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Psst – Pine Hill is open to friends, neighbors, and readers of Torch Lake Views. OK, and to anyone who stops in and says hello. I think it’s spring.

March 29, 2008

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Saturday was a pretty day for a drive, and I had company, so off we went – breakfast at Sonny’s, a little shopping at Stuff ‘n’ Such in Elk Rapids, some picture-taking along the Bay – and a visit to Pine Hill Nursery on our way back to the Writing Studio and Bait Shop. 

Sounds fishy to me

March 28, 2008

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For some reason, fishing has been on my mind a lot lately.  It’s not that I’m any great sportswoman.  No catch-and-release for me.  I’m a catch and eat proponent.  Take the yellow perch, for example – Perca flavescens. It even sounds delicious. But I also love just sitting in the boat thinking and fishing.  It’s […]

Springsounds

March 21, 2008

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On Wednesday night I heard the first peepers caroling away in the wetlands beyond the Eastport Market.  These tiny frogs actually freeze to over-winter, so the fact that they’re thawed out and feeling frisky is good news to the snow-weary.  If you haven’t heard any yet, you can listen to a peeper recording here.

And another view of the sled dogs

March 17, 2008

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I don’t normally feel compelled to revisit things, but I do feel that Daugherty Johnson’s Sled Dog Snow Sculpture is exceptional.  Here is Daugherty’s own photo of his work.

Berging the Carp and Carving the Wolf. Must be the tail end of winter.

March 15, 2008

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OK, it’s beginning to look to me as though people over in Leland have more fun than we do on this side of the Bay.  Go take a quick look at Berging the Carp and tell me that doesn’t look like fun.  It looks like fun.  Now I know we find ways to amuse ourselves at […]

Township fossils

March 13, 2008

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No, we are not discussing the graying of Torch Lake Township (although whenever I see toddlers I assume they are someone’s grandchildren). Today we celebrate the Petoskey Stone, beloved object of beach searching for generations of summer visitors.  Most readers will already know all they care to about the state stone of Michigan.  Most of them, in […]

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