Browsing All posts tagged under »Grand Traverse Bay«

Red sky in the morning

March 23, 2009

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This morning was good medicine for the color-starved.  Miss Sadie, the Cowboy and I enjoyed our walk very much.  Then we got in the car and went over to the Day Park for more.  Dawn at the Writing Studio and Bait Shop   Sunrise in the woods   Sunrise reflected over Grand Traverse Bay   Sunrise over […]

Moonwalking

March 14, 2009

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Thanks to the early shift to so-calle Daylight Savings Time the dogs have been getting their morning walk as it’s barely getting light.  So this morning we’re meandering along the lane through the woods and there is a big bright moon—past full but still pretty impressive—glinting through the trees.  Oh, look! I say to the […]

Sneaky Snake and Fossils

February 22, 2009

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If you look at things the right way, you have many more adventures than you might otherwise.  The other day, for example, Miss Sadie, the Cowboy and I were strolling along the beach when we saw a Sea Serpent making its way toward Grand Traverse Bay. We thought it might be Sneaky Snake, beloved of […]

September song – verse two

September 8, 2008

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This morning everything was in motion – sun chasing shadows, waves chasing clouds, and tiny shorebirds chasing each other along the edge of the beach.  Will summer linger or fade? September is a changeling – Indian Summer, sudden storms, the first red and gold leaves showing up against the bright greens, cottages closing and boats […]

Letters from Katy: Waterspout on the Bay (Tornado on the Torch?)

September 7, 2008

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Just a little while ago Katy Newman wrote: I know that you collect rainbows…this funnel shaped cloud (waterspout?) appeared out my bedroom window this afternoon. Then she attached a sequence of four photos. (See the gallery below-click to enlarge any image.) Here’s an enlarged detail of her fourth photo:  

A park for all reasons

August 15, 2008

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If you live around here you know that Barnes Park has a great beach and beautiful campsites.  But did you know it has a network of trails that wind through the woods, past a prairie restoration, around a wetland, and through stands of oak, aspen, red pine, white pine and jack pine?  Did you know that […]

Freedom: Verse I

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