We went to Glen Arbor
Stayed in a Homestead condo,
on Sleeping Bear Bay.
Off-season, we had
the complex and the beach to
ourselves. It was odd.
Cool, mostly sunny,
but so buggy with midges.
That is off-season.
Working outside meant
buggy gnatty midge bugs all
over my laptop.
Midges live two days
mating in grey swarms alight,
flying up my nose.
Still, it is lovely,
the bay view always shifting,
shining, orange, blue, grey.
We hiked the Bay View
Trail, Empire Bluffs, Cotton-
wood, Leelanau State Park Trails
How long were these hikes?
We don’t know, but none of the
markers were correct.
For example:
The sign said two miles
Three miles in, we discovered
It was more like five.
Excellent eating:
Art’s, Amical, La Bécasse,
and, as always, Blu.
But with the condo
kitchen, we ate mostly at
home. Keeping it real.
It was beautiful
just hanging around the house,
watching Netflix, etc.
An OCD dream
An Edward Gorey puzzle
with a thousand frogs.
Annette and I worked,
lots of writing and school stuff.
Class planning and more.
Will didn’t have work.
School was over, he was bored,
Played lots of video games.
Piles of work await
Naptime lures like siren song,
Behind but rested.
(Links to the Flickr set, and thanks to Annette for her haiku contributions).