After working Monday morning at the Stuart House, I took some time to walk through downtown with my camera. Everywhere I turned were gardens, flower beds, flower pots and hanging baskets β all beautiful and happily blooming away. Our post office always looks good, but this year the tall, beautiful flowers surrounding the entrance are really showing off.
Makes going after the mail a real treat! One of the many hanging baskets at The Cottage Inn. Butterflies are still fluttering β like this one sipping at some flowers in front of a closed-for-the-winter cottage on Huron Street. There are no words for the floral wonders at the Island House this year.
Every garden is a masterpiece of color, variety. Bay View of Mackinac is a riot of flowering bushes. I remember these window boxes in the spring when they first were planted.
They have thrived all summer, and right now they are peaking. One perfect blossom β along the board walk. Cadotte Avenue from the Grand Hotel. Looking across Marquette Park toward Fort Mackinac. Beanery Coffee House is a great place for breakfast β and awesome lunch sandwiches. Quiet street β from the Fort to the Island House. The Mackinac Island Marina is another quiet place these days.
The Island House β tucked between Michigan blue skies and shamrock green lawns. A nice afternoon to visit across the white picket fence in front of the Windermere Hotel. A shady curve of sidewalk leading to the library. Walking along the boardwalk these days is a treat to all the senses.
