My little world has seen some company lately! Talk about fun!    It started out down the road when my cousin David welcomed a group of his f...

The other day was the kind that almost doesn't seem real, it was so perfect. Warm, quite warm, but not hot and not at all humid. There w...

Life at the lake moves peacefully and at its own gentle pace. I find myself gradually and gently sinking into a sense of peace, calm and yes...

I'm back at the lake, having arrived on Thursday afternoon. Rick's on his way to South Carolina, via Pennsylvania and Maryland, then...

We've been enjoying beautiful weather at the lake -- warm (hot!) days and cooler nights, so perfect for sleeping. Well, this one sleeps ...

We (meaning Lizzie and I) arrived at the lake last Wednesday afternoon and the first few days settling in weren't a picnic! When we arri...

Well, lake time is over for this kid. It was especially hard to leave this time. Rick and I had a wonderful ten days there, excellent weathe...

It's been both lovely and challenging, these final days at the lake. And for the most part, it has been simply beautiful.   Our color is...

October has arrived in all her glory! It may not be peak yet but it's still lovely!   After we dropped Rick's mom off at the airport...

What happened to September? It's like a magician's trick -- Now you see it, now you don't! Well, we still have some time but boy...

Sigh. We wrapped up art camp last weekend, after 18 days of friendship and creativity. And a good 18 days it was, filled with lots of painti...

Art camp usually brings warm sunny days and it certainly started out that way. Painting on the porch was a joy -- the sounds of the lake pun...

I'm enjoying my blog break at art camp and am popping in with a bit of a post to update you on things, before I disappear again. And I a...

The morning after my ear procedure (thanks for the good wishes, too!), Rick and I headed to the lake to await the arrival of our guests late...

It has been quite a week! The day after Rick's baseball birthday gig, I took off for the lake solo, to spend a few days in the north bef...

Our days have been relatively temperate this summer. Sunny, warm (on occasion stifling hot after a few dances with the heat dome sweeping th...

Rick has not been looking forward to turning 70. I can relate -- I remember feeling somewhat the same. What is it about those zero (and to a...

Every day in summer is a gift -- at least, it is for me. It's my favorite season -- or rather, it is when I'm at the lake. Apart fro...

Our road trip continued as we left Strings by Mail and headed to the Leelanau peninsula, which juts out from Traverse City and is bordered ...

What looked to be a rainy day at the lake turned out to be a beautiful one when we did a road trip to Traverse City and later to the Leelana...