Ahh… the lazy, hazy days of summer are fast coming to an end.
My favorite journey, summertime or anytime, to the wilds of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, has come and gone in a flash.
I’m homesick already 
I hope you’ve all enjoyed a lovely summer too! More vacation pics, garden pics, and maybe even some cooking are in order soon — as well as a visit to all of my favorite blog-haunts!
In the meantime, spend a virtual day at Lake Superior!
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a sea of wildflowers leads to…
a path through the dune grasses, and an inland sea…
water to the east…
and to the west…
and to the north, as far as the eye can see… but there’s more than meets the eye on these vast shores, here in the fabulous UP!
an adorable entourage of baby piping plovers is nearly hidden in the sand…
they feed at the water’s edge ~ undeterred by towering waves…
they keep company with a ring-billed gull, who nearly dwarfs the tiny plovers ~
this gull is not aggressive ~ he almost appears to be their protector!
as late afternoon approaches…
the plovers play on ~ the end of another beautiful summer day on lake superior…
