As always, this place inspires me like no other.
I had a week on Lake Michigan with a few of my very dear cousins. It was my first time visiting in September in three decades. Fall arrived my first night there.
The mornings were crisp and vivid.
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It was mostly mixed clouds and sun, and lots of wind.
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Lake Michigan is like a highly sensitive woman, so responsive to the changing weather. Her mood can change completely overnight.
The trees at Michillinda always overcome me with their grandeur and grace.
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This oak in the foreground especially....
But really, this year was about the wind and the whitecaps.
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This was the most amazing, howling sunset.
Here is the view a little later, looking the other way, towards the north.
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There was so much wind earlier in the day while I was going down to the beach that it blew my glasses off my face onto the bank, never to be seen again! (We looked and looked, although I confess I couldn't see too well.)
So I had to go into town to get some reading glasses to tide me over until I get some new prescription ones.
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Aren't they fetching?
It was so hard to leave yesterday...though it's always great to come on home.
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So good-bye, beloved cottage, until next year.......
Oh, and I did work on a very fun project all week which I will post next time.