Bambi and Faline

Beautiful day for some caching in Benzie County. The main attraction was the Frankfort 33rd annual Art Fair. When we got to Frankfort it was swarming with crowds of people and cars. It looked as though every available parking spot in town had been taken! It seems in addition to the Art Fair there was also an antique car show, and something else (which I don't remember) going on.

We were almost afraid to try Dinghy's for lunch, expecting it to be super crowded - but our timing was perfect and it didn't get crowded until we were almost finished.

The Art Fair was fun - it occupied the entire city park - lots of interesting booths. I actually bought a couple of prints for my bedroom.

The caching was successful as well. Nine caches were found today - one of them gave us this terrific view of a young buck and doe on a hillside. They watched us for a long time - it's always so satisfying to get a good picture like this.



Whenever you go caching, be sure to take along an intrepid cacher:

Aunt Ruth

Got a call today from Mary E. Geib to tell me that her Mom died this afternoon. It's only been a little while since Uncle Fritz died - Ruth didn't want to go on without him.

She died at the assisted living facility, Traverse Manor - Fritz died there too. Mary said the staff at Traverse Manor has been marvelous in every way.

Rick called also to let me know of Ruth's death, It feels like the end of an era. The only member of my Mother's immediate family who is still living is her sister Aunt Eleanor, who has lived in California for years and years.

The death notice lists her as Ruth Caroline Geib - her maiden name is Hintz. I think that's important, too.

Geib, Ruth Caroline

RUTH CAROLINE GEIB, 91, of Traverse City, died Thursday afternoon, Aug. 13, 2009, in Traverse City.

Cremation has taken place.

The family has entrusted the Oak Grove Funeral Home & Cremation Center with funeral arrangements.

They're Off

The return trip to Palm City was effectively launched around 10 a.m. The guinea pigs were cleaned out and loaded, Dylan had his book and his game thingy, and all was right with the world. We are left here Home Alone with bunches of memories. We'll most likely see them again at Christmas.

While she was here, Laurie cleaned out some of her boxes in the gray barn. She threw away a lot of "stuff", but she actually took her Dancerina doll home with her!

She found lots of ballet shoes, costumes and programs - all very nostalgic. I love this picture that she took before she packed everything away again:

Nostalgic Last Day of L, C & D

Most of their packing is done, and so the kids are almost ready to leave tomorrow morning. We all wanted to spend one last day in town together. Horizon Bookstore is a great base of operations. I grabbed an open table outside (not an easy task) and we were set for the next hour or so. The Gillespies went on one last tour of the downtown shops - the weather was perfect for ambling and people watching.




They have some weird animls here at the bookstore!


After spending the afternoon in the city, we headed out to Gallagher's Farm Market to get sweet corn for dinner. Laurie and Dylan enjoyed watching the chickens, sheep and goats.




They have some weird animals down on the farm!

GenFest 2009 Big Star Lake

A PICTURE IS WORTH 10,000 WORDS !!!!!