I spent a week at the beginning of October in Northport Michigan. It was an idyllic week, filled with brilliant blue skies, warm temperatures, aqua water and cats.

I was there to hang out with a couple of mischievous cats that belong to friends of mine who were taking some time to travel. They were off having fun and I was having fun in their space and with their cats.

The cats, a boy and a girl, were adorable and I have more pictures of them than the beautiful place I was living.

I can tell you that cats are as hard to photograph as birds. You see a great image, grab your phone and by then they have moved. Multiple times.

The best and easiest time to photograph cats is when they’re asleep.

Which, if I’m honest, they did almost as much as they caused mischief.

Aside from the cats I also got to enjoy the beautiful area.

Though I didn’t go on long nature walks this trip, I did wander around the village of Northport, looking for color.

After all, this could be my Walktober, showing you the cute little town of Northport is, right?

There were plenty of flowers still blooming. I was particularly smitten with these California poppies, blooming away on a corner.

And the asters were beautiful as well. Purple and pink, blooming in front of storefronts.

Though the downtown itself is only a few blocks long I found plenty of interesting stuff to photograph.

It’s a tiny town, but it’s also a close knit community.

I think it’s probably a town where everybody pretty much knows everybody else. I didn’t talk to anyone during my visit, I just wandered and took pictures.

It was so warm it felt like a lovely summer afternoon. There were lots of people out and about, waiting in line for pizza, sitting at outdoor dining areas of restaurants.

While I got images of most of the village, I know that I missed at least an entire block, as well as the marina. Of course that just gives me an excuse to go back up for another visit soon!

I hope you enjoyed our short walk through Northport.

When I left, very early on a Tuesday morning (in order to get home in time to attend band rehearsal) it was still dark.

I was taken by the glowing orbs in the trees as I entered town.

And then I walked around the darkened streets and caught a few more images of Northport asleep.

I liked doing that as much as I had enjoyed my daylight walk.

I hope you did too.

So..was this my Walktober? I don’t know. There’s another one to show you, but I don’t have the photos ready to go yet. We’ll see.

Meanwhile you still have a couple weeks to do your very own Walktober. Take a walk, a drive, a ride, a hop, skip or jog. Take a photo or two or three, write a post and link it to the official Walktober post (see link above) and I’ll put them all together in one place in early November.

Let’s see what you’ve been up to!

The cats want to know.