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The Big Show: Barnes Park in autumn

October 11, 2009

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It turned out to be a good weekend for autumn walks, if you don’t mind a little bone-numbing cold. We took a little stroll along the paved walking/biking trail at Barnes Park yesterday. The sun came and went, the wind came and stayed, the rain held off mostly. Open spaces along the trail make it […]

Time for the Big Show – to be continued

October 10, 2009

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This morning was very promising. The Bay was kicking up under reasonably sunny skies. We hurried off to take pictures of fall color, and managed to get quite a few. I will only show you two, as it’s time to go to the day job. (It is blowing and spitting rain, so I am not […]

Autumn closeups

October 9, 2009

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If Mama Nature will not cooperate with me in the way of lavish panoramas, I will have to make do. There is always brilliant color somewhere in the landscape, even during the blah days we’ve been having. Over at the Torch Bay Nature Preserve there are bright red wild rosehips. I think that’s what they […]

Sneaking up on autumn

October 8, 2009

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It has not been a splashy autumn, and I am getting grumpy about it. I did find one spot on Essex Road that came off fairly well even on a grey blustery day. On my way back to the Writing Studio and Bait Shop I spotted one of those silly deer statues on the neighbor’s […]

Eating crow. Muskie anyway.

October 3, 2009

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A long time ago (Sounds Fishy to Me) I staked out a position on muskies. I told you there weren’t any of ’em in Torch Lake. I said you should count on catching whitefish, perch, bass, lake trout – no muskies.  Well. When I am wrong I am spectacularly wrong. But at least I admit my […]

Color tour du jour: Northwest Antrim County

October 1, 2009

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Woo-Hoo, we’re on the cover!  The cover of the Elk Rapids News, that is.  If you live in Torch Lake Township the paper will be in your mailbox tomorrow, but if you just can’t wait, you can download a pdf of NW Antrim County: Finding the best route for fall colors, complete with an attractive Mark […]