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From Gerry Sell's Writing Studio and Bait Shop
The joy of flying and a dishwasher in the snow: A bang-up end to the year
Everyone else is doing high-minded year-end lists of favorite posts and outstanding photos and I—well, I am going to break out of my rut. No tales of Miss Sadie and the Cowboy. No hike in the woods or photos of the lake. I’m going to tell you about the dishwasher in the snow and the week I […]
Posted in: Everything else on Torch Lake Views
Jack Frost paints Blue Heaven with crystal
December 28, 2009
Babs Young writes: Well it’s the last picture of this year and this decade. I’ve been sending these since 2003 and have sent over 250 photos. I have enjoyed taking and sending each one. I didn’t have to go far for this one as it was right here in Blue Heaven, just up the hill […]
Posted in: Babs Young photos
Postcard from Holladay
December 26, 2009
I have been mysteriously silent, eh? That is because I was imprisoned in large aircraft and bereft of internet access. However, in due course I was released on probation, whisked off to a house full of excellent treats, and stuffed like a goose. Everything is simply wonderful–did I mention the house is equipped with wireless […]
Posted in: Everything else on Torch Lake Views, Postcards
Winter settles in at the harbor and dances up the Bay
December 22, 2009
Michigan weather is full of reliable surprises. The other day I opened my email and Katherine had sent a note and one of her amazing photos. She wrote: Was down in Elk Rapids the other snowy, windy day and went by the harbor. brrrrrrrrrrr. But that was then and this was today. The Bay sparkled, the […]
Posted in: Letters from Katherine, Up North in Michigan
Sun’s up!
December 22, 2009
I slept late and was awakened by a blaze of light. A big ball of fire was peeking over the hill behind the Writing Studio and Bait Shop. Extraordinary. I took a picture of it for you. I had to take it through a window screen, but I’m pretty sure it is the sun. Imagine […]
Posted in: Adventures outdoors, Up North in Michigan
The Up North approach to plein air
December 21, 2009
Babs Young writes: This Plein Air painter has got to be from Northern Michigan. Not many would sit out in the 20+° weather and paint with no gloves. The call to create transcends much. Especially when it’s bovine. I understand that I have already confused readers with respect to my thoughts on beef cattle once […]
Carsten in Denmark
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