Sunday Reflections

All is well in the Keweenaw.

Sunday Reflections

All is well in the Keweenaw.

Sunday Reflections

All is well in the Keweenaw.

Sunday Reflections

All is well in the Keweenaw.

Sunday Reflections - Father's Day

All is well in the Keweenaw.

Sunday Reflections

All is well in the Keweenaw.

Sunday Reflections

All is well in the Keweenaw.

Sunday Reflections

All is well in the Keweenaw.

Sunday Reflections

All is well in the Keweenaw.

Sunday Reflections

All is well in the Keweenaw.

Sunday Reflections - He is Risen!

Happy Easter!

All is well in the Keweenaw.

Sunday Reflections

All is well in the Keweenaw.

Sunday Reflections

I can't let this day pass without including happy birthday wishes to 2 of my favorite people:

1. My Aunt Edie - the world's best aunt.
2. My Little Brother - pictured below. He's no longer that little and his drawers are no longer that baggy. 

All is well in the Keweenaw.

Sunday Reflections

All is well in the Keweenaw.

Sunday Reflections

All is well in the Keweenaw.

More to Come!

We awoke to fresh powder yesterday morning.

It looked like we added about 1-1/2" compared to when I had last looked at the snowstick on Wednesday afternoon.

2-23-2017

 Even the covered front porch had some snow.

White everywhere!

Flocked trees again!

We enjoyed taking in the scenery with our morning coffee. A female Pileated Woodpecker even paid us a visit. We saw a Hairy Woodpecker, too, but I didn't get a shot of that one.

As the day progressed, the clouds began to break up. . .

and our beloved blue sky and sunshine returned to melt all the snow out of the trees.

No problem. There's more to come. We're under a winter weather advisory from 7:00 a.m. today until 7:00 a.m. Saturday, and they're still predicting probable double digits. Now, that's much more like February in the Keweenaw!

All is well in the Keweenaw.

Oh, Just Hangin' Out

This Chickadee cracked me up the other day.

He was just nonchalantly hanging out on that branch. He then hopped to the ground and hoped to get a turn at eating some of the tasty seed that had fallen out of the bird feeder.

He just had to figure out how to get that squirrel to move aside. Never was successful, as the squirrel just refused to move. Not sure why the Chickadee thought the seed would taste better off the ground anyway!

All is well in the Keweenaw.

Bald Eagle!

We've seen more eagles - especially bald eagles - since moving to the U.P. than we ever did before. When we saw a bald eagle feeding on road kill as we were on our way to Rhinelander, Wisconsin recently, we pulled over to snap a few shots. (Don't worry - I'm not going to show you a photo of the deceased deer.) We were still in the U.P. and traffic was quite heavy in both directions on that 2-lane highway that morning. Bald eagles are smart, so it flew off to perch in a tree and wait for a break in traffic. Can you see it?

A little closer!

Closer!

It would look one way and then the other - so majestic.

One more!

Love experiences like these!

All is well in the Keweenaw.

Woody Woodpecker

I showed you Bullwinkle last month, and now I get to show you Woody Woodpecker - the Pileated Woodpecker.

I know it's Woody and not Wanda because the stripe on his cheek is partially red. Wanda's stripe is all black. Woody is usually traveling with Wanda, but we didn't see her on this particular day.

Did you get a look at those feet?

This will help.

This Pileated Woodpecker is about 1-1/2 feet tall. Pretty impressive, huh?

And you should hear the sound of him drumming on a tree. Believe me, there's no mistaking that sound! You know it's no ordinary woodpecker! It's always fun and interesting to watch the wildlife in our backyard in the woods of the Keweenaw Peninsula. 

I'll have Pumpkin-Palooza 3 ready to go tomorrow or Saturday.

All is well in the Keweenaw.

Humming Away the Day

With 3 bird feeders out now - plus one hummingbird feeder - I could hardly pull myself away from the window yesterday! LOTS of action out there. We have at least 2 hummingbirds so far, but I couldn't grab the camera fast enough when they were both at the feeder at the same time. I did get some better shots of this one, though.

This particular feeder doesn't have a perch, so they need to hover when they're lapping up the sugar water.

Steve was doing some organizing in the barn yesterday, and he came across another old hummingbird feeder he had forgotten about. That makes a total of 5. Can't wait for more to arrive so we can start feeding all of them! (Mental note: Add sugar to the next grocery list.)

All is well (and humming) in the Keweenaw.

UPDATE: Saturday, May 21 - 1:10 p.m.
I didn't realize I had 2 hummingbirds in this shot from about 15 minutes ago until I had uploaded them to my computer. Not the best shot, but my first photographic proof of 2 hummers in 2016!

All is well in the Keweenaw.