Sunday, May 11, 2025

Ordinary Days

Eating Out 

Friday lunch at the Guernsey Farms Dairy Restaurant in Novi, Michigan.
The cow mural in the entryway is so great, I have to share it with Sami’s Monday Murals.

Food and Wine hosted by our neighbors.

Birds and Flowers at the Botanical Garden


A Sandhill Crane.





Annual sale of beautiful hanging plants and patio plants at the Botanical Garden.


On our porch.

Shopping for Woodworking Tools

Shopping at Rockler Woodworking and Hardware in Novi, MI.

New Food Books


America Eats by William Woys Weaver was published in 1989. It’s full of good information about historic foodways, and also indicates a lot of possibilities for continuing research. Much has been done in the ensuing decades!



Blog post © 2025 mae sander

18 comments:

eileeninmd said...

A great collection of photos. I need to buy some plants for my deck. Love the Crane and the Warbler. Happy Mother's Day! Take care, have a wonderful day and a happy week.

Yvonne said...

What a great cow mural. Beautifully done. Great pics and delicious looking food. Have a great week!

kwarkito said...

ça m'a l'air bien appétissant tous ces produits de la ferme. Et les agencements de fleurs sont très jolis

Cindy said...

Great pictures. Have a fantastic week!

Helen's Book Blog said...

What lovely photos! It seems like you're having a wonderful time getting out of the house, into nature, and living life to its fullest.

Bleubeard and Elizabeth said...

Charming Guernsey mural. Your meal looks rather fattening there.

Ah, wine and I'm guessing Len's bread. Love the plates. Hope you join us for T Tuesday.

What amazing bird photos. And it looks like the price of shade annuals is about the same as what I paid for herbs.

Woodworking. You are after my heart.

That book on Agatha Christie's dishes sounds like a great read.

DVArtist said...

Wow what a great post. I love the cow mural. The food looks like a lot. Wonderful photos and information.

My name is Erika. said...

You have sandhill cranes? That's cool. We don't have them here in NH. And that greenhouse would be dangerous for me-grin. How do you like the Agatha Christie cookbook? I have that book too. (That's the second book we've both read/seen in the last few weeks, isn't it? Happy new week Mae. hugs-Erika

magiceye said...

Lovely mural and wonderful photos!

Iris Flavia said...

Beautiful mural and I am hungry again! I got containers for hanging, assembly was tricky and.... they are too small!!! Darn it! But I´ll find a solution!

Bertiebo said...

That cow is astonishingly well painted, there on that wall! (And it looks like a remarkable lunch too!)

Sami said...

The cow mural is beautiful and so unusual too. Great food platter. Thanks for participating in Monday Murals Mae.

David M. Gascoigne, said...

Great series of pictures. I am especially delighted with the Sandhill Crane. And I would have loved a seat at the table for the food and wine!

Hena Tayeb said...

Oh yum.. everything looks great.

Jeanie said...

I bet Len brought the bread! It looks fabulous -- Guernsey has the best ice cream EVER. We go every year around Thanksgiving when we hit the greens market. But I really miss their broasted chicken and never bonded with the new decor, though more used to it now. NOT used to NO BROASTED CHICKEN!!!

Granny Sue said...

Lovely series of photos! That book, though...I think I need that.

Linda said...

Fun cow mural! It looks like you had a nice visit at the Botanical Gardens.

Carola Bartz said...

Your ordinary days looks pretty good! The bird photos are beautiful. I've only seen Sandhill Cranes once, in Yellowstone NP. Magnificent birds.