I feel like I cannot catch up, cannot accomplish all that I need to do, learn the things I need to learn….One thing I could do is work at night.
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Work at Night
Posted in Avoidance, Ordinary Grey Day, Winter Destinations, tagged Presque Isle, Presque Isle Powqer Plant, Railroad Tracks, Trestle, Marquette, Sundown, Work at Night on March 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Presque Isle–Ore and Ice
Posted in Ordinary Grey Day, tagged Camera Buddy, Iron Heritage, Marquette Michigan in Winter, Mike Hainstock, Ore and Ice, Pocket Docks, Presques Isle on March 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Getting off work at 4p.m. on a sunny Saturday evening was a blessing. I headed home grabbed my camera and Mike, too. He had been out on the island 4 hours that day, already. He had also been out on Friday at sunset while I was working. But it was my turn this time, and [...]
Sleet, Running, Daughter and Grandson
Posted in Ordinary Grey Day, tagged sleet, freezing rain, grandsons, daughters, running, fitness, St Patrick's day Storm, Winter in the Upper Peninsula Marquette's YMCA on February 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Today I woke early and had a single packet of oatmeal and only 1/2 a cup of coffee as I rearranged my schedule a wee bit to go on a run! I picked up my daughter and headed to the YMCA shortly before the weather arrived. We each ran a mile on the treadmill.
I have [...]
Colors of Winter: Greens, Blues, Grays
Posted in Community, Ordinary Grey Day, Travels, Winter Destinations, tagged Bike Paths in Marquette Michigan, Colors of Winter, Great lakes, Green Ice, Ice, Lake Superior, Shorelines, Upper Peninsula Winters, Winter Ice on February 23, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I spent most of February chasing blue ice and here we find green. Located just off the bike path in the Founder’s Landing area. I often walk here in the warmer months. I rarely walk here in the winter.
Here I am taking a pseudo aerial shot. I am standing above the recreation building that houses [...]
Happy Valentine’s Day
Posted in Emotion, Ice, Lake Superior, Ordinary Grey Day, tagged Hopeful, Ice slabs, Photos by Kim Nixon, Photoshoot on Lake Superior, Upper Peninsula Photography, Valentine's Day on February 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This morning is blue-grey as I wait for the sun to rise. The brightest splash of color in the backyard is the stained wood on the birdfeeders. It feels cold after the relatively warm temps of February’s Thaw. The return to winter always seems cruel but I know it will snow for at least two [...]
Destination–Carnegie Public Library, Ishpeming
Posted in Ordinary Grey Day, Wind Chill, Winter Confines, Winter Destinations, tagged Carnegie Public Library, Destinations in the Upper Peninsula, Historical Buildings in the Upper Peninsula, Ishpeming in Winter, what to do when it is below zero, windchill days on January 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is the library you dreamed of when you announced you’d be an author. Your books would be on a shelf and a librarian would lead children to your book. That child would find a snug corner to read your book. The snows would snow. That child would be so far beyond drifts and ice. [...]
What is Sometimes Hidden
Posted in Ordinary Grey Day, Winter Confines, tagged finding hope in winter, winter rants, winter whining on January 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What is sometimes hidden can include your “hope” in winter. My hope (renewed) came in the form of a borrowed car and pulling into the driveway (at home) from the opposite direction. I caught sight of the backyard bird feeders, and a nest hidden among the thick lilacs. These sights pulled me into the cold [...]
Benched
Posted in Emotion, Ordinary Grey Day, Winter Destinations on January 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Sad that I cannot visit Ishpeming today and sit in my favorite park with one of my companions and watch the frozen world of the Upper Peninsula. I am benched. Home.
Winter is rough on cars and mine has blown a head gasket. The expense is great. As many of you know I do home health, [...]
Sticky Snow
Posted in Ordinary Grey Day, tagged Anti-Wal-mart, blue balls, Christmas in Marquette, December 2008, Sticky snow on January 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Normally snow in Marquette is fluffy white. Rarely is it wet and heavy. But on the morning of December 28, 2008 it was sticky snow. I was running late for work but quickly grabbed my camera and took two shots of the backyard.
The second shot is of the blue ornaments in the crab apple. I [...]
Lake Bancroft–Winter Flowers
Posted in Ordinary Grey Day, Winter Confines, tagged Lake Bancroft, The Flu, Winter Florals on December 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Today is a snowy day and I can feel the cold permeating the house. The cold is crawling along the floors. I am in combat mode with Smart Wool socks and a thermal man’s shirt. The flu surrounds me at home and at work. I am trying to zinc-up and hydrate. I am eating bananas [...]
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