Playwright?

 
The Ludington Writers offered a workshop this weekend on writing plays. A topic in which I am very interested. Despite a serious lack of sleep, I'm so glad I went. Here's our group. I know... it just looks like a bunch of people, but action shots of people pushing pens and flipping papers really aren't an improvement.



We each had to turn in a one-act play of about 10 minutes length. We spent the weekend discussing them and working on making improvements. Mine is called Kiss of the Butterfly, and it needs a little work, but I actually think it turned out pretty well.

The weekend ended with an evening where several of us read excerpts from things we had written. I did a couple of scenes from the play. After that, the leaders of the workshop, who are award winning playwrights, read two of their (short) plays, a couple poems, a short story, and Arnie sang.

Here they are, Arnie Johnston and Deborah Percy.





Bed next...soon

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Big Shark Smile

 
My cousin Jean sent me a message that she was sending me a big smile. She was right!



Can't quite make it out? Foot in your face.





Thanks, Jean!

I'm off to work shortly, then day two of the writing workshop tomorrow. I think I'll be ready for rest on Sunday.

	See Jean Hall and Joan Hall
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Killdeer II

 
"Caught" one of my favorite birds today, the killdeer. It didn't seem to be trying to lure me away from a nest, but was just walking across this lawn.



Still have work to do, so this has to be short tonight. Long day, but I got to spend some of it driving back roads, it was sunny but not too hot. Can't complain about that!

	See Killdeer for another one in 2012
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Hollyhocks!

 
I guess this is the week for flowers.

Today I had to take pictures of an old farmhouse, and it had several gardens full of the old-fashioned single hollyhocks. I really like them. In fact, I had some growing for a long time until I discovered that I had planted three favorite foods of the rose chafer beetles together. The hollyhocks didn't last more than a couple of years. So I really enjoyed these today.





They always grew alongside the house I grew up in, between the driveway and the wall. I suppose they seem like home to me.

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Michigan Lily

 
Driving down a back road today, I saw a patch of orange flash by. The color didn't seem right for the wild day lilies that grow in so many ditches, so I turned around and went back.

It was a large stand of Michigan lily, Lilium michiganense.



I love these beautiful flowers. The colors are always so vibrant.



This time I also saw some of the buds. Interesting how they hang down like pendants.



These aren't rare, but I only know of a few places where I can count on finding them, so it was great to add another location to my mental list.

	See another picture of Michigan Lily
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