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| Audience assembles in David Grath's art gallery |
This summer I haven't scheduled as many bookstore events as in previous years. It was getting too exhausting. One a month seemed like a manageable pace, and then somehow I didn't get anything special on the calendar in August, so I had plenty of energy for Mary Beth Pope, who came from Boston to summer here with her parents and read for us from her book of short stories, Divining Venus.
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| Inquiring minds want to know! |
We had an attentive, appreciative audience. The author read one of her short stories and then graciously answered questions.
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| Mary Elizabeth Pope |
Afterward there were refreshments, and there was informal socializing, and I sold books to people who took them to Mary Beth to sign, and it was after 9 o'clock before the crowd cleared away, all of us feeling very good about an enjoyable and successful evening.
That was Thursday. Perfect weather. Friday was farm market, of course, which I toured expeditiously sans camera, simply making my purchases and visiting with friends -- perfect weather again, for vacationers and for ongoing cherry harvest -- and then came Saturday, a beautiful blue-sky day, with the 2014 Dog Parade, "Hairy Pawter and the Wizard of Woof"!
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| When you see the fire truck, you know the dogs are coming! |
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| This is it! Dogs on parade! |
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| Dog with golden wings! |
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| Wizards! |
The dog parade is a real challenge to an amateur photographer.
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| Sometimes I only got a head |
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| Sometimes I got only feet! |
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| Big group shots are the easiest |
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| Leelanau UnCaged is gearing up for the end of September |
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| They're already letting loose their creativity! |
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| Our township is big on clean energy |
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| But dogs reign supreme on Dog Parade Day |
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| Friends of Leelanau Township Library |
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| Black Sheep Crossing |
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| Omena always elects a dog to its highest public office |
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| Yea, Kal! They plowed us out all winter!!! |
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| (It's a costume!) |
And where was Sarah, you may be wondering? She, along with many other humans and canines, was a very keen observer of the passing scene!
