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Gone fishin’
OK, we’ve been a little quiet over here. We’ve been thinking. We’re still thinking, but yesterday we walked and thought at the same time, which is progress. While we were walking we noticed a windsurfer way out on the Bay, skimming along, having a wonderful . . . oops! We were worried for a little […]
As the season turns
August 14, 2010
The farm markets are bursting with good food. Fat haybales dot the landscape. We feel blessed. But wait, wait—from a plant's perspective, it is not all about us! It is about making more plants, and this is planting time.
Flora of the Bay
August 12, 2010
Sounds like a story about an old-fashioned girl growing up on the shores of Grand Traverse Bay in the 1800s, doesn’t it? No. Flora as in Flora and her younger brother Fauna. There are so many tiny plants growing on the beach that a person could make a whole botanical career studying just those. I’m […]
Excellent last minute plans
August 11, 2010
I know it’s the last minute and all, but I have some suggestions for you. Eat Well for a Good Cause: Tonight, Wednesday, the Central Lake Area Historical Society will hold its monthly fund raising dinner at the Masonic Hall in Central Lake. Gary and Lois Dawson are cooking–you cannot do better than that–and Mar […]
Mystery flower
August 10, 2010
Yesterday as I was leaving Elk Rapids I spotted this shrub in a neglected planter. The flowers are huge. It looks like a giant hibiscus to me, so that’s what I’ve titled the photos, but I don’t really know. Do you? The buds, though . . . they look suspiciously like Triffids.
Too darned hot
August 4, 2010
I like to read stories of the burning desert sands while winter blizzards pelt the Writing Studio and Bait Shop. Last night, as a hot, muggy day descended into mosquito-filled darkness, I wanted . . . polar bears. Jack London. Blue ice. I pawed through the Photo Archives looking for cold comfort, and found it. I […]
Carsten in Denmark
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Torch Lake Views 
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