Babs writes, It’s been cold but sunny and beautiful up here this week. She was in Elk Rapids, where sheets of ice blanket the shore of Grand Traverse Bay. The open water beyond flashes silver. Old Mission Peninsula dreams in misty blue. Deep in the cold the thaw is beginning. Promise.
Babs says she’s posted a gallery of her 2010 photos, but I can’t get the link to work. Back later with a solution to that.
Aha. Here you go: Babs Young 2010 gallery
Posted in: Babs Young photos
Torch Lake Views 
Fee
March 7, 2011
That picture looks almost like an oil painting. Just beautiful.
Gerry
March 7, 2011
Thank you, Fee. Sometimes I think Babs secretly makes oil paintings and then sends me scans of them. Haven’t caught her at it yet, though.
kiwidutch
March 7, 2011
I hope the Spring comes soon for you all.. that still looks cold!
Gerry
March 7, 2011
It is cold, but where there’s sun there’s hope!
Kathy
March 7, 2011
Sounds like a big storm is headed our way~~or maybe it will go south down by you. Guess spring isn’t coming yet. Love the flash of silver in Bab’s painting–err–I mean photograph.
Gerry
March 7, 2011
We are hunkered down. Bet you are, too. Bet the storm peters out over the lake.
Molly
March 8, 2011
Gerry, is this at the Dam Beach? I’m trying to place it (don’t mind me — my Michigan Obsessiveness takes over from time to time).
Gerry
March 8, 2011
I think it is, but I’m not 100% sure. It might be south of Elk Rapids. Must ask Babs.
Gerry
March 8, 2011
OK, now I’m sure. I should have recognized it. That is the spot on the far western edge of Veterans Park where River Street makes its 90-degree elbow on its way out of town. There are some park benches placed just right for sunset-watching. Very peaceful.
Nye
March 8, 2011
It’s beautiful, love the calm scenery.