We didn’t get much of it. But what we got was lovely. The water glittered in the sun the other morning when I walked the dogs. The sky was so blue, the clouds so puffy and high, the pines so fragrant, that my heart lifted. The waves on the Bay rolled in, over and over, […]
I continue to revel in what I’ve decided to call Local Summer: that golden time, right after the company goes home, when we kick off our shoes and relax. On Tuesday I visited the tiny park at the north end of Torch Lake. Its official name is most likely the DNR Eastport Torch Lake Access, […]
The weekend was perfect, wasn’t it? I have lots to tell you about Saturday, but no time to write, so I’ll just show you what I was up to on Sunday. If these images don’t persuade you that it’s still summer, there’s just no hope for you. I had a nice cruise on Torch Lake in the […]
Signs abound that The Season is over. The week before school opens tourists with children vanish. Over at Pine Hill Nursery there are hundreds of mums in every color imaginable, and some beautiful little saplings in full scarlet regalia. It’s a good time to plant trees, but too late to go to the Garden Cafe. […]
Unless you stumbled in here for the first time today, you know King’s is a great place to pick apples. (And cherries and raspberries and peaches and nectarines but I digress.) Last Thursday a story in the travel section of USA Today confirmed this wisdom, and even mentioned drumlins. This is all excellent news. We […]
As I headed toward the Wilkinson Homestead on Sunday, Daugherty Johnson was driving by in his black convertible. You remember Daugherty, sculptor of wolves and builder of castles in Eastport. “I’ll be right back,” he said. “Come on over and see the treehouse!” OK, you already heard about the mysterious flag at the Wilkinson house yesterday, […]
September 30, 2009
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