Bye-Bye Blueberry

 The morning began with a little more rain and still a gray/silver Lake Superior.

I made enough money that I treated myself to a piece of wild blueberry pie. They make and sell I-don't-know-how-many hundreds of pies for the event.

And by the end of the day, the lake had turned to blue!

Bye-bye blueberry!

Author friend Jean and I came to the festival together. She dropped me at my house a little before 10 pm, and she has 2 hours yet to drive to reach her house. But it worked really well to do this together even though her van was packed really solid. We knew we got along quite well, but this was a further test of that since we spent even more of our "off working hours" time together.

I sold out of several books, and this may be my best show ever. Only negative is that three full days is tough.

Tomorrow I have to leap into work mode since I am NOT ready for the upcoming NCTA Celebration this next weekend.

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Not Much Blooming

 I manage to get about one walk a month in at the School Forest in Ludington. It's very near where bell choir practice is, so it's a great way to get a little exercise on the same trip. Today, I was particularly looking for wildflowers. Nope.

There are escaped daffodils and Vinca (myrtle, periwinkle). I don't really know the history of this property. It's quite possible there were some houses in this city block at one time.

The one "wild" thing I did find blooming was some blueberry, probably Vaccinium pallidum. These are nice and pink. They vary from pink to white.

I heard a Barred Owl, and saw another Red Admiral butterfly. Disc golfers were out playing on the course that's also on the property.

I have 142 miles of campsites done today. I may do a few more yet this evening because I'm probably not going to meet the quota for several days coming up. I worked on the dining room some and did errands.

Total miles hiked in 2024: 213.1, of which 70.6 is North Country Trail.

Ludington School Forest, various trails, 2.2 miles

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