Cranky Gerry

August 20, 2009

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OK, it’s pouring out there and I have to go to the day job in a little while and my allergies are acting up, so you know I’m going to go on a tear about something, right? Three things, actually (sorry PJ). Mama Nature, why oh why did you gift us with both mosquitoes AND […]

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Autumn love

August 19, 2009

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Spring is widely held to be prime time for lovers, but that is because most people who ponder these things are awash in nostalgia.  For those of us who love autumn, the next three months will be absolutely stuffed with romantic possibility.  And it’s not just us.  The other day as Miss Sadie, the Cowboy and […]

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Accidental Daytrip: Hiking in Traverse City

August 18, 2009

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My Neighbor had a little eye procedure scheduled.  Could I play chauffeur?  Indeed I could.  Nabe is a dog-friendly sort of guy, so we piled Miss Sadie and the Cowboy into the car and headed for the medical offices over at Copper Ridge. While Nabe was occupied, the Disreputable Duo and I explored the hiking […]

Letter from Katherine: Another wedding on Torch Lake

August 18, 2009

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Katherine writes: On Saturday cousin Liz’s son John Evans and his girlfriend Marlana Verbeck got hitched. You may know John, he works at Barnes Park during the summer and in the winter he is in a PhD program in North Carolina. Marlana is studying to become a science teacher at the high school level. It […]

Horses browsing in a purple haze

August 17, 2009

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Great minds, great minds.  Babs travels many of the same roads I travel.  In fact, on Saturday she traveled the same road at the same time and stopped to make sure I was just taking pictures of oats and birds and not pulled over on account of a flat tire.  It’s quite a comfort to […]

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Birds in the oatfield, knapweed in the meadow

August 16, 2009

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I stop and take pictures of things that I think are beautiful or things that I don’t understand–or both at the same time. Then I try to figure out exactly what it is I’m looking at.  Then I make you a gift of  my discoveries and sit back while you make corrections.  In the absence […]

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