Taking time to appreciate the cooler morning before pushing the pixels.

Early morning sun splashes over a wooden table top with a white metal mug of steaming coffee in the center

Every member of the household celebrates the start of “cool enough to open the windows” season.

View outside of an open window with a cat inside looking out, sitting next to books, a plant, and several stuffed animals

Appreciating the new day with coffee and cooler temps.

Closeup view of a coffee cup with a sunny scene of flowers and a red umbrella blurry in the background

The impossibly blue Lake Michigan from Sleeping Bear Dunes.

Portrait view of a blue sky meeting the similarly blue colored water of Lake Michigan with a boat floating at the bottom with sand in the foreground

Today my grandfather passed away. He was my last living grandparent so now that generation has completely exited my life and my parents have no parents.

Thankfully, my daughter’s grandparents are all still here. They came to celebrate her artwork being shown at the Detroit Institute of Art.

Screen displaying a PowerPoint slide of a triptych painting

No matter my comfort level, it doesn’t compare to my cat.

tabby cat curled up on itself atop a grey sofa cushion

The most intense sunset colors lasted less than a minute but I managed to catch them.

Silhouettes of trees with Intense sunset colors behind them

The first “balloon flowers” are finally blooming. These are my favorite.

Blueish purple flower in front of green leaves with out of focus yellow flowers in the background

Finally got my heart rate into the all important Zone 4 during my exercise.

Sunrise with many clouds

I’ve been using my anxiety over AI and other technological enshitificatiins to do more in the real world. Taking more walks, chatting with friends, taking the family out for ice cream, and witnessing sunsets.

Orange sunlight setting on the top half of pine trees against a blue sky

No rain today but the clouds are all showing off.

A sky full of many rolling clouds

A baby robin stopped by to check me out during his first test flight out of the nest. I felt bad for the nearby parents who immediately wrote them off for dead. Thankfully, once they got far enough from me, the parents fed them and everyone continuedd having a good afternoon.

Baby Robin, standing on a wooden deck, looking at the camera
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