...many days she is calm and reflective....
But on January 22nd she was something else....and she wasn't blue! For several days we'd been watching ice build up in the bay next to our condo....it slushed back and forth as waves hit the shore. So we decided to go out and look more closely. The ice was really clogging up the area near shore.....and the waves were topped with donuts!
The sound of the ice as it moved in and out was a soft "shusshing" sound.....fascinating. The spray that hit the shore was full of ice cubes!
Dave and I drove up to the top of the bluff and watched from there and then over to Coal Dock Park to check out the view. That's where we found the birds.....hundreds of geese and ducks circling and coming in for the night. Their normal spots were full of ice....so they gathered in the warmer waters near the electric company. As we stood there watching hundreds of geese flew in......loudly honking their arrival.
They settled in for the night and we went back home. We are so lucky to have so many signs of nature right at our door. Today was a good day to check out Lake Michigan and an ever better day to go back inside. More snow is coming.....I think I'll watch through the window.
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