Category: Enjoyment
-
Celebrate Life’s Moments
Sometimes all it takes is a shared smile, a bench to share with someone special, simple joys of the season and the beauty of fall to remind us to celebrate life’s moments.
-
Finally – We Have the Lake to Ourselves!!
After a summer of patrolling the waters and keeping the geese and ducks in line, thankfully, the wonderful month of October has arrived and the boaters we have watched from a careful distance are leaving the lake. For the next few months, the only thing we will be dodging are the falling leaves as we…
-
NHL Opening Night and Wednesday Night Rivalry
In the good old days of my favorite NHL rivalry, the Detroit Red Wings vs. the Colorado Avalanche, it was said at times “that we went to a fight at Joe Louis Arena and a hockey game broke out,” but now as times have changed and fighting is frowned upon in the NHL, it has…
-
Skeletons Rockin’ in Northville and Enjoying Life
The Skeletons have arrived in Northville, MI and will be on display throughout the month to celebrate the arrival of Halloween. Walking around beautiful downtown Northville, not only does the Victorian era architecture, old-fashioned street lamps, and quaint homes, shops and streets remind us of the charming small-town life, but the hundred skeletons on display…
-
Peyton Manning #18 – For The Love of the Game
Leading up to Sunday night’s NFL match-up between the Denver Broncos and Detroit Lions, there was plenty of sports talk about witnessing the final days of Peyton Manning’s career and questioning his ability to lead the Broncos to a Super Bowl this year. For those of us who put on our Manning jerseys (there were…
-
Window Displays and Fall Fashion at Somerset Collection
For many years the art of shopping consisted of visiting a few stores and looking for clothing from favorite designers (Ralph Lauren and Michael Kors), but lately shopping has evolved into a chance to wander through malls and main streets admiring window displays. It is surprising what catches your attention, when you are not focused…
-
The Ripples of Simple Enjoyment
The cool morning shrouded in darkness and fog, slowly gave way to a sunrise that turned the fog into a golden mist of pleasure. Floating through the pink and gold shadows reflecting across the water, the quiet beauty is transformed by a simple drop of water sliding off a kayak paddle, gently hitting the…
-
Fighting To Bloom Another Day
What a summer! I have spent the summer by the lake enjoying glorious sunrises in an unattended garden dodging rabbits and lawn tractors. My neighbor, the pink rose, was not as fortunate and met its fate earlier this week by the lawn tractor blades after weeks of the bunnies nipping on her leaves. Another summer…
-
Morning Visitors
I would like to say I came across our morning visitors on a quiet morning with slivers of blue sky visible through the trees, the sound of birds saying good morning to one another and leaves falling through the trees, but in reality the quiet morning was drowned out by Gabby running through the house…
-
Thirty Ways to Enjoy September
(Photos by A Curious Introvert) September Skies by The Brian Setzer Orchestra My initial plan was to think of nine ways to enjoy September since it is the ninth month of the year, but due to September being my favorite month of the year and my excitement that it finally arrived, I thought I would…