Friday, July 21, 2006
Another quick visit
Nancy and Jo drove up to Sidetrack yesterday to collect some fishing rods and lures for the trip to Yellowstone. Nancy is sure that some of the vintage Rocky Mountain Spin Flies made by Jerry Cobb will still attract fish.
While they were there, Nancy cleaned out the fridge since it will be a couple weeks until any of us will get back to the lake.
See you in August.
Blake Lake
While they were there, Nancy cleaned out the fridge since it will be a couple weeks until any of us will get back to the lake.
See you in August.
Blake Lake
Monday, July 17, 2006
Nancy and David's quick visit
Nancy and David drove up to Sidetrack on Friday afternoon to meet a buyer for the Sailfish. He paid cash. Now David has to get to the bank.
They also noticed that the dead elm tree had been turned into a pile of firewood.
They came back Friday night.
On Sunday, Nancy realized she'd forgotten to get some fishing rods for the trip to Montana.
All's well.
They also noticed that the dead elm tree had been turned into a pile of firewood.
They came back Friday night.
On Sunday, Nancy realized she'd forgotten to get some fishing rods for the trip to Montana.
All's well.
Thursday, July 06, 2006
Blake Lake's Bambi has two daddies
I was working away at Sidetrack's dining table. I got up to stretch and walk about. I went to the lake room and looked out into the back yard.
There was a deer, antlers still covered with velvet, staring at me from the grass above the retaining wall. I took another step into the room and two more deer came into view. One was another velvet anterled male and the other was an out-of-spots fawn about half the size of the others.
The first deer I'd seen gave me a look (or perhaps a sniff) and turned away. The other male turned and led the way up the driveway toward the road and the woods. The fawn followed and the first male followed the other two.
It would seem that Little Blake's Bambi has two daddies.
Oh, and this morning during my sunrise canoe ride, I bumped into dinner plate-sized (10-12 inches across) turtle as I drifted in the water north of Skip's dock. I thought I was approaching a mass of floating weeds, but as I got closer I thought what I saw was the scaley back of a large fish. Then just before the keel of the canoe went "Bump!" against the shell, I saw the whole critter. It dived quickly out of the way after the collision and did not attack or overturn the canoe.
Whew!
Ken
There was a deer, antlers still covered with velvet, staring at me from the grass above the retaining wall. I took another step into the room and two more deer came into view. One was another velvet anterled male and the other was an out-of-spots fawn about half the size of the others.
The first deer I'd seen gave me a look (or perhaps a sniff) and turned away. The other male turned and led the way up the driveway toward the road and the woods. The fawn followed and the first male followed the other two.
It would seem that Little Blake's Bambi has two daddies.
Oh, and this morning during my sunrise canoe ride, I bumped into dinner plate-sized (10-12 inches across) turtle as I drifted in the water north of Skip's dock. I thought I was approaching a mass of floating weeds, but as I got closer I thought what I saw was the scaley back of a large fish. Then just before the keel of the canoe went "Bump!" against the shell, I saw the whole critter. It dived quickly out of the way after the collision and did not attack or overturn the canoe.
Whew!
Ken
Wednesday, July 05, 2006
Grandma Bonnie's
5 July 2006
Grandma Bonnie's Coffee Shop
Amery, Wisconsin
"Grandma Bonnie" makes pretty good coffee and has great Internet access. Having this resource 15 miles from Sidetrack makes the little cabin on the little lake feel a lot less isolated. It's even a bigger change for me than having a television to watch storm warnings on. I'm not at all sure those are good changes. Being able to check e-mail and other Internet things does mean I feel less pressure to head home when I'm getting other work done.
Then again, it's 15 miles away and not someplace to come to on a whim.
I did come up on Saturday with the intention of doing some work as well as celebrating the Fourth of July. Nancy, Jo, and David were to come up Sunday, but Nancy sprained her ankle when a painting ladder broke Sunday. She decided to stay home and recuperate rather than coming up here and hobbling around the hill and the stairs.
The weather has been beautiful and I've been active and lazy. I used the weed cutter to open a weed free approach to the dock. I've pulled weeds in the courtyard. I've read and I've worked on comparative government. And I've napped and sat and looked at the lake. There was a nice little thunderstorm Monday morning, but it's been warm and dry with nice breezes.
I guess I have to go back tomorrow. I have more work to do preparing for the workshop in Indiana and nearly all of that will be online. Grandma Bonnie's is just not suited for that work and doesn't have a printer.
As usual, Sidetrack is wonderful. No special stories to tell, but that doesn't diminish the experience.
Grandma Bonnie's Coffee Shop
Amery, Wisconsin
"Grandma Bonnie" makes pretty good coffee and has great Internet access. Having this resource 15 miles from Sidetrack makes the little cabin on the little lake feel a lot less isolated. It's even a bigger change for me than having a television to watch storm warnings on. I'm not at all sure those are good changes. Being able to check e-mail and other Internet things does mean I feel less pressure to head home when I'm getting other work done.
Then again, it's 15 miles away and not someplace to come to on a whim.
I did come up on Saturday with the intention of doing some work as well as celebrating the Fourth of July. Nancy, Jo, and David were to come up Sunday, but Nancy sprained her ankle when a painting ladder broke Sunday. She decided to stay home and recuperate rather than coming up here and hobbling around the hill and the stairs.
The weather has been beautiful and I've been active and lazy. I used the weed cutter to open a weed free approach to the dock. I've pulled weeds in the courtyard. I've read and I've worked on comparative government. And I've napped and sat and looked at the lake. There was a nice little thunderstorm Monday morning, but it's been warm and dry with nice breezes.
I guess I have to go back tomorrow. I have more work to do preparing for the workshop in Indiana and nearly all of that will be online. Grandma Bonnie's is just not suited for that work and doesn't have a printer.
As usual, Sidetrack is wonderful. No special stories to tell, but that doesn't diminish the experience.
