Is it Saturday or Sunday?

I'm losing track of days. I know it has to do with both older son and husband being home. It didn't help that husband and I went out today instead of tomorrow - a Saturday Adventure instead of a Sunday Adventure. It's going to rain all day tomorrow. I keep hoping the weather forecast will change but no luck so far. As it was, it was dull and grey today - what a surprise it's Winter in Michigan. We went out for a drive, stopped at a couple of beaches along the lakeshore that we wandered along the beach and I took photos. It wasn't too bad. It was actually quite mild for December. 

The above is not a real lighthouse. It's apparently a replica of a lighthouse that used to be here.  

These were the only two phone photos that I took. I did take more with my camera, mostly of sand patterns and things I saw on the beach. As usual, I'm behind on sorting them. 

I must admit that I felt in a bit of a funk today. I think it's the menopause thing again. Moods lately seem a bit up and down. Ugh. Not good. I feel like bursting into tears for really no reason at all. I think sometimes daughter senses these things as she always seems to call when I'm feeling a bit down. Daughter and Baby A video called. It cheered me up no end. She's so funny! She laughed and smiled and pointed at things. Poor daughter was still coughing her heart out. She's been sick for a while now. She's on her second course of anti-biotics so I hope she feels better soon!

I did get Baby A's birthday gifts wrapped today and all of the other gifts (Christmas and things) set in one spot ready to go next week. I also started sorting through the (newly added) pile of magazines by chair. So far four have been read and recycled, two have been added to a pile that husband will take out to his friend's wife. 

Tomorrow (as it's a rainy day) will be an inside day. I have made a mini list of things I want to get done, but I also just plan on relaxing. 

Do you have plans for Sunday? 

Saturday Adventure...and More Snow

 Woke up this morning to another snowy morning. Sigh. It was really cold too. Well below freezing. I thought we were past this. 

We didn't go far. We did have a little drive. One minute we were driving through what seemed to be a blizzard and the next the skies were blue! It's the joy of living where there are bands of lake effect snow. 

The rest of the day was spent doing a little crafting, reading, watching some Miss Marple and sorting some photos on my computer. Sort of a lazy day. I did order a knee brace. I'm hoping this will help my knee when I'm walking. I don't want to give up my walks. 

A couple of phone photos from today. 

There's a road here somewhere, but it was pretty hard to tell where it was ! We were in a state park and there wasn't any traffic around. We decided not to go down this road lol. 

All change - blue skies - still absolutely freezing and snow covered. Nobody had walked here at all! We stopped at this park mainly just to renew my county park pass. 

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I really like this little park. During summer and autumn the reflections on the lake are lovely. It used to be an old mill. Currently most of the lake is still ice covered though there was some open water. There were also geese. They were so funny to watch. A couple of them were trying to get from the water up onto the ice but it was so thin they kept falling through it and having to swim some more! They did not sound happy. 

Saturday Adventure

 Well, today didn't quite turn out how I planned. We had decided we were going to take a drive down to Warren Dunes State Park and see how the ice was building up along the shore there. Usually there are really lovely views of ice there in winter. We got almost to where our son lives (which is about 20 miles from the park) and it started to snow. Big, fat flakes of snow. It was pretty but not to drive in. The road was quite covered, so we decided not to go. I checked the weather radar on my phone, and it looked as though as snowstorm was just sitting over that area! We got off the motorway and took a really snow- covered road up the shoreline to where it looked like things were clear. I did get out there - same place as last week lol - took some photos and the sun promptly came out. 

As today was the first Saturday of the month I participated in the A Year with my Camera #1Day12pics. You are supposed to take one photo per hour on your day. Usually, I try to do a theme or a portrait of my day, not necessarily one an hour. Today I took my macro lens and my Lego photographer out on our journey and then took some more macro photos when I came home. Here's my twelve. 

The big photo on the bottom is a close-up of these absolutely tiny little figures (you can see them in my hand in another photo) and I had them working on a chocolate Hero Creme Egg Twisted. Thought that was fun. 

Hope everyone had a good day! I had a lot of fun. 

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It had to be a phone photo of my Lego set-up outside. Made me smile to take these photos today - it was fun!

Saturday Adventure

 Phew - it's the weekend again. Can't believe it's the last weekend of the month. 

We took another drive to the lakeshore. I was interested to see how much had changed within a week. It has been quite cold and I wanted to see how much ice build-up there was. We got there quite early so I had the pier to myself. I was able to take quite a few photos with my camera and take my time so I hope they turned out well!

I took a video. It was really quite cold - I think about -11C/12F and the windchill was even lower. 

I like how peaceful it is in the mornings. We were lucky that there was sunshine today. When we first got there it was quite sunny but the clouds started to roll in a little bit. 

After we got home it was a quite relaxing day. I worked on some photos, had a nice relaxing bath and watched some Blacklist on Netflix. 

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Yesterday I did some frozen bubbles in the morning (my favourite I shared on my  Instagram Account ) I'll try to remember to share on here. After that I took a walk by myself. It wasn't a long walk. It was lovely and relaxing. I walked along (there was sunshine again) and took photos as I wanted. I paused and took time to enjoy all the winter beauty around me. This was one of my photos from that walk - this particular section is called The Magnificent Pines. 

29/365 Phone Photo - Things That Make Me Smile. This one is from the lighthouse today. The pier was snow covered more than icy and I was able to walk right behind the lighthouse. This view really made me smile. 

It's not the greatest technical photo, but I like the view. 

Tomorrow we are off on another adventure to two different lighthouses, a little further away. We don't go very often. I am hoping for some icy landscapes to enjoy. 

Saturday Adventure

 It was very cold this morning but sunny! It was so beautiful. We bundled up and went to the lakeshore. It was really peaceful at South Haven. There were a couple of other photographers about but that was it. 

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It's the view through the walkway to the lighthouse. I was the only one out on the pier so I had a lot of fun taking photos. It was icy but with my Yaktrax on I was safely able to walk. It's a different view of the lighthouse and it made me smile. 

From there we went down to Tiscornia Park in St. Joseph. It wasn't as icy as it was last week but there was an ice shelf starting to form down on the beach. It's amazing to see. 

There were quite a few people at the park. It had been on the news earlier in the week as there were sand sculptures that people were seeing. They were no longer there though, washed away by the waves earlier in the week. Luckily, we were able to see them last week! They were amazing to see. There were created by ice, wind and freezing sand. 

After we got home I went up to the craft room and did a bit more sorting. There is a big box of things I am willing to get rid of, but I still need to declutter some more. I did do a bit of crafting too so it's not all sorting! 

Tomorrow we are off on another adventure.