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From Gerry Sell's Writing Studio and Bait Shop
Dear Summer People: It’s safe to come home now
All the ice is off Torch. All of it. I promise. Marc Anderson and the Dockworks crew have been putting in docks all over the place. See the dock in the new banner up top? No more ice. Pine Hill Nursery is open and full of flowers. Smells good, too. There are cunning little catkins […]
Posted in: Everything else on Torch Lake Views
Spring tiptoes over the drumlins
April 28, 2009
Since I came back from my vacation with a fine old case of the flu, this morning’s walk began grudgingly. Then I looked off to the right and saw a patch of Dutchman’s breeches. The rest of the walk went much better. Once you see the first spring wildflowers, your spirits lift, you look for […]
Posted in: Adventures outdoors
Letters from Bruce: Tiger in the garden
April 27, 2009
Bruce Laidlaw, a/k/a the Weatherman, is painting the fence today. He writes: Tiger is a big strong cat who is only allowed outside on a leash. Even in the fenced garden he must be supervised because fences only slow him down slightly. On Friday morning, he was poking around in the garden when a deer was […]
Posted in: Adventures outdoors, Letters from the Weatherman
Babs has balmy weekend on Mackinac
April 26, 2009
Babs Young has been to Mackinac Island for the weekend and writes that “. . . it was a balmy 37º this morning. The Grand Hotel is always spring like, just not the weather.” Ah well. At least the evening light was gorgeous, and we can hope the lilacs will bloom in May. Every week photographer […]
Posted in: Babs Young photos, Day trips in Northern Michigan
Postcard from LA: Bonnie’s garden
April 23, 2009
For those of you who have not been keeping up, I am in Los Angeles visiting La Mirada Bob and Bonnie his Beloved. Feast your eyes on some California color. Amore is not supposed to be in the raised garden bed, but it’s her favorite place to play-and to watch for the lizard. Having wonderful […]
Posted in: Postcards
Frugal Bugle: Free green things
April 22, 2009
While I am in Los Angeles Alana Haley is going to paint the fence at Torch Lake Views. She even has presents for you. On Friday, April 24, Pine Hill Nursery is giving away white pine seedlings in honor of Arbor Day. Drop by to pick up your baby tree, wander around the greenhouses sniffing your fill […]
Posted in: Frugal Bugle
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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April 29, 2009
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