April 21, 2007
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I LUV IT
This morning the bay was a mirror. These guys seemed to be enjoying it. I love how the one keeps staring at himself.
We had to go to Elk Rapids today. We were going to install a stained glass piece in my grandparents house as a surprise before they come back from their winter residence. It didn’t quite get done though so we will go back next weekend.
Pop and Uncle Jay were working on setting in new steps so they put the kids to work.
My Pop is such a slave driver. The kids didn’t want to leave. MAybe I could farm them out for hard labor to make the extra money for the car.
They were great cement mixers.
Afterward we went down to the harbor. I love Elk Rapids. Ben and I both grew up there. I want this fish. The painting on it is of the bridge to The Island House. Ben and I were married at the end of this bridge. It’s one of my favorite places.
I think they might notice if the fish came up missing though so I will just have to live with the photo.
We took the kids for a walk on the beach. This is Elk Lake. It comes in from Lake Michigan too. It has great beaches some are a little rocky, but there is a beach behind the power dam that is so sandy and perfect. It’s a local secret, so if you ever make it there tell no one I let you in on it. 
It was such a wonderful day today. These are zebra mussels… NOT indigenous to the Great Lakes… NOT a good thing, but very pretty. NOT a fun thing to step on in bare feet.
Just because it’s beautiful. And last… but not the least.
Isabelle found a bunch of crayfish claws and Daddy found a crayfish carcass for her. She brought them all home and they are now sitting on the porch drying out. I’m sure they will start to smell soon. She used the carcass to chase her brother all over the beach and torture him in the car all of the way home. I don’t know where she gets her mean streak from. (MUAHahaha)
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I wanna come live by the bay too!
great pics!
Looks like you had a WONDERFUL day! Such beautiful pictures! It is really beautiful there.
Your a lucky lucky gal
I hope the rest of your week-end goes just as well as today.
Thanks for all your wonderful comments. Stay well ~ Penny
I love work days and I would love bay days if I had a bay,I have a creek and I love that,I grew up by the same creek several miles down stream.Nice pix Ang.Love You.
i had too.
they put it on larry king so i had problems.
deleted everything and blocked as many as i could.
i had over 500 footprints in 45 minutes.
i set the locks and got a new news free acount.
do you blame me?
he didnt even ask; he just flashed the my blog address like 20 times on the screens.
Man, I could go for some crawdad. Mmmmm mmm, good eatin’
Those are beeeautiful pictures! I love pictures concerning the water and children! And hey…you’re doing the right thing….teaching your kids to help their elders! Good stuff. Peace
You live in the coolest place!
If I was your dad I would make them mix concrete too. That sucks, mixing concrete.
those were beautiful pics. very peaceful. I liked the sandy beach one best. Thank for sharing them
The live crayfish are much more fun to torture people with, LOL (gee, not that I’ve ever done anything like that myself
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RYC: I’ll probably be posting this evening. Everyone is all better here, finally. I’ve missed you, too!! I’m hoping things are more back to normal for me this week and I don’t have to take another break for a while. We’ll see…OH! and I have to get some mail art finished. I will, I promise.
looks like you all have such adventures
i still havent gotten my mail art……….i hope there isn’t somthing wrong.
where do you live; im only 15 minutes from the beach
girl I can eat some muscles…I mean I LOVE THEM
those are great pics!
Lovely photos!
RYC: UH! UH! Yeah! Glad you liked it. LOL
Very beautiful landscape…I can breathe the good air from here (sigh) I become jealous ! LOL your pictures are superb !
Have a great sunday
Awesome photos… I am jealous.
I would love to have a stained glass window… that is super cool. I know your grandparents will be happy.
Hugs,
Tricia
I love this post….it’s nice to be able to follow your family throughout the day…
Later,
Thehomemaker
I really loved reading this entry. Thank you for sharing the photographs and information about your past and hometown. Wonderful! Have a great week!
Sisters can be soooooooooooo mean! Your pictures give me the itch to get back to Superior, just not warm enough yet for bare foot walking on the beach.
RYC it was one of those tiny ticks, not much match room. This is the first time her fingernails and tweezers failed me, she can be mean too!
I’m so jealous that you live there! Amazing photos!! (I like the fish too– how big is it? Could I smuggle it under my shirt?)
I had to laugh at the crayfish– I would chase my brother with it too!!!
RYC its very easy to cure as long as you get it EARLY
I can use this one mega dose as I have had it this time for less then 72 hours, if you wait a year until you are nearly crippled it can take several years to get rid of.