When we were in Door County this past June we took a ferry over to Washington Island. Driving on the island we found a few farms there. It's a good thing my camera is in the shop, because I had to look in my files and I totally forgot about this. It's a potato farm. I just loved everything about this place, from the sign, to the house, to the barn, to the land it sits on.
Linking with Tricia for Barn Charm.
In Door County this past June, I was out riding my bike and came upon this woman painting. Before I took her photo I did ask permission first. I just didn't want to offend her if she didn't want her picture taken.
I talked with her a bit as she continued to paint.
I would like to have seen the finished painting.
Life is good here. I've been gone a lot from here. I spent 5 days at a quilt retreat, came home for a few days, then took off again for 3 days to Illinois. It's a rainy day today, a good day to catch up with all of you.
Holy toledo, where did July go? I do have to say it was a pretty busy month. I've missed posting anything for 5 days, in that time we've had company and went to Illinois. I'll show you some more shots of our Door County vacation.
We took a car ferry over to Washington Island. The weather was just beautiful. I'll be posting 2 or 3 posts of this trip, as there are too many photos for one post.
Of course I had to take a lone shot of the Finnish flag,our heritage.
I'll share with you my new love. I found this camera bag on this blog. I've bought bags and purses of all kinds that will fit my camera when we travel or take day trips. All of them, pull on my shoulder, are too heavy, too bulky, and just plain don't work. When I saw this bag I thought, "What the heck, why not get it and try it out". So, on our trip to Door County I had this bag and let me tell you, I've found the camera bag that works for me. This bag is awesome.
More on this trip later.
Hope you all have a wonderful day today.
Every morning when we were in Door County we would bike to breakfast. It was always a beautiful morning to eat outside, the weather was nice and the view was wonderful.
I thought of the Beatles song Hey Jude when I was starting to write this post, plus I had to take a picture of Jude, because that is what Jim would call me back in our younger days :)
Back in Door County we went to a marina where there was this neat building called the Anderson Warehouse Graffiti, visiting boaters would sign the walls of this building.
It was neat reading all the names and words written on the walls. Some really popped out at me, like Dawn & Steve our wonderful neighbors we had for 25 years back in Illinois, and the neat drawings people did.
And, Warren the name of my kids High School painted in the school colors, how cool is that.
The writings even made it to the peak of the building.
I had to give you a shadow shot since the word shadow was at the top of the building, so this is a distorted me giving you all a shadow wave from the marina.
The first day in Door County we drove around a bit and we stopped at an overlook to see the bay.
Can you tell we are excited to be on a vacation?
The weather was gorgeous from the moment we got there. Still not done with photos from Door County.
While in Door County we went to a fish boil. It's very different from the ones we did back in Illinois, this fish boil was made with whitefish and we used salmon. This restaurant put on a good show and was fun to watch.
Yum!!!
I can't wait to go back.
This old classic was found along side the Gus Klenke garage. I just love old trucks like this. Our neighbor down in the valley has a beautiful one, I'll try and remember to take a photo of it someday.
I still have a lot more photos from Door County coming. It's summer and a busy time of year, but then when is it ever not busy over here. So, more photos coming and photos of what's been happening around here coming soon.
So, is it cooling down in your area yet? We are not, but it's supposed to be soon. I have to admit I couldn't take it anymore and the other day I went out and bought a window unit...RELIEF...I just couldn't handle the thought of having the temps hit 100 degrees and no air. I wasn't sure I was going to make it through it and live to tell about it. It doesn't cool the whole house but it's enough with fans going to keep it bearable. I still won't put the oven on, the stove top is bad enough.
While in Door County, Jim went on a fishing charter out of Sturgeon Bay to fish for walleye. His charter captain is a retired pro fisherman. Jim was the only one on the boat so they ended up fishing most of the day. Jim learned a lot about walleye fishing, much different from the salmon fishing he used to do on Lake Michigan. These photos Jim took with his phone.
While Jim was fishing I went for a bike ride and put 10 miles on my bike odometer, and by the time we went home I clock almost 20 miles on it. It was so much fun to be biking again. Here I stopped and took a break and walked down to the waters edge.
We kind of cut out our walks, not sure why. Though Jim started running every morning, I have to admit I've been very lazy about doing anything. But since our vacation I've been walking/running every morning. I put on my walking shoes, plug in the i-Pod and now my newest item is the hand weights for working my arms.
Thought I would show you too one of the hills that I have to climb on my walks. It doesn't look big from this angle, but believe me, it is :)
Care to join me tomorrow?
We have a weekend project going, so I'll catch you all later.
Have a wonderful weekend.
An old garage found in Door County. I found this old garage so neat to look at, standing there looking at the building, you could imagine what it was like when it was an up and running garage. It's been kept up pretty well, and I enjoyed seeing it when we would drive by it. More photos coming from our trip.
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