Tag: Outdoors
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Melancholy Mood
A golden glow swirled around the lone boat lift left on the lake as a silent reminder that the boating season has ended and as calendar pages were changed and clocks pushed back, the shadows and glow of melancholy crept ashore to shine a light on change and endings. It is easy to identify with…
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I Kind Of Understand How He Feels
After a few days of dealing with the aftermath of fall colors, a computer crash (thank god for backups) and a broken furnace (a new one is needed), today I kind of understand the bad attitude of this swan. Unfortunately, this swan seems to have a bad attitude all year as he chases away the…
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Fall Is In The Air
Fall is in the air and the chance to enjoy the beauty of the season each day becomes a little more challenging as the daylight hours fade away earlier and our Michigan weather fluctuates between blue skies, heavy clouds, rain and the surprising first snow flakes of the season last weekend. If the skeletons, scarecrows,…
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Fall Colors and the Leaves Falling Down
The gorgeous display of fall colors has arrived and blanketed the State of Michigan in beautiful hues of orange, yellow and red. Throughout the state there is still time for a fall drive down a favorite county road to discover what colorful display may greet you around the next bend while listening to Van Morrison.…
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Precious Time Alone
What is it about the sight of a solitary leaf, an individual chair, an empty pier and a lone fisherman and sailor that brings such a feeling of admiration at the beauty and quiet strength of being at peace with yourself when you are alone and away from the noise of the world. A…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Letting Go of “Why?” To Be Free To Wander
As we wander alone on the shores of tranquility are we able to quiet our minds for a moment of silence and reflection or do our minds resemble a Lake Michigan rip current that sweeps through with a sudden force as the winds of doubt crash into the large waves of unanswered “whys?” swirling in…
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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…
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