Old Barns

you  just gotta love

a little old barn

touched by time

with it’s own charm..

the weatherd wood

shines bright in the sun..

Proud and still standing..

(it’s time isn’t done)………

Think  of the tales

that could be told

if barns could talk

of memories they hold..

each one is different

no two are the same..

to see them fading

away, is a shame.

so if you happen upon

a old one please take

a picture and treasure

the portrits they make..

for someday they will

be old memories…

this one was saying

“take my picture, please”!

by Conneta

Denali - The Great One

Rub your eyes. Turn around twice. Pinch yourself. 

It's really there before you. 

Such beauty is just hard to believe

Dewitt Jones

Patience

Adopt the pace of Nature,

her secret is patience.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Signs of Spring

Recent reports on the Saginaw Bay Birding webiste indicate that both Sandhill Cranes and Red-winged Blackbirds have been spotted in the Saginaw Valley area of Michigan.
 Check out this website for additional bird sightings. www.saginawbaybirding.org

Male redwings arrive on the breeding grounds a few days to a few weeks before the females return. Females look like large sparrows, so are often unnoticed.

The first image is of a male Red-winged Blackbird and the second is of a female Red-winged Blackbird. 

Spring is just around the corner but as my friend Denny so nicely pointed out.... "it's a long way to that corner!!"  

Maple Sugarhouse

This Sugarhouse is located at Chippewa Nature Center.  The log sugarhouse was originally built by Nicholas Shoff in 1868 as a home for his family. In 1978, volunteers dismantled the building on its original location near Clare, Michigan and transported it to Chippewa Nature Center. Rebuilt into a sugarhouse, a cupola was added to the roof for steam to escape during the sap boiling process. For more information visit www.chippewanaturecenter.org