This is not a black and white photo. Last night’s big blow ushered in the Dreadful Dismals, and that’s exactly what it looked like at the Writing Studio and Bait Shop just a few minutes ago. This is what it looked like on Wednesday afternoon. What we have here is one of those life lessons. […]
On Tuesday Miss Sadie, the Cowboy and I made a little trip to the north end of Torch Lake to report on progress at the boat launch. We got there just in time to watch the heavy equipment horsing the dock back into place. There’s a bit of tidying up left to do, but by […]
Yesterday was a good day. Everywhere I looked something glowed. When I went to see Barb Higgins for my regular shearing, I stopped to make portraits of her birch tree. She caught me at it and laughed. It’s her favorite tree, and although one customer told her she should cut it down to make more […]
Today is so beautiful that we’re all sneaking away from what we’re supposed to be doing to do what we just have to do: look at Torch Lake. I was not the only one down at the Day Park basking in the sunshine, admiring the view, watching the fish. But I am not going to […]
Babs and the sunflowers, what’s up with that anyway? Now they’re talking to her. She writes: The sunflowers have not been harvested yet. So I stopped the other day and they asked to have their picture taken. So I did. Maybe they’re grateful for the opportunity to let their hair down. It must be exhausting […]
When I started Torch Lake Views everybody in the township concluded that I had a pipeline to Information Sources Not Available to the Average Person. Ha. Mostly I wander around taking pictures and asking questions and paying attention to the answers. Plus, I go to the public meetings of various public bodies and—this is key—I stay […]
October 31, 2009
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