Archives in Category: Flora/Fauna

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Goodbye Tomatoes, Goodbye Summer

Posted on September 5, 2009

Two months ago today I wrote about our experiment with Ike and Tina Tomato. We’d purchased these gadgets that were guaranteed to grow phenomenal tomatoes and we’d already watered our plants and watched their development for a month when I

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Meet the Tomatoes

Posted on July 5, 2009

You’d have to live in a cave in Siberia not to have seen the commercials for the Topsy Turvy®, a contraption that promises bountiful tomatoes without the hassle of planting a garden. Well,Ike and Tina Tomato have been hanging upside

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R.I.P.

Posted on June 20, 2009

Over the years, I’ve blogged about life in Michigan, especially life around our home. I’ve featured squirrels and birdhouses and willows. I’ve shown flowers and the river and the change of seasons. And I so wanted to have a keepsake

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The Tree

Posted on December 3, 2008

Tonight Earl and I finished decorating our Christmas tree. Over the years we have gravitated to an artificial tree rather than a real one. In that time, I’ve come to love artificial, although for the first fifty-five years of my

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Back from the Paddle

Posted on October 20, 2008

I’ve had a mind to sell my three kayaks for a long time, but yesterday’s trip down the St. Joe changed my mind. Maybe I still don’t need three; but I certainly need at least one for days like this.

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Paddling Away

Posted on October 18, 2008

This fall’s colors are extraordinary, rich yet nuanced at the same time. Brilliant yet somber. Blazing yet paced. They make me want to cry.

Instead, I’m planning a trip down the St. Joe River tomorrow morning to drink it all

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So Long Summer

Posted on August 31, 2008

Calendar-wise, I know summer sticks around for another three weeks, but I’ve always thought that Labor Day, which is tomorrow, ends the season. Maybe it’s because school starts again, which means the weather always gets hot but then turns. Maybe

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Something’s in the Bedroom

Posted on August 24, 2008

Two nights ago I heard something moving around in the bedroom, rustling things, startling me from a sound sleep. Instantly I was on high alert. I rolled over and shook Earl.

“Earl, there’s something in the room with us. Do

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Hooked

Posted on July 30, 2008

I’m sitting in the lodge after a full day on the river ferreting fish. Tomorrow is our last day here; we return to normal life with computers and cellphones and fax machines instead of fishing rods and reels and lures.

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What Day Is It?

Posted on July 27, 2008

I don’t know how many days we have been at Wollaston Lake Lodge; because, truthfully, I’ve lost track of time. The staff says it’s Day Four, because the lodge’s calendar is broken into four-day weeks. Guests usually stay four days,

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