While I was entombed at the day job catching the merest glimpses of golden evening light, Bruce Laidlaw was strolling the beach in his flip-flops, camera in hand. This morning he sent an email. Had I, he inquired, happened to see this fellow soaring above the Bay at sunset? Well no, I thought grumpily, I […]
As I left the other day job Sunday, the sky was turning smoky rose. No time to waste. I trotted over to Barnes Park along with everybody else to watch the sun go down. It was cool enough that parents wore fleece jackets with their shorts. It was warm enough that kids raced along the […]
This from Babs Young in the morning’s email: What better place to enjoy a Torch Lake sunset than the Dockside . . . I have never been to the Dockside at sunset. Does that not look like fun? It looks like fun. It is a lot of fun in the daytime, too, but clearly I need […]
Babs wrote that she’s “always a sucker for a good sunset and this one seemed to make the cut.” Well I guess so. I particularly like the cat and the fisherman in the clouds. What, you can’t see them? OK, maybe that’s a guitar, not a fishing pole, but it’s definitely a cat. What I […]
The ice is gone from the part of Grand Traverse Bay that I can see. Torch Lake is still trapped, but it’s only a matter of days. No matter what Mud Season has in store for us, spring is winning. Not a moment too soon if you ask me. Today sort of got away from […]
As I hammered away at the keyboard the setting sun splashed me in the face. I turned to look and POW the whole sky caught fire. I grabbed the camera, flew out the door and down a whole lot of stairs, trotted across the road and trespassed through the neighbors’ yard to get there before […]
August 6, 2009
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