A few years ago we found....

We found the little town of Suttons Bay MI in 2019 after being gifted a stay at Black Star Farms (winery, inn and working farm) by my sister and her husband after my retirement. This little burg is on a bay with a small marina filled with sailboats and calm waters.  We have been back three times since our initial visit and the place is a found treasure for those of us that need a respite from all the responsibilities and details of regular life even for a short while.  Sitting on a bench off the pier and peering out Into the calm and tranquil waters gives me great pause.  What a joy it is to just stop and look....feel the air and listen to the small birds that are around you.  These were the early mornings we spent by this small bay watching the small ripples on the water made by the geese fishing in the middle of the water. This is my lovely Judy at waterside.  

 We stayed at a bed and breakfast called the Korner Kottage right in the middle of the town.  I did not start the car at all during our visit, we walked everywhere.  Walking while providing needed exercise also allows one to view everything in a relaxed fashion, people, businesses and for me the stumbler, the walkway below. Our hosts Jared and Jillian are a young couple with a lovely baby daughter were most welcoming and fed us well with sumptuous breakfasts and coffee to start our day's wanderings.  Got stuff for the grand kids and did a lot of day drinking.  Went to a terrific pub for flatbread snack and Short's Local Light beer sitting outside.  Had a friendly server named Kim ready to crack jokes while putting up with my humor.  Had a dinner at the fancy joint in town and really did not like it, and it was expensive.  The place was filled with grumpy non smiling, entitled old people.  We left quickly.  

The ride home was filled with a torrent of rain and storm that followed us all the way home and left me and Judy complete stressed out.  You know the kind of storm where you can't see the road?  This was it for about 3 hours.  But we arrived, picked up a thrilled Harry and got soaked just getting back into. our building.

Well, I really don't know anything about what Is going on in the world today, not seeing much news for the past few days.  Judy visiting  her family with Andrew and the kids and Katey starting tomorrow and I will be on animal patrol minding two dogs, two cats and 3 households. It will work out once I have a system.