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Happy day after Mother's Day...
I didn't get to see my mamma yesterday...since she's still in China. Miss you, Mom...I can't get you flowers or anything but here's some flower pictures.
Instead of hanging out with my own mother, I spent time with another family, came thisclose to royally embarrassing myself (I have a hunch I still did), played a lot of euchre, and fell in a swamp several times. But we wont talk about that here...
(yes, I really did fall in a swamp. Like three or four times.)
Instead, lets talk about how much I love flowering trees....
mmm...flowering trees....
I took a walk in Nichols Arboretum a few weeks ago with the intention of photographing the trees before all the spring flowers were gone...it was a beautiful day, and they didn't disappoint. 
Lots of shades of pink and white...
Mmmm..textures.
DVNO...four capital letters printed in gold...
cause details make the girls sweat even more
while they're shaking their belt
no need to ask my name to figure out how cool I am...
just checking to see if you all were paying attention.
Right...flowers...
WHOOOAAA MACRO
I got excited by the glowy green leaves on this aspen and moved on from flowers for a bit...
Mmmm...photosynthesis...
I really liked the patterns here with the planks and the shadows...
Then I found a tulip tree. I can only imagine what all the joggers thought of me, perched in this tree taking photos...I kept running into the same girl jogging with her dog and I have a theory that she thought I was a creeper following her. But as I tell myself everyday, I'm way too cool to care.
Anyway, the flowers were sort of fading but still quite pretty. 
The sort of decaying/old ones were actually really interesting...
In a part of the Arb I rarely go in I found this super cool little water cache in the root crook of three trees...
Ill call this 'self portrait in tree pond'
And more flowers...
Wild violets.
Really neat little sprouts with two sets of leaves on each sprout- different shapes and colors occurring naturally. 
I really love this picture- I like the freshness of the colors against the rich leaves.
Anyway, that's it so far. My neighbors in the apartment are cooking something that involves grease and I can smell it...mmm...greaaaassee...
I bought frozen toaster waffles today and just now realized that was pointless since I don't have a toaster. Maybe I can cook them in the cast iron skillet? Wish me luck.
More pictures soon...
I'm really in no mood to write anything interesting right now...
But I just edited a bunch of pictures, its 3am and I don't have anything else going on, so here you go. Also I'm just so fond of the interwebs I cant stay away.
I find it a little bit hilarious that I'm chronicling my adventures in May when they happened in February, but I guess rather late than never. (Also-Hi Mom!)
sooo.....Some of these are the usual outdoor pretty shots, and the others, in direct contrast, are really awful blurry pics taken up near Traverse City at Crystal Mountain, where Beardy Man and some friends and I went to hang out for a few days, ski a lot, and stuff our faces with food.
The first thing, the boys decided, was that we needed firewood. And they procured said wood. A whole truckload of it.
But wait! There's more!
We can keep some in here...
But in case we run out there's more in the shed...
Crystal Mountain is the closest thing Michigan has to a ski resort, and they have sled dogs where you can take rides...this was not good for me, as I have a fairly serious husky dog obsession.
WANT.
We discovered the excitement of cross country skiing.
Ready....
And they're off!
Good amount of snow for x-c...
Also, we feasted. There's really no other word for what went on...I don't have pictures from every dinner, which included lasagna one night and IPA steamed mussels on the other, because I was too busy stuffing my face.
Instead, here's a picture of Beardy Man wearing suspenders.
Tews and Andrea cooking up a storm...
Quesadillas with poblano peppers, portabello mushrooms and feta cheese...
OMNOMNOM. This isn't my plate. Really, its not...
Good god. Save me from myself...
Anyway, that was a super fun couple of days and I just sort of felt like sharing.
Back to our regularly scheduled programming...
About mid February we took a trip out to Pinckney Rec Area, which is about a 40ish minute drive from A2. It snowed like a beast the whole time, and it was awesome...a thick heavy silent blanket of snow covering everything. I had to stop and take a moment to savor the weight of it all...
We saw maybe two skiers, and a few ice fishermen, otherwise, the place was empty and still.
Snow in mah hayers...
Definitely love this kind of thing...
I know I'm sort of snobby about Oregon being the best place ever, etc etc, but with that in mind its easy to overlook all the awesome stuff in other places. Michigan has its share of beauty and wild moments, you just have to look a little harder. Winter was cold and sort of awful, but at the same time, overwhelmingly beautiful at times.
I'm glad for spring and flowers and sunshine and a chance to let me smelly softshell air out for a while, but I don't know if I'll see another snowy Michigan winter for awhile, and I know I'll miss it once I'm gone.
In other news-moving next week! Also, spring pictures soon! Im being productive! Yay punctuation! I like puppies! I think its time for a popsicle...
THE END...
