You can thank Guy Foss for this. Duane Lamoreaux. Mama Nature. The glaciers.

January 17, 2009

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Yesterday was a goooooood day.  There was sunshine.  I had an unexpected seven hours all to myself and off I went into the day.  A leisurely shopping trip, having time to catch up with the neighbors at the IGA—these are delicious luxuries.  Katy Newman told me she had a new picture for us and we discussed the plight […]

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What a lovely pile of snow we’re having

January 14, 2009

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Bruce Laidlaw loves all kinds of weather.  He especially loves snow.  This week he is a happy man.  Katherine and I offered to help him groom the cross-country trail at Barnes Park, but I think he’s having too much fun doing it himself.  He wrote: I may have done all the heavy work that needs doing. […]

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Full Moon over Torch Lake

January 11, 2009

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I took the dogs for a walk in the moonlight when I got home tonight, and thought again how beautiful it was.  Then I looked at my email and discovered that Babs had been moon-gazing too.  She wrote:  The first full moon of 2009 was last night (1/10/09) and the skies were clear enough to […]

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Blazing trails at Barnes

January 11, 2009

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Bruce Laidlaw, intrepid weatherman and cross-country skier, is over at Barnes Park, grooming the trails.  He’s working around windfall, some of it branches, some whole trees.  Moving branches is right up my alley, especially if there is cocoa afterward.  I’ve offered to help next time he’s out there, and to recruit some other branch-draggers, too.  […]

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Dawn patrol

January 10, 2009

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I was up early this morning—almost as early as Dean Peters—and saw things I often miss.  There was an almost-full moon last night, and just before dawn it was sliding down toward the Bay in a misty haze, looking quite beautiful.  I got distracted (there’s a surprise) and didn’t see it set.  By the time […]

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Seven-minute frosting and blue skies

January 9, 2009

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My mother made wonderful birthday cakes.  My favorite was a chocolate layer cake iced with seven-minute frosting and drizzled with bittersweet chocolate.  This concoction made decorative fluffy peaks on top of the cake.  The next day a crust would form.  I loved that crust.  The other day I was reminded of all this when we had brilliant sun, blue skies, […]

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