Well folks, we are back in the UP . . . Michigans very own version of no where. The Upper Peninsula is a strange place because it really should be part of the state of Wisconsin because it is attached to Wisconsin not Michigan but who ever it belongs to it is home to The Man and it is a wonderful place to be in the summer.
Did I say "SUMMER" ? Summer in the UP consists of about two weeks some where between July and August. The two weeks do not necessarily show up all at once but Summer weather may amount to 14 days of sun and heat, some time during the span of two months if you are lucky. The rest of the time the weather reminds you more of Autumn than Summer. I do think there may be about 2 days of Spring but I don't see that happening any time soon.
The weather that welcomed us "home" yesterday was pouring rain with temperatures in the mid 40's. You can only imagine the shock that is to my body. It took me a hearty dose of Bayer Aspirin to get my aching bones to settle down enough to be able to help Gus empty the car. (Gus is a the son of one of The Man's neighbors. He is 15 years old and probably 6'2" tall and so wide around I can't get my arms half way around him. He is the NICEST boy EVER. Smart, sweet, well mannered and friendly. His parents have done an excellent job raising him. I adore Gus!)
We arrived "home" around noon and by 12:30 Gus was here to empty the car for us. That boy carried in all our crap never missing a beat in telling me all that was going on in his life. . . family gatherings and parties mostly. We dumped the contents of the well packed car on the floor of the parlor where it will sit until I get around to emptying all the bags and boxes. (If I am going to spend the next 5 months here I am bringing all my comforts from home with me!).
When we got here yesterday The Man pulled the car right up next to the back door so he could get his oxygen into the house. The back door leads into the kitchen where, two seconds after cranking up the heat and setting up his oxygen, The Man found his happy place. The man made a bee line to the red naugahyde kitchen chair that sits at the small kitchen table. From this vantage point The Man can view his kingdom. (This old chair might as well be a zillion dollar gold throne because it is worth all the money in the world to The Man.) Next to the chair are two beautiful glass doors that allow The Man to see the back of his property, the pond, the barn, the geese, the eagles, the deer and what ever other wild life that choose to visit on any given day. Yesterday the eagles were having a huge welcome home party for us. There were at least 10 of them out in the field with several more sitting by the pond and a few up in the trees across the field. Along with these majestic birds were two Canadian Geese who apparently have had their covid shots in order to get across the border into our country. The geese and the eagles we all enjoying a lovely cold shower in the rain. At one point a lone turkey decided to wander out of the woods to see what all the other birds were doing but because he was not wearing a mask he was chased away by the geese. (I guess turkeys are too far down in the pecking order for the eagles to even bother with them.) The topping to the day was just after dinner when a couple of deer wandered out of the woods on the far side of the field.
The word has gotten out that we have returned.
And so The Man sat in his happy place for the remainder of the day, except for the 2 hour nap he took after eating some lunch. He is HOME and he is HAPPY ! God bless him !
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