCE" FULL OF MASKS. 
This story could happen...:   A "FENCE" FULL OF MASKS.  This story could happen in Anytown, USA, but in this case it happens in Decatur, Illinois at the corne...

 

A "FENCE" FULL OF MASKS. 

This story could happen in Anytown, USA, but in this case it happens in Decatur, Illinois at the corners of Mound and Greenridge.  Mrs. Anonymous has, daily, a fresh supply of reversible, colorful masks hanging from a piece of rope fashioned into a type of clothes line.  Originally, she simply had a donation box, but with the pandemic going on and on she now is charging a minimal fee for these well-made of quality-fabric-washable masks.

My daughter has bought more than her fair share for herself, her daughters and various friends.  As Jamie says, "If you gotta' wear a mask, you might as well be comfortable and attractive! 

Jamie's masks washed and drying. 

Jamie looking comfortable and attractive!

Jamie sports these masks at a Lutheran church in Decatur where she is the assistant director of their day care/school.  👍

 

Four-Person Book Club!
Macon, Georgia!

I have been in many a book club, but this four-person one is my fave.  In this time of Covid, we meet on my very Southern front porch of my Craftsman Bungalow built in 1921 in Macon, Georgia.  And of course we sip Mint Juleps and nibble from a Charcuterie board.  Well, not always.  Most often it's just red wine, white wine and pistachios.  

The books read and loved, loved, loved  (as Jim says) are:  The Glass Castle, Little Fires Everywhere, Family Marriage, Wuthering Heights, All Adults Here, Unsheltered and now The Vanishing Half.  I am currently finishing up The Vanishing Half.   Clearly Wuthering Heights was my least favorite followed perhaps by Family Marriage.  The other ones all tie as great reads. 

We'd love to hear what your club is reading.......

Jane.  Remember Chatter Matters. 

Chatter Matters....

LADY LIBERTY!

The Boy Scouts of America, wishing to “Strengthen the Arm of Liberty,” placed 200 small replicas of the Statue of Liberty across the US in 1949/50. 

Mackinac Island, Michigan yacht harbor was one fortunate site chosen.

By 2012, she was looking pretty ragged, so the local American Legion and Department of Natural Resources raised nearly $60,000 to bring her back to glory. 

She went off Island for a major “redo,” and ultimately returned to stand proudly over MI harbor protecting all who come, go and even those who choose to stay!

She says, “Thanks.”  Most of her sister Ladies of Liberty no longer exist!

 

August 2019. 

August 2019.

2012

Winter 2012

Summer, 2019

Each week a boy or girl scout troop from Michigan stands guard over Fort Mackinac. Here the boy scouts are preparing to lower the flag by the yacht harbor. 

Chatter Matters about random "stuff" today.

I wander; I snap....

Zoom in and you can see that on this barge is a Gordon Foods truck as well as a Sisco truck.  This is how groceries come to the Island. 

View from my window through the curtains.  This horse-drawn carriage will pick up tourists and tour them about the Island. 

Bikes for all sizes and shapes. 

Bike racks!!

Bicycles from the Old-Time bike gathering on the Island. 

An interesting million-dollar weird boat in the harbor. Built by Burger boat builders. 

Coleus do well on the Island.

A friendly cab driver. 

 Love this creative way of showing flowers. 

 A favorite shot of the roses in foreground and Round Island lighthouse in background. 

 Flowers....

This was a very orange moon known as a blood moon.  My phone camera did not do it justice. 

 Luggage and other items transported on MI.

This is the Stanzione/Winston's stuff on a cart as they leave for Illinois an Georgia.  Please note the cool OLD rocker destined for Logan Stanzione's new home.  Yeah!!

 Peonies as big as dinner plates!

 English phone booth at Grand Hotel.

 I love the pink geraniums.

 A new meaning of "potted" plant. 

 Japanese Iris. 

 Yacht crews drying their sails which they fold and store in their yacht as they head home under power. 

 Another cute idea for flowers.

 Stick man living in a gorgeous flower garden.

 The "manure-picker-upper" vehicle.

 A wagon full of wonderful flowers.

A yacht crossing the finish line in the Chicago to Mackinac Yacht Race. 

This may be my last Michigan post, but I intend to continue through the year with some stuff you might be interested in.  

Educatin' and Learnin' 'bout Mackinac...


 There is an explanation for the difference in pronunciation and spelling,  and it goes something like this.  Settlers of the area vs. Indians of the area had their own ideas of how it should be. 

This is the Mackinac Bridge which connects the lower and upper peninsulas of Michigan. When on the bridge headed north; theoretically, Lake Michigan is on your left and Lake Huron on your right.  I am certain you remember HOMES:  Lakes Huron, Ontario. Michigan, Erie and Superior. 

I share a small map of the area in which Mackinac Island rests. Put on your glasses , study it carefully...test to follow.  The blue circle identifies Mackinac Island.

I trust this will help clarify just where Mackinac Island is located. 

Horsin' Around on Mackinac Island....

Horse is king on this Island.

Good morning neigh-bor.

"I've got my eye on you."

 I want her pretty lashes. 

"Like my new pedicure"?

  

Surely this is a girl horse.

The proud new Hackney/Percheron mix on the Island.

This gorgeous team pulls a Grand bus. 

Happy young girl and her buddy on a trail ride.

Multi-purposing!!

Boot scootin' flower pot. 

Once used for tying up horses....no more.  Bikes take over.

A lilac festival horse with a purple eye. 

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And for those of you with a lust for knowledge....here you go.  

Thanks to Emily Deese for her work on this. 

The end.....  Let me know you enjoyed this.