Back From Vacation~Yes Michigan

We are back from vacation...I will have something NEW to do with "paper crafting" posted tomorrow...I promise...I have to, its my turn to post on the mix media creative team forum.....and I haven't even started...yikes!!

Here are a couple of pics I took while we gone...the dog got me up early to go outside, and boy am I glad or I would of missed this fantastic sunrise over Lake Huron......all I can say is its GORGEOUS!!!  Makes you glad to be alive...no kidding...look close and the bottom part is the water reflecting the colors of the sunrise.....I can hardly believe I got such a great shot...you can click on it for a big~full view..see ya tomorrow with my "crepe paper' project!!

Happy Winter and an Amazing Sight

We are "back" from our Thanksgiving travels...I saw the most amazing sight on early Friday morning...we spent Thanksgiving day at our "Lake Huron" home, I was awoken to an annoying screeching and screaming....(I sleep with the slider slightly open to hear the sounds of the waves)...went downstairs to make coffee and looked out at the lake and here sat this big Bald Eagle on a rock in the lake...next thing I saw was a second Bald Eagle swoop by and knock the Eagle off the rock into the water, the eagle jumped back on the rock, only to be knocked off again!  Then I saw another eagle fly in and land by an eagle at the shore....they were fighting over  a fish.....how I wish I had my camera with me...four Bald Eagles right in front of my house...amazing!

My card today is a fast one (I have too much to do today after being gone)...I used the retired set from SU "Happy Winter" and the SU Top Note Die!  I managed to get 4 more tags done with my scraps...until tomorrow!

Lake Huron Swans and A Freighter! Third Post Today!

We took a little mini vacation to our "North" home on Lake Huron........Just before we were getting ready to leave yesterday I noticed the swans were back in front of the house.....as I was taking my "swan" pictures, a freighter appeared.......earlier in the morning we had two Eagles...but I had left my camera in the house, ...maybe next time!

Mackinac Island

The Mackinac Bridge, or the "Mighty Mac" as we like to call it, conneccting lower Michigan to upper Michigan, known as the "UP" here.The front porch on The Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island, its the longest porch you will ever see, the film "Somewhere In Time" with Christopher Reeves was filmed here....just beautiful!
These are BIG, life size horses, all made of plants, they are called Peat & Moss...very funny!

This is just one of the 100's of lilac displays that are on the island, in fact they just had their "lilac festival"!

I spent the last 5 days "Up North" as we like to call it here in Michigan! While "North" we spent a day at Mackinac Island as we do every year to celebrate our anniversary! I didn't get the best pictures and not many either,a s it was a somewhat cooler and foggy day! But here are a few I thought I would share with you until I have time to "create" again!

Nature At It's Best

I just had to share our little "find" at our "North" home. We took a little mini vacation over Memorial weekend to our "North" home as we call it on Lake Huron. We arrived later then usual and it was dark. How we managed not to drive over these is amazing, as these were laying in a little dug out nest in the middle of the gravel driveway! My hubby discovered 2 eggs in the morning, the next day there were 3, and the next 4.

The mother bird is a Killdeer, we tried to stay away from her as much as possible, but when we were around, she would put on her "broken wing" act to try and lead us away. I think when we left on Monday night, she was gld to see the backs of us!!

I read that both the male and female birds take turns sitting on the nest, that they will hatch out in 24 to 28 days and will look like little yellow pompoms with sticks, I think we will probably "miss the show".

Just had to share these very hard to see eggs!