It really has been a beautiful autumn. I wanted to write Beautiful Fall for the title but I thought it might set this post up for something deeper than it really is. I don’t have much to say right now, only the usual ranting, ha. I am too relaxed to start that up now anyway. Just wanted to check in to remark upon the autumn colors, fading faster now. I want to carry a camera with me when I work but I am afraid I might get distracted. For instance, I drove by Glenwood Cemetery in Flint today, a couple of times, and the trees are all orange, red and, gold. It was glowing. I wanted to pull my bus in there and snap some shots but alas, I was working. And I only had my phones with me, not my camera.
My husband and I did take a week off at the beginning of October and went up north. We went to my Dad’s house, then to our usual haunt, Mackinac Island for a few days, then back to my Dad’s. It was nice. The best part of Mackinac this time were the sunsets and the spa pool at our hotel. I would have like to have squeezed more into the trip but I was too tired and couldn’t get up and running. We saw lots of color going to and from my Dad’s to Mackinac. Colors weren’t quite at peak at my Dad’s nor on Mackinac. Colors were peaking around Mancelona, MI, Petoskey area, and Gaylord but we didn’t have time to stop. On the way back from the Island we went trough the Tunnel of Trees near Good Hart, north of Harbor Springs. There was barely any color through there but it was gorgeous in Harbor Springs. I would like to go up there again in the fall. Spend some time. Visit some wineries.
My Dad took us along the Manistee River and there we saw some color. It was peak in places, not so much in others. Hit and miss, but I did get some gorgeous pictures. I’ve yet to upload them though.
So we had a nice time, tried to relax, and of course a week is never long enough.
I did get some house cleaning done before we went, trimmed a couple of days of our 10 day vacation to do it. It was nice coming back to a sort of cleaned up place but we do nothing but mess it up again. And I’ve been too tired to care or do much since we’ve been back. I just want to chill so chilling is what I’ve been doing.
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