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Browsing All posts tagged under »Winter«
Two doorwalls tucked in
My shoulder hurts, my wrist hurts, and I need a bath, but two of the doorwalls to the deck are all tucked in for the winter.
And so it begins
November 5, 2010
We've arrived at the season where we wake in the dark and have to get up anyway. Pad downstairs, start coffee, go across the road for the paper . . . oh. Look what Mama Nature has brought us, all wrapped up in a bow.
With apologies to Robert Frost
February 21, 2010
We’ve had a string of fine sunny days, and I feel compelled to commit doggerel. The dogs have roused me from my dreams Of deep blue Bay and frozen streams Of giant muskies in Torch Lake Beneath the ice that groans and gleams Miss Sadie gives the leash a shake “We need to go! Make […]
Playing with light
February 16, 2010
Going to the laundromat is one of those things a person cannot avoid. I know. I’ve tried. There are, however, good ways to use the downtime between Sort, Load and Fold, should a person be provident enough to bring a camera along. Behold the Ice. Can’t you just imagine what it must have been like […]
Weather report: Bright, beautiful, and blankety-blank cold
February 7, 2010
Babs Young inspected the Bay and found it icing up nicely. She wrote: It was a beautiful day in the North. Grand Traverse Bay was sporting lots of color and texture. After temperatures down around zero last night, ice is forming quickly. I’ll say it’s been cold. My dishwasher detergent froze in the cabinet under […]
Northern twilight
January 31, 2010
Winter twilight, with the tall pines dark against the sunset, the Bay frozen quiet below, is a fine reason to live along the shores of the Great Lakes. I understand why people might prefer to be in Florida or Arizona wearing shorts. Heck, a couple of days ago I wanted to be in Florida myself. […]
Carsten in Denmark
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Torch Lake Views 
November 13, 2010
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