Mitch Gann’s

This evening I took a walk up the Flushing River Trail as far as the footbridge that spans the Flint River. This photo was taken from the bridge, looking south, back toward town.  It was a peaceful moment, just me and some bird song.  Then other people came along. You see an assortment of people on the trail on a pleasant summer evening. About half of them are in the company of a dog. Sometimes even two dogs.  Of those who aren’t with dog, about half are riding bikes.  Plenty of kids, too, on bikes or on foot, with or without dogs.   If you walk in the morning, you don’t encounter kids or bicyclists. Still some dogs, though. You got a dog, you gotta walk it.

Early morning, the coffee brewing and the paper waiting on the front steps.   Sunshine everywhere. Nobody else awake.

This is some sort of flowering vine / weed that is growing among the Japanese maples in our backyard. (Click the image for a larger view.)  Our yard is home to many varieties of fast-growing plants, few of which we have planted or encouraged. We are frequently visited by rabbits, turkeys, hawks, humming birds, opossums, raccoons and wood chucks. My wife had our backyard declared a nature sanctuary. I hesitate even to mow.

The Flint River, placid in the morning sun, just west of downtown Flushing, along the route of my daily walk. In this case "daily" means "done during the day time." Perhaps it will someday mean "done every day." We shall see.