Babs meets the Great Pumpkin (carver)

October 12, 2009

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In her latest missive Babs writes: This is Ray Villafane who lives near here in Bellaire and is a very well known sculptor and Pumpkin carver. Check out the pumpkin tutorial on the Villafane Studios website. Ray carved the pumpkin below on Saturday Oct. 10 at the Iron Horse barn between Central Lake and Ellsworth […]

The Big Show: Barnes Park in autumn

October 11, 2009

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It turned out to be a good weekend for autumn walks, if you don’t mind a little bone-numbing cold. We took a little stroll along the paved walking/biking trail at Barnes Park yesterday. The sun came and went, the wind came and stayed, the rain held off mostly. Open spaces along the trail make it […]

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Time for the Big Show – to be continued

October 10, 2009

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This morning was very promising. The Bay was kicking up under reasonably sunny skies. We hurried off to take pictures of fall color, and managed to get quite a few. I will only show you two, as it’s time to go to the day job. (It is blowing and spitting rain, so I am not […]

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Autumn closeups

October 9, 2009

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If Mama Nature will not cooperate with me in the way of lavish panoramas, I will have to make do. There is always brilliant color somewhere in the landscape, even during the blah days we’ve been having. Over at the Torch Bay Nature Preserve there are bright red wild rosehips. I think that’s what they […]

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Sneaking up on autumn

October 8, 2009

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It has not been a splashy autumn, and I am getting grumpy about it. I did find one spot on Essex Road that came off fairly well even on a grey blustery day. On my way back to the Writing Studio and Bait Shop I spotted one of those silly deer statues on the neighbor’s […]

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Katy and Betty and Gerry’s excellent adventure

October 6, 2009

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It was one of those rainy fall days that makes a person long for something to do besides work. Katy Newman to the rescue. She, too, had missed the Midener/Beeby opening and the treats. Her solution was to scoop up Betty and me and hare off to lunch at the Front Porch in Ellsworth on […]

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