I will start by saying that it’s been a rough 24 hours, and I’m tired. When he fell, I turned the boat around, and instead of seeing his eyes looking across the water for the rope, I saw his head tilted upwards eyes squinting shut, and he was reeling in pain. I held my breath, [...]
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There are many people who cross our paths in the lake in summer. We have the barber, the people from Colorado, the ones with the yellow boat, and the ones with the fast fishing boat. Life on the lake is condensed. We watch each other out of the corners of our eyes for hours, without [...]
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Temperatures, probably like where you live, are soaring into the 90s. The grass is turning gold, and the amount of water on the vegetables is a always being adjusted by human intervention. When the air is this hot, swimming is a constant, all day affair, for everyone. When the air is cold, the lake talks [...]
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Actually, I’ve got love and 6 Beatles tickets. Shot from my phone. Anyone who has hung around our house within the last 365 days is well aware that there is a Beatles revival going on our family, eight days a week. There are Beatles tunes bounced around from Ipod to Ipod, Beatles trivia questions, and [...]
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This is a boy who spotted a turtle, with a shell the size of a dinner plate. She, the turtle, was trying to come to to shore o that she could lay her eggs. Yet, every time she swam close to shore, he “sensed her,” and began to play a game of cat and mouse [...]
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This summer’s quest is taking the form of a serpent. We still have yet to capture the culprit. But, we have our wanted poster, up and posted. So glad he thought to draw a picture of what he saw. Because I thought the yellow lines were stripes, and not rings… a picture is worth a [...]
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Right here is an almost invisible wall of a massive mosquito army. Their mission is to guard the abundance of black raspberries that are nestled among thorns, briars and vines. The mosquitoes attack with a fiery tenacity. Before one has even had a chance to land on me, my ears are already stinging merely from [...]
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