Breakfast Time in Midland, Michigan

Back home in Southeastern Pennsylvania, 

squirrels are grey.  

Grey and only grey. 

I'm a chipmunk not a squirrel.

But here in Michigan, 

squirrels are grey, black, orange 

and any combination of those three colors. 

I found the variety of colors interesting enough 

to spend an hour on a squirrel hunt. 

At first I found none...

but persistence paid off. 

I found a plethora of squirrels (and one chipmunk) having their breakfast. 

And their coloring fascinated me. 

They are so much cuter in color 

than our grey variety. 

Especially that two-toned looked the squirrel above has going 

and the masked bandit below. 

What color are your squirrels? 

For more images from this Midland MI gallery 

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Midland, Michigan, USA

Just Pay the Troll: A Unique Bridge in Midland, M

 

Trip, trap, trip, trap. 

Who's that crossing across my bridge tridge?  

Say what? 

A tridge - as in bridge minus the b 

with a t instead.  

I wonder if the Three Billy Goats Gruff 

ever heard of a tridge?  

- It's a three way bridge. 

The Tridge is located 

at the confluence of the Chippewa and Tittabawassee Rivers 

in Midland,  Michigan. 

(The river names are Native American.)  

 

I wonder if the trolls take E-Z Pass too. 

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Midland is in Michigan

Gorgeous Butterflies in Winter at Dow Gardens

It was very spring-ish here in Pennsylvania last week, 

but I was in Michigan 

and it was not very spring-ish there.  

But I did find spring in wintry Michigan - 

at the Dow Gardens Butterflies in Bloom exhibit.

It was toasty warm inside the butterfly house - 

no coats required.  

(But I did have to wait for my camera to defog from the cold.) 

There were lots of varieties of butterflies...

more than I have ever seen. 

Some butterflies were very friendly and others quite elusive.  

It would be difficult to leave without 

having one land on you at some point.  

I had one on my head and one on my camera. 

More butterfly images are here.

The Dow Gardens 

1809 Eastman Ave. 

Midland, MI 

Closed Mondays

Annual Pass $20.00 per person
Adult daily $10.00
Kids (6-17) $2.00
College Students $2.00 (with valid i.d.)
Kids (5 & under) FREE