My Quality Day

  I think this will be the last day for Matthaei Botanical Garden pictures. But I just want to show these few more. This was a new one to...

  I saw a LOT of plants on this recent trip. Didn't get good pictures of way too many of them. Sigh. We may get to plants that were new...

  My goal for the day was to hike the rest of the trails at Arcadia Dunes. That was three more loops for a total of about 8.5 miles. As I...

  The first turtle of the year was nearly a disaster. I realized too late that the dark spot in the road was a turtle, so I straddled it. T...

  Today was beautiful. Just the right temperature, about 50 degrees, sun shining. I took a 5-mile walk. There is a small pond/wetland tha...

Today was my second and last day volunteering for the Karner Blue Butterfly count. I worked with Erin again, and that was fun because we had...

Isn't this the most gorgeous little blue butterfly? It's the Karner blue, Lycaeides melissa samuelis , an endangered species, an...