February 1, 2005
Raspberries in the Rain
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January 31, 2005
Stunned
While in Paradise Donovan found this bird on the sidewalk next to the house. It wouldn't fly away so we guessed it had flown into the sliding glass door. Worried that it was injured, I wondered what I could do for it. I thought about the pigeon Kellen had taken in and asked, "what would Kellen do?" Fortunately, it recovered and flew away.
I've had this photo in my folder of photos to upload for a long time now! This photo is for the Saint.
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December 24, 2004
Clothespins
For tacking clothes up!
Photofriday challenge: tacky.
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December 20, 2004
Removal
Donovan took the satellite dish apart and down from the roof in Paradise. We packed it in three boxes and shipped it to my parents who now use it to surf the web from their isolated farm.
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donovan (20), paradise (10), rooftop (3), silhouette (4)
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December 17, 2004
Roofer
This is back from before we left Paradise. The roofers constructed a scaffold from two logs, a driftwood board, and an old picnic table atop piles of discarded roofing. The unsteadiness of it right by the glass doors made me nervous, but since they had already blocked the storm shutters with debris, all I could do was watch, and take photos.
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August 2, 2004
Out of Reach
We went back to Paradise to see if we could get the satellite to work again. This is Randy, an all purpose handyman, cutting limbs off the trees that block the line-of-sight. It didn't seem to help.
26 Things III item "Out of Reach".
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I think these are all vacant.
I haven't yet seen this open... but maybe it'll open for summer.
Downtown Paradise 1
This sign makes me laugh. The saloon is open (or at least there were some people inside when I walked by) the restaurant is shut down. It wasn't good anyway.
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June 5, 2004
Graduation 2004
This is the Whitefish Township School 2004 senior graduating class, all nine of them. There were also ten eighth graders and four kindergarteners who graduated today. Kindergarteners in caps and gowns was a cuteness I had never before seen.
The nice thing about small-town graduations is how short the ceremony is, and there was still time for sweet things like the "Presentation of Roses" from the high school graduates to their family members, and "Memories", a student made PowerPoint presentation of photos shown to music and the endearing "awww" sounds of the audience.
Donovan's mom had taught three of these students while they were in kindergarten through the third grade. To the delight of everyone, she came all the way from BC to be here. I was introduced to some of the school personnel that I hadn't yet met, everyone there seems to be extraordinarily nice.
Donovan was Valedictorian of his five person class at this school exactly ten years ago.
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June 4, 2004
Fishing with the Moon
Multitasking: watching Fishing with John (the Jim Jarmusch episode, I think) and the moonrise at the same time.
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June 1, 2004
House for Sale
This is the back of the property taken standing on the sand built up at the mouth of Mile Creek.This house with 200 feet of waterfront is for sale and the price was recently reduced!
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I lost.
May 12, 2004
Internet
This is how we are connected to the rest of the world. It broadcasts internet requests by radio signal to the satellite, which sends them to a Network Operations Center in Washington DC, which passes them on to the rest of the internet. To receive internet data, it makes the same trip back again. Although capable of fairly fast download speeds, the "lag" time between request and receive is very long.
Although I'm very thankful for this alternative to dial-up, I hope some day I'll be back on cable or DSL!
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May 9, 2004
View
Picture-window view from the first-floor bedroom.
The sneaky crow figured out the necessary flight maneuver to get inside the bird feeder.
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April 7, 2004
Red Creek
Like the Tahquamenon River, the creek which flows under our driveway is stained a red-brown with tannin seeped from decaying hemlocks, cedars & spruce.
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The mouth of the creek widens to let the snowmelt out into Lake Superior.
June 25, 2003
Paradise House
Donovan and the Paradise house from the back yard. He lived much of his childhood and teen years in that room on the second floor.
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Superior Sunrise
Sunrise over Lake Superior. I can't believe I woke up automatically at dawn - must be a first. With sunrises like this, I could wake up at dawn every day!
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Paradise Balcony
From the second floor balcony of the house in Paradise after a rain. The water is Whitefish Bay of Lake Superior. On clear days, Ontario Canada can be seen on the distant horizon.
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