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From Gerry Sell's Writing Studio and Bait Shop
The Weatherman weighs in
Bruce Laidlaw read yesterday’s post, which featured a careful selection of Sunny Winter Day images from earlier in the month. Then he looked outside his window at the thrashing Bay, and replied: Thanks for the new post. Things looked so nice. You couldn’t take those photos today. It’s blowing 35 [mph] here and it has […]
As we were saying
February 19, 2013
It has been a trying winter at the Writing Studio and Bait Shop, but I see no reason to drag you through the worst of it with the rest of us. I believe I’m going to show you some of the best parts instead. How about if we start with these snapshots, proof that a […]
Posted in: Up North in Michigan
Where’s Heckle?
January 14, 2013
Do you remember Heckle and Jeckle? They were, for those of you too young to remember such things, Terrytoons characters featured in movie and TV cartoons and comic books from the 1940s up until 1980 or so. I guess they were supposed to be magpies. I always thought they were crows, which is why I […]
Posted in: Babs Young photos, Everything else on Torch Lake Views
The sun in winter
January 8, 2013
I confess that winters in northern Michigan tend to be mostly black and white and lovely shades of grey. We make up for it by wearing a lot of red and lighting fires in the woodstove. On sunny days, we rock out. I had it in mind to show you several examples, but I neglected […]
Posted in: Adventures outdoors, Babs Young photos
A Babs-ilicious Feast
January 3, 2013
I know, I know – in my absence you have been starving for Babs Young’s images. Here are the last three from 2012 – more to come. I especially loved this one, taken just before the December storm. Babs wrote: The water level in Lake Michigan is very low, much to the dismay of many. […]
Posted in: Babs Young photos
Just might be a good New Year
January 2, 2013
And here is your Weather Report: Storms and electrical outages followed by the blessed return of power and seasonally appropriate snow. Excellent treats at Cora Stoppert’s house on Christmas Day – breakfast at Chris and Sonny’s later that week – lots of good books to read evening after evening – three feral kittens to feed […]
Posted in: Everything else on Torch Lake Views
February 20, 2013
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