Tag: lake living
member name: jessie voigts
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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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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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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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January 08, 2007 12:04 AM EST --
early morning . . .
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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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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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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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November 02, 2007 06:09 PM EDT --
mist wreathes the morning
first frost rimes leaf and lakeshore
photographer's joy
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May 29, 2006 10:34 PM EDT --
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yesterday, we escaped from the weekenders at our lake and went to visit my parents at the farm. my parents just got back from germany - visiting friends - so . . .
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June 23, 2006 01:57 PM EDT --
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love lies in the give and take of life, freeing each other to do what we love.
love lies in ed watching lillie, whilst i take the kayak out at dusk - just . . .
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August 16, 2006 12:20 AM EDT --
{9 photos, for those gathering on dial-up}
at just past the peak of summer, i feel satiated by abundance.
gardens are overflowing. we aren't yet sick of BLTs, but they aren't on the . . .
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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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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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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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