Tag: lake living
member name: jessie voigts
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June 07, 2006 07:44 PM EDT --
when we were kayaking last night, i noticed that there are an awful lot of used tires being used in a new way. growing up on a farm, we had some uses for old tires - tire swings . . .
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September 01, 2006 03:34 PM EDT --
the end of summer seems to be upon us quickly this year. last year, we were swimming until october. this year, we've not been swimming for a few weeks. the water is really cold!
it's been so windy . . .
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September 27, 2006 09:23 PM EDT --
{13 photos, for those gathering on dial-up}
fall is here, and we're drinking fresh-pressed apple cider (not that clear juice junk they sell in grocery stores all year around, but the yummy mahogany . . .
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June 19, 2008 05:39 PM EDT --
i miss you all, dear gather friends! i've been trying to keep up with my groups and that's about the extent of my gathering. but, i've resolved to jump back in as time allows.
so, what's . . .
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January 08, 2007 12:04 AM EST --
early morning . . .
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October 16, 2006 01:03 PM EDT --
{13 photos, for those gathering on dial-up}
we've had a hectic month, with a week-long trip to ohio for a funeral chock in the middle. what i missed most about being away from home was the . . .
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December 08, 2006 09:42 AM EST --
awaken early
no reason? just the sunrise
calling me to come now
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October 17, 2007 08:32 PM EDT --
we miss summer, but fall has its own rewards - apples and apple desserts, lovely colors, a brisk chill in the air, and such a different change in the lake. pull up an adirondack chair and sit for a bit...here . . .
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March 11, 2008 11:29 AM EDT --
hello friends! it has been a crazy month for me. you know how it is, when you adapt to all the variables in your life and are going along smoothly, and then KAPOW, something happens to tilt the apple cart? . . .
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April 20, 2006 08:13 PM EDT --
lillie's big news is that she got a paddle for kayaking. there are several small orange canoe paddles (the better to see them when they fall out of the hands of little kids and start floating away) . . .
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April 23, 2006 12:09 PM EDT --
we spent a lot of time outdoors yesterday. call it our earth day, except we have earth day almost every day around here. lillie and i talked a lot about noticing details in nature, paying attention to . . .
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May 05, 2006 11:50 AM EDT --
when we were little kids up at the cottage, we learned the rules for fishing. if you catch 'em, you clean 'em (like it wasn't gross enough, rustling through the leaves for worms, touching them, . . .
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May 27, 2006 11:07 PM EDT --
sometimes, i think that we live in paradise. the lake is so lovely. it is unearthly quiet. we swim a lot in the summer - three or four times a day. we kayak, and watch the geese with their goslings. the . . .
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May 31, 2006 09:21 PM EDT --
{11 photos, for those gathering on dial-up}
anyone living with a little kid knows that within any 24-hour period, there are many ups and downs. overall, lillie is an extremely happy child, for which . . .
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June 03, 2006 09:33 PM EDT --
{10 photos, for those gathering on dial-up}
we've had an eventful day. first, i wanted to show you the photos of the huge rainbow we saw last night, after the storm. i just happened to look out . . .
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June 07, 2006 11:10 PM EDT --
{12 photos, for those gathering on dial-up}
yet another lovely evening kayaking, last night. besides the tire pictures, we had quite a lot of lovely things to look at. what is amazing to me is that every . . .
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August 21, 2006 09:39 PM EDT --
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lately when we've been kayaking at sunset, we see the most gorgeous patterns in the end-of-summer lilypads. they have holes and tears in them. yet each . . .
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October 01, 2006 08:30 PM EDT --
{14 photos, for those gathering on dial-up}
in a cottage nestled deep in the woods, hand-hewn beams a century old reflect a dying fire's flickering light.
dogs twitch, a log falls. . . .
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March 02, 2007 11:12 AM EST --
whew! michigan weather! last year, we had an incredible (and difficult) ice storm. yesterday's ice storm wasn't as bad as last year, but the schools were all closed for the 2nd time . . .
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November 02, 2007 06:09 PM EDT --
mist wreathes the morning
first frost rimes leaf and lakeshore
photographer's joy
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