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- Antrim Creek Natural Area
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- First night of Chanukah – an excellent treat
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- “Treasures from the Holidays” opens in Elk Rapids
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- Gallery – Fire trucks at IGA
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- Torch Lake Township meets Mongolian cuisine
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From Gerry Sell's Writing Studio and Bait Shop
Visiting the bees at Good Nature Orchards
About a week ago I ran into Ken Kamp at the market and asked him how things were going at his Good Nature Orchards. Were his bees able to warm up enough to get out to work at their pollination jobs? No problem, he told me. He put up shelters around the hives. Really, I said. […]
Posted in: Adventures outdoors
Culture clash in the Peaceable Kingdom
May 23, 2009
While Rob the Firefighter was in country we didn’t do a lot of rambling about on foot, as he is still entranced with his new car. He calls it “a sporty car you can put stuff in,” which about sums it up. What he put in it on the way up here was Lucy the Sleek. […]
Posted in: Adventures outdoors
Attention Orioles
May 22, 2009
Antrim County has a bumper crop of Eastern Tent Caterpillars available at reasonable prices. Please come and sing for your suppers. Tent Caterpillars. Not my favorites. I spotted this minor infestation along the utility easement near the Writing Studio and Bait Shop. Huh, I thought. Then I got close enough to take instructive pictures. Yuck, […]
Posted in: Adventures outdoors
Lilacs enter, stage right
May 22, 2009
Rob the Firefighter is visiting, and we have been haring around the countryside in his sporty new car, enjoying spring. I cleverly steered him through Bellaire, where we had lunch at Short’s and shared a lemon bar at MOKA for dessert. Everywhere we went we caught the faint scent of lilacs. Along a couple of […]
Posted in: Everything else on Torch Lake Views
Places to go, people to meet
May 19, 2009
OK, it is not normally my practice to send you haring off after other blogly offerings, but I cannot resist. First of all, PJ Grath has outdone herself with More Spring Blossoms. I recommend you go look at them. Second, dmarks captured a Traverse City dog team with, er, training wheels. You really should go […]
Posted in: Adventures outdoors, Day trips in Northern Michigan
Backstage in Elk Rapids
May 19, 2009
As Miss Sadie, the Cowboy and I had business in Elk Rapids several times in the last week, we’ve been watching the community fluff up in preparation for the Big Show. It’s very pleasant to wander around backstage while other people do all the work. The marina is humming as boats move from storage into […]
Posted in: Day trips in Northern Michigan
Books in Northport
- Color is a developing story. So is my bookshop.
- October's Quiet Entrance
- Are you looking for color?
- "Locals' Summer" Comes 'Round Again
- Here Now and Looking Ahead
- Trees, Dogs, Books, Musings
- As August Slip-Slides Away
- Past Mid-Summer to Mid-August
- Recent Past in Village and at Home, In the Midst, and Coming Events
- Books, Dog, Tree Guy, Me, and More
Carsten in Denmark
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May 24, 2009
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