word has it the littles are headed to england.
hopefully they’re back in the states
in time for the first day of school today.
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“you can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.”
-rabindranath tagore
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glen lake, empire, michigan – summer 2018
littles
playing, creeping, tiptoeing
ghosts in the graveyard
scaring themselves to death
screaming, spooky, squealing, shrieking
so much fun.
“while it’s cool to think ghosts exist, i don’t want to see one.”
-dean ambrose
summer begins
up north
with joyful grandie
up late
catching the sunset
in his net.
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“summertime is a period for youthful explorations,
a joyful time when we learn lessons
without grand expectations or harsh consequences.”
-kilroy j. oldster
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sleeping bear dunes national lakeshore, glen lake, empire, michigan, usa
and what better reason to wake up early?
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“i can’t seem to shake waking up early.”
-stewart rahr
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at sleeping bear dunes national lakeshore,
glen lake, empire, mi, usa
“we did not all come over on the same ship,
but we are all in the same boat.”
-bernard baruch
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summer on glen lake, empire, michigan, usa
and what could
possibly go wrong
or incredibly right
with 8 adults, 6 kids, 2 cats, 1 dog
and an occasional bear
all back in one place again
on beautiful glen lake?
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“it’s well known that he who returns never left”
― pablo neruda
The “floating Christmas tree” sits atop the water in Glen Lake.
Drivers cruising along M-22 near Glen Arbor are being treated to a little holiday magic this year: A floating Christmas tree in Glen Lake.
The 12-foot-tall Frasier fir is secured inside a small fishing boat anchored about 600 feet off the shore. At night the tree lights up (thanks to a timer and two solar-powered, 12-volt batteries) and appears to be magically floating atop the water.
It’s the third year in a row that Glen Arbor resident Frank Siepker Jr., who lives on the lake, has pulled off this charming and decidedly Up North-y Christmas display. “People dress up their yards for Christmas; the lake is kind of our yard,” he said. “Everybody gets a kick out of it.”
The tree is visible along the east side of M-22; the best spot for viewing it is at the bridge that divides Glen Lake into “Big” Glen Lake and “Little” Glen Lake (a spot sometimes referred to as “the narrows”).
Siepker said how long the tree will remain in the lake depends on the weather. If too much ice doesn’t form, the tree will stay up until New Year’s Day, at which point Siepker will put on his waders, walk out into the frigid water, and bring the display back to shore.
In the meantime, he said the tree continues to delight his two young children — as it no doubt does many who happen to see it while driving by.
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“christmas is doing a little something extra for someone. “
-charles m. schulz
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credits: mlive.com, emily bingham, jeff rabidoux (photo)
