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jennlkJ and I wandered off to Cheboygan/Mackinaw City for Labor Day. We did the usual things (for the most part) with the usual suspects (for the most part). We traipsed up to Whitefish Point and the Shipwreck Museum, and I went wading in the lake. We rented bicycles and rode around Mackinac Island (so much easier than transporting our own). I haven't done that since I worked on the Island. (I haven't been on a bicycle to speak of since the last time we went to Mackinac Island. I would like to report that I haven't forgotten how to ride a bike (although I got temporarily confused by the new-fangled shifter).)
We are still waiting to find out the election schedule for next year. Between changes in voting procedures that MI voters said they wanted and both the Dems and the GOP wanting to change their presidential primary schedule, the MI Bureau of Elections and their legislative advisory board have been very, very, busy this year. The new laws need to be written and passed by the end of November if there's to be any chance of them being implemented for next year's elections.
J has been doing a lot of trimming and pruning of trees/shrubberies. Part of that is that he's realised how far out of control a lot of the shrubberies have gotten, and part of it is that he's got fun new toys to do the work with. :) I've been hauling a lot of branches. It's supposed to warm up this afternoon, so I should be able to get outside and pull weeds in the oh-so-overgrown E garden. It rained all day Wednesday, so it's been too wet to go into *any* garden to pull weeds.
Next week starts band rehearsals. I missed the first LCCB rehearsal of the year, but I don't think it'll be a problem, even though I don't play my primary instrument in that band.
We are still waiting to find out the election schedule for next year. Between changes in voting procedures that MI voters said they wanted and both the Dems and the GOP wanting to change their presidential primary schedule, the MI Bureau of Elections and their legislative advisory board have been very, very, busy this year. The new laws need to be written and passed by the end of November if there's to be any chance of them being implemented for next year's elections.
J has been doing a lot of trimming and pruning of trees/shrubberies. Part of that is that he's realised how far out of control a lot of the shrubberies have gotten, and part of it is that he's got fun new toys to do the work with. :) I've been hauling a lot of branches. It's supposed to warm up this afternoon, so I should be able to get outside and pull weeds in the oh-so-overgrown E garden. It rained all day Wednesday, so it's been too wet to go into *any* garden to pull weeds.
Next week starts band rehearsals. I missed the first LCCB rehearsal of the year, but I don't think it'll be a problem, even though I don't play my primary instrument in that band.
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Date: 2023-09-10 02:26 pm (UTC)K.
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Date: 2023-09-10 11:48 pm (UTC)In prior years, we had to cross on the sidewalk (even the color guard used the sidewalk!) but this year they closed the road and we got to walk on the bridge deck. And they made a proper parade out of it, going all the way down to the fairgrounds.