Today was my day off and it was a pretty good day. Jirar decided to wake me up at 7:30 this morning with a phone call but no big deal, I had slept most of the afternoon on Wednesday anyhow and getting up early would get me an early start on my adventures for the day. Gavin was all sorts of excited today as I loaded him into the car and headed out to Leelanau for a day in the ‘county’. I first made a stop at the cottage, played ball with Gavin for a bit and then loaded him back up and drove over to Pyramid Point for an early spring hike. I timed it just right too. The sun was out, the sky was blue and the water was an amazing turquoise today. I’ve uploaded a new gallery to leelanauphotography.com and I’ve posted a new picture below for you. Just click on the picture to get to the gallery. I’m looking forward to spring this year. Last fall I started getting into the habit of going on long hikes in the woods (especially when the colors were out). I plan to continue that this spring and summer by finding new trails to hike in Leelanau that I’ve not done before. Gavin and I both need the exercise and I’ve been quite lax about taking pictures this winter. I need to catch up.
Big news coming out of Iowa on Friday. No, Sarah and Brian are not expecting another baby (???–haha). The Iowa Supreme Court is expected to issue it’s ruling on Same Sex Marriage in that state. Not much has been said about this case except that initially things were going in favor of ruling their Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional. If Iowa were to legalize SSM, it would be the first mid-western state to do so and the 4th state in the country to do so. I’m not getting my hopes up however it would be nice to know that even amidst the miles of corn fields, there are at least a few people who get it. If they rule in favor of SSM, you can expect all hell to break lose, the dead will rise, the sky will fall, and the Earth will cease to exist….at least that’s what the fundies have predicted. If they rule against it, it will simply be another setback that we will have to overcome.
In related news, the Vermont legislature has passed a gay marriage bill that will legalize gay marriage in Vermont. You’ll recall that Vermont was the first state in the country to pass a comprehensive “in all but name” bill to give gays and lesbians all the rights, privileges, and responsibilities of marriage but just not called marriage nearly 10 years ago. The current bill moves their domestic partner program to marriage in what is logically the next step. There is of course an issue here as well. While this would be the fist legislature in the country to pass this sort of thing through the legislature (meaning this is not a court ordered change but a legislative change), the Governor has threatened to veto the bill. The State House needed 99 votes to pass a veto-proof bill. They got 95 votes. The big question is whether or not the Governor will actually veto the bill or if he will realize that by doing so he is on the wrong side of history. We should know the answer soon.
Not much else going on up here in the northwoods. Easter is approaching quickly as I witnessed a bunny shitting in my garden this morning. He’s apparently been living under my house…something I’ll have to correct rather soon. Gavin chased him out of the yard this morning, sadly, he didn’t kill it. Work is going well but the days are getting longer. We are switching hours again starting on Sunday so we will be open now until 10pm at night which means I’ve just added 5 hours to my already long week. We’ve entered a vacation black out period as well. I get my regular days off but I can’t take any vacation days now until the end of May. Oh well, that is what I signed up for I guess.
Anyhow, enjoy the picture below that was taken today.
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