Birthday to Birthday

Stitched from four photographs. Roxand Township, Michigan. Gosh I love this lens!

Downtown Vermontville, Michigan.

The Dahlias are still doing fine. Everything else, not so much.

Talking with her sister, with the little grey stray under her chair.

One Sunflower . It's that sunflower I've been watching of late. The yellow's faded mostly to brown, and the blossom no longer makes any pretense of facing the sun. For the songbirds, though, it's a potential feast.

Portland, Michigan

Hastings, Michigan. I trust this sculpture has a name and an artist, but found no obvious sign at the site. If someone knows, please fill in the missing details. Thanks. It's Gaze II by James Oleson. Some details in the links in the comments, below. Hastings' central business district is full of sculptures, but I really don't know any details. Hastings is a town I travel through, not a town I visit--and the sculptures are downtown, which my route through town skirts.

Sebewa, Michigan.

Drove to the post office to pick up our mail and spotted this view at the end of Main Street. Back to the house, grabbed the camera, and walked back to the corner. Got it.

Evening sunlight on copper....

Light and shadow on our lawn.

The Little Thornapple , as it happens. Chester Township, Eaton County, Michigan.

A side effect of feeding birds....

This barn's one of my regular photographic subjects , as is the badly-deteriorated house next door. Thought I'd see what my new camera thought of it.

South of Delton, Michigan. Actually there were more like a hundred cranes in this field. Autumn's coming, and the flocks are gathering....

This barn and shed are on the grounds of the Gilmore Car Museum , north of Gull Lake and west of Hickory Corners, Michigan. In my memory the farm was more farm than museum, and (as you can see) they're still farming the land which isn't part of the exhibit space.