Autumn at Lower Huron

                              Dying to get out and walk.....just too busy right now...darn!

The Steam Locomotive at Greenfield Village

Riding the rails...ha. when I go to yoga in the summer, I can hear the train whistle from the Village. Anyway, this is riding on the train looking at ourselves.
Below is a coyote that we saw .

 I love the old steam engines

Bald Eagle

 After seeing those two Bald Eagles yesterday, I was prompted to post these photos that I took at Hawkfest.

Crack O' Dawn October

 A Miserable Saturday....cloudy, windy and cold. Very unpleasant.....still, it looks pretty in this photo.

 Mary Lou has two teasels to check out how velcro was invented

 Linda and her dog, Glory

 The trail was flooded as I predicted. We were meeting people coming the other way and they told us that they couldn't get through (without getting pretty wet) and turned around and came back...that's what we did. I would have liked to have seen the flooded area and got a picture.

 This sight was worth the walk...two Bald Eagles being "mobbed" by a "cloud" of blackbirds...wow, what a cool sight.

 Hawk watchers turned out in this weather and let me tell you it was cold and very windy by the water. Hope they were rewarded with a few hawk sightings.

 Some ahead and some behind

 Mallards...hello to you too mister!

 Last of the summer flowers....Jerusalem Artichoke, I think

New England Aster

 Kevin checking out some Warblers

 This is Mary Lou's pet Shrew. The fact that it has been dead for 5 years and she keeps it in the refrigerator makes the story even more interesting. Well, of course, I am kidding about the pet bit but it brought to question why women are sometimes referred to as "shrews" I googled it and could not find out what behavior of the shrew makes it comparable to a nasty woman other than Shakespeare's play "Taming of the Shrew" If anyone know let us in on it.

 Very tiny...look at that snout...you can see the relation to a mole.

Wind

Tomorrow is Crack O' Dawn at 7 am sharp for coffee and breakfast snacks...yum! It will be cool and windy in the morning. When the wind blows in from the east Lake Erie washes ashore. It is like a big bathtub sloshing around. Well, the trail that we usually walk is right at the shore in places and I am sure we will not go that way tomorrow. We will probably take Trapper's Run Trail instead....usually more birds along this way.
Next week I signed up to go to the Lantern Walk at Oakwoods Metropark. I have never been before so don't know what to expect but I think there is a hayride first, riding to the Nature Center area and then a hike in the woods. The trail will be lite with Jack O' Lanterns. It sounds like fun. A few of our COD group are going as well.
Will post tomorrow about our windy walk.

Autumn

Hidden Lake 2013

Buildings