Monday 6 October 2014

SNAPSHOTS: A Weekend in Early October

This weekend has been all about burgers, bunch and possibly far too many photographs. Having finally got more of a modern contraption of a phone, I've finally moved to the darkside and started an instagram account (found here) - which has given me a great excuse for sharing even more photographs and will hopefully help in one of my 30 before 30 challenges (more of this to come) of trying to complete a full 365 photo tasks covering my year of being 28, starting October 1st. With Joe's mum popping up from Pittsburgh, we always love using their trips as a great chance to explore some more of Detroit and it's areas great places to eat and catch up. 

DahliaStation

As it happens instagram is turning into my place to dump flower photographs and pictures of random places we drive pass, because that's basically summing up my life. My dahlia bulbs are in the oh look at me i'm so pretty flowering stage, they are so beautiful it would be hard not to want to take so many photographs of them on a daily basis (again, more photographs will follow). Saturday's late lunch was at the Mercury Bar down in Corktown - which we both agreed is our new favorite place for burgers - and to boot has a great collection of Michigan beers. Like Slows, the Mercury Bar is in the shadow of the Michigan Central Station which is always an obligatory thing to photograph whatever your position of the building (or even it's owner).

IMG_20141004_201114 (1) Detroit

Heading home we drove along Michigan Avenue back from Corktown into downtown with moody grey clouds overhead but a blinding autumnal sun reflecting off all the skyscrapers. 

Cocktail Engine

What's a better way to start a Sunday with a cocktail - cucumber and raspberry with some some tasty brunch served up at the Emroy in Ferndale. They also have a huge bloody mary bar which seems to be all the rage around here, and well, I certainly could get use to the brunch lark that's for sure. Our local fire station was having it's open day so I wandered down to have a nosey.

Fall

But this weekend one the whole, i'd say autumn hit like a thump. Chilly mornings and chilly days means perfect chance to get wrapped up in cardigans and scarves and admire the ever increasing golden of leaves in the trees. I always love the contrast between the golds, the reds and just how blue those autumn (however misleading they are about how "warm" they look) skies appear. But it's cold nonetheless, which doesn't help when our furnace gave up the ghost (or replace with technical words that I don't know) and we have no heat - sucks.

So if you'd love to follow more of my random every day photographs then you can always add me on instagram.

24 comments:

  1. Bloody Marys are everywhere in Detroit! Why is it such a popular drink?! haha I feel like it would be neat to hit as many bars as you could and instagram all the different bloody marys (because no two are ever the same)...and do a post on it. Maybe next time I'm home...and if only I liked them!
    Great post!
    ~ Samantha
    samsamcherie.blogspot.com

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    1. They are everywhere aren't they?! They certainly seem popular that's for sure - i've never tried one myself. I just stuck with my cucumber & raspberry cocktail, that was mighty fine!

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  2. Stunning pictures - I love how you just caught the leaves changing.

    Lizzie's Daily Blog

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    1. Thanks - the leaves are just a hint of what's to come. There's some glorious reds and oranges on the way soon!

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  3. How gorgeous is the picture of the flower! And the leaves. Welcome to the world of instagram :)

    India / Touchscreens & Beautyqueens

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  4. Beautiful pictures! I am so happy that it's fall! I love seeing the pictures of the colorful tree and flower. :)

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    1. Thanks - once autumn gets into the full swing of things down here i'm sure there'll be a lot more photographs of pretty leaves on my blog that's for sure!

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  5. That purple flower is so pretty! But oh no, cold weather and no heat... that doesn't sound like fun! Anyways, I'm glad you stepped over to the dark side and joined Instagram! ;)


    Jessica
    the.pyreflies.org

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    1. I was debating it for ages i have to admit, but i'm glad I did. Gives me a proper place to stick all the photographs I end up taking that never seem to get onto twitter!

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  6. Oooo, that cucumber raspberry cocktail looks scrumptious! I love cucumber in mixed drinks - it makes them taste so refreshing.

    Cat
    http://oddlylovely.com

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    1. It was the first time i've ever had cucumber, I think it was cucumber infused vodka, in a cocktail. Gotta say I was impressed!

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  7. I know exactly what you me with the misleading skies...it was so cold here on Saturday (although probably not by northern England standards) but the sun was shining and the sky just looked beautiful!

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    1. I never know what to wear with skies like that especially when you see how cold it is, those skies always lead me to believe it's a lot warmer than it ever is! Still perfect setting for showing off those autumn colours!

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  8. Such brunch/cocktail envy right now!!
    The weather here has gotten chillier too and I am loving the excuse to wrap myself up in ridiculously big scarves!

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    1. Oh I've been loving bringing out all my scarves again now that it's colder that's for sure!

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  9. Great photos! Looks like you had a lovely weekend. I'm now following you on instagram!

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    1. Yes, it was a nice weekend - did a lot more than I thought we would and thanks for the follow!

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  10. I suppose you have the best of both worlds where you are in the US by actually experiencing proper seasons unlike LA and stuff.
    Awesome photos and I would totally follow you if I had instagram haha.

    xo

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    1. Yeah, although sping and autumn can be a little wishy washy and blur into the seasons surrounding them. They are certainly more extreme then UK seasons mind.

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  11. Yay to instagram! Yay to more of your photos! I want to try my own 365 project! I think I will start on my birthday too and add it to my 26 before 26 list :) Thanks for the idea. It's definitely that time of the year where lear blue skies could go either way. It's a bit half and half at the moment.

    I'm thinking of doing the same when my family come at Christmas, using it as an excuse to go new places. Hopefully it won\t rain though, because then we'll be stuck inside and I might pull all my hair out and lose my final grip on sanity haha.

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    1. I tried with a 365 at the start of the year and was having trouble with it. I think I managed to get to about March and yeah, kinda gave up. It was annoying because my old phone, the camera was okay, but not so good, so I had to get around to having a camera with me too. Now I can get away with just the phone so that's a big help. Whether I'll stick it is is another matter! So far so good mind!

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  12. Gorgeous photos! Love taking pics of my dahlias this time of year. The colors are so vibrant. Those pictures of downtown take me back! Sunday Brunch sounds so perfect I ♥ Ferndale!!

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    1. Thanks! I love dahlias, they are so bold and happy!

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