Saturday on Mackinac Island

More visuals.....


Chambong.   Champagne is poured in the larger/wine-glass end and then tipped and poured into one's mouth via the skinny end.  It works!  Quite nice, actually!

I love the Island but not when it is this crowded downtown. Five of July.

I know no details, but this strawberry was cruising through town.  

Watching the fudge makers prepare fudge and share a few samples is always fun.

Hey!  Hay for the horses!

Horse wash...sort of like a car wash off-Island. 

This is a UPS delivery. 

The end.  I am going downtown for some yummy fudge!

Oh, the Places You'll Go!                    .....Dr. Seuss

Congratulations!
Today is your day.
You're off to Great Places!
You're off and away!

You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes
You can steer yourself
Any direction you choose.
You're on your own. And you know what you know.
And YOU are the guy who'll decide where to go.

You'll look up and down streets. Look 'em over with care.
About some you will say, "I don't choose to go there."
With your head full of brains and your shoes full of feet,
You're too smart to go down any not-so-good street.

And you may not find any
You'll want to go down.
In that case, of course,
You'll head straight out of town.

It's opener there
In the wide open air.

OH, the Things I will see!!


Yearly, The Wheelmen come to the Island to ride and display their old bikes. 

1.  Poppy in my back yard.  2.  Iris blooming profusely  3.  Flower delivery from the back of a dray  4.  Grand Hotel's Secret Garden (I did not take this photo.  A friend did and shared with me) Honestly, it looks unreal.  It is a full spring bloom.  By the time arrived, it was not quite this glorious. 

Cruise ship, Pearl Mist,  leaving the harbor and passing in front of  my house. 

Gulls just gotta have fun!

A sculpture named REACH AND SPLASH by Andy Sacksteder on display at Mission Point's miniature golf course.

Trash pick-up Island style.

Fireworks in front of Cable Cottage sponsored by a Banker's convention at Grand Hotel. 

The end!!

Stimulation of the senses is heightened on Mackinac.

Currently, the smell of lilacs fills the air...along with horse manure and urine.... which are omnipresent  :)

Sounds of water lapping on the shore of Lake Huron in front of the cottage; sea gulls squawking; light house horn protecting us when foggy; horses clopping to and fro and horns from boats/freighters both small and long (1,000 feet).

Visually there is nothing to compare....  Flowers today for you!

My attempt at macro photography.  This is a lilac.

Lilly of the valley in macro. 

Iris

Irises

Giant peony,  Others are just now opening. 

Geraniums at Cable Cottage

Bouquet used for a reception I attended. 

And the prettiest picture of all, my Winnie dozing in a window sill.  

Lilac Time!

It won't reach 70 degrees this week which thrills this Yankee girl!  I arrived at the end of the 71st Lilac Festival; so named because Lilac trees and bushes of all colors are prolific here.  These sunny days are going to allow them to burst into full bloom.

Thanks to Clark Bloswick for allowing me to share this photo of horse and lilacs. 

A highlight of the parade is the Scottville Clown  Band.  The group includes trained musicians who dress ridiculously and entertain the crowds with their music, costumes and movements.

The Native American influence is big on Mackinac Island. 

And then just some miscellaneous shots....

A precious butterfly in the parade. 

 Not a lilac bush.  Thinking it might be a cherry tree?

Straps holding up this very old Lilac tree. 

Comfortably cool on Mackinac Island.  Goosebumps!  Haven't had them in a long time. Pictured is  the Mackinac Bridge build 1957 or 1958.  It connects the lower Peninsula of Michigan with the upper Peninsula of Michigan...Mackinaw City with St. Ignace. I prefer to cross the bridge to St. Ignace and catch the 15-minute ferry ride to the Island.

Pictured below are my two traveling companions, Winnie Pearl, the cat, and John Jeffrey, the son.  Lots of pretty pictures to share in the coming weeks, but starting slowly to make certain I know what I am doing. 

GeorgiaJane's Journeys.: Summer 2019

GeorgiaJane's Journeys.: Summer 2019: Adding a second name to this: Chatter Matters.  If I were smarter about all of this, I would simply change it to CHATTER MATTERS!  I miss wr...

Summer 2019

Adding a second name to this: Chatter Matters.  If I were smarter about all of this, I would simply change it to CHATTER MATTERS!  I miss writing.  Discovered there is no novel lurking inside me.  Simply just observations, thoughts and stuff that intrigue me and which I would like to share.  Come along with me if you like...

First off, I head for the great chilly north shortly.  Seems to me that nothing is easy anymore.  Big storm! Big limb (most likely not really as big as I think it is) Big clunk on my 1980's garage.  Thank goodness my car was not inside.

In all things, there is good!  Winnie, the love of my life, is grateful for her new garage-top view of the world.