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From Gerry Sell's Writing Studio and Bait Shop
Thieves make off with construction materials
Yesterday I was clicking away at the keyboard when movement caught my eye. A cute little chickadee. Wait, wait . . . Hey! Whaddya think you’re doing?!? The chickadee perched there, with a beakful of my shoe lining, looking innocent: Who, me? She hunkered down inside the shoe and kept working. Maybe I wouldn’t notice. […]
Posted in: Adventures outdoors
Trout lily bows to spring beauty
April 11, 2010
Babs Young has been out and about in the wildflowers this weekend, and writes: My, spring seems early this year. It seems like we are having a real spring here for once. I found these out today. I know the yellow one is a trout lily, but not sure what the little ones are. I have […]
Posted in: Babs Young photos
Playing catch-up
April 10, 2010
American Iliad Last night I went to Jim Ribby’s performance at the old Township Hall in Elk Rapids. If you were there, you know why I’m glad I went. If you missed it, here’s a little glimpse. For two hours, Jim took us back to the fields of wartime Ohio, the battlegrounds of Tennessee, the […]
Torch Lake Inn
April 9, 2010
The other day Tim Hosper gave me a tour of the old inn that dozes in the sun in Torch Lake village. If you live in the distribution area of the Elk Rapids News, you can read the story in this week’s edition. If you don’t, well, here you go. (Please note: this is not Tom […]
OK, it’s snowing, big deal
April 8, 2010
So this morning as I got ready to leave for a dentist appointment I noticed some fat flakes of snow falling out of the sky and onto my trees. Also onto my road, so I was late to the dentist. This did not put me in a great mood, but hey, we knew it was […]
Posted in: Adventures outdoors, Up North in Michigan
Lifting clouds is heavy work
April 7, 2010
I am not complaining about the rain, mind you. We really needed it. We need some more. But I am tired of looking at it. Instead, I went back a few days and looked at the pictures from a nice sunny walk we had right around our little circle. Miss Sadie, the Cowboy and I […]
Posted in: Adventures outdoors
Carsten in Denmark
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Torch Lake Views 
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