September 10, 2004
Nice Day
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There are not many moments when the lake is calm enough to safely take a canoe out. Last week there was a day that the water was almost like a mirror, so out we went. Perfect for this week's PhotoTime Tuesday theme: wet
During the thunder storms a few days ago, the lake suddenly disappeared. Well, not the whole lake of course, but tide went way out, the kind of thing you would see at the ocean right before a tsunami.
There wasn't a tsunami, but a few minutes later the water came rushing back in.
There's been a group of sea gulls hanging around the beach here since the snow began to melt.
Our neighbors to the south are never there. Someone's summer cabin, I guess.
Somehow the freight ships know before a storm comes. If I see one parking in the bay by our house, I can guess a storm is soon on the way. A half hour after this one showed up today, the wind got really gusty.
Later, while the sun was setting, I noticed it reflecting off the "laker". The color lasted for only a few minutes.
Photofriday challenge: atmosphere
A snowmobile driving by on the "wrong" side of our house, in our "backyard", ...on the frozen Whitefish Bay.
home (11), lake-superior (24), michigan (57), snow (28), upper-penninsula (33), whitefish-bay (9)
Donovan snow-shoeing on the frozen Lake Superior.
donovan (27), lake-superior (24), michigan (57), snow (28), snow-shoe (2), upper-penninsula (33), whitefish-bay (9)
The lake is starting to freeze.
ice (10), lake (9), lake-superior (24), michigan (57), snow (28), upper-penninsula (33), whitefish-bay (9), winter (10)
Some days Gypsy and I pretend we're on a ship.
Sometimes Donovan plays too.

Land ahoy! He spys Canada through his telescope!
bay (5), canada (5), clouds (6), donovan (27), gypsy (4), home (11), ship (4), sky (9), sun (2), whitefish-bay (9)
bay (5), clouds (6), home (11), michigan (57), paradise (13), water (16), whitefish-bay (9)
beach (13), lake (9), lake-superior (24), michigan (57), water (16), waves (4), whitefish-bay (9), whitefish-point (4)
Canada across Whitefish Bay / Lake Superior. Taken by putting camera up to one side of binoculars.
bay (5), binoculars (1), camera (2), canada (5), lake-superior (24), michigan (57), paradise (13), water (16), whitefish-bay (9)
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