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| I set up the trail camera on Friday and immediately caught this two-year-old black bear on video. |
July 21, 2013 – Sunday
51 degrees/cloudy/calm
Pentoga Road
The clouds moved in sometime during the night and their
presence kept the temperature from dropping as low as previously forecast.
That’s okay, we can live with the upper forties to low fifties. It’s certainly
more comfortable than it was two days ago.
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| Garden huckleberries are blooming. These are a faux blueberry and only edible after being exposed to a heavy frost, cooked, and sugared. Most are used in jam or for pie filling. |
Saturday turned out to be a very active day. I worked in the
garden for a couple of hours in the morning. The tomatoes have become top
heavy. Even pruning each plant hasn’t stopped them from falling over, cages and
all. I tied garden twine onto the cages and fastened each to the sides of the
raised beds, keeping them from toppling again. If necessary, I’ll stake the
cages upright, but the bottom of each bed is lined with water-soluble synthetic
mulch and I hate to poke holes in it.
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| Small fruit are setting on the egg plants |
I pulled a bag of beets for Mrs. Wilkins, our widow
neighbor, who lives up the road.
She’s always so appreciative for the veggies
and is a sweetheart. We visited at length, the first time this summer. I
usually wave or honk the horn in passing, but yesterday we got to gab a bit.
Now that the knee is returning to normal, I need to make myself more available should she need help.
Mom and I went to town, presumably to go to the bank, but
soon ran into a crowd lining the street in anticipation of the Upper Peninsula
Championship Rodeo Parade. We never did get to the bank, but how we enjoyed the
hour procession.
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| Kiddies with their plastic grocery bags ready to collect the candy thrown from the floats |
Standing under a shade tree, we clapped, hooped,
hollered, and enjoyed free ice cream sandwiches and Cokes that were being
handed out by one of the local groceries.
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| God Bless America. Patriotism and good American values are still alive in the UP. |
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| Moola Man was passing out dollar bills |
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| Mom's enjoying her ice cream sandwich |
Sargie worked half a day on Saturday and was home by early
afternoon. We found an hour-and-a-half biography of Johnny Carson on Netflix
and really enjoyed watching it. He was a major icon in television for over
thirty years and I forgot how really funny, intelligent, and good of an
entertainer he was.
We’d put up the trail cam on Friday and retrieved the card
Saturday afternoon. I’m happy to report that at least one young bear, a deer,
and a raccoon, still live back in the woods. It was the first time I’d set up
the camera this summer.
We visited Mr. Milligan last night at the VA and had a
wonderful time walking around the outside of the hospital enjoying the cool
evening air and talking.
Mom treated us to a Chinese buffet after. I ate around half
a dozen clams, sweet and sour chicken, fried shrimp, and other nonfattening
goodies way too numerous to mention. What a treat.
We’re heading to Marquette later this morning so Mom can see
Lake Superior. We’ll try to meet up with Macrea and Mel to take them to
lunch somewhere along the way.
Sargie’s off today and tomorrow. She’s taken some vacation
time to be home with Mom and be able to relax. It’s nice to have her here so
much and we both agree, it will be doubly difficult when she returns to work on
a normal schedule.
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| Now there's some scary wildlife |
Time to think about getting ready for the day. Mom and
Sargie are up and around and after a quick breakfast, we’ll point the car towards the north to see if there’s still any water in Lake Superior. There will be a
lot of sight seeing, some shopping, and visiting. It'll be tough, but
you know, a man’s work is never done.
So are the tales from Pentoga Road…
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