All Paths Lead to the Lake

Hey all - I have been meaning to get back on here for a while but you know, life gets in the way. Especially when you live somewhere as beautiful as the Upper Peninsula, by Lake Superior - yeah. It doesn't get much better. We don't actually live ON the lake, but we live 20 minutes from it and we both work right near it. Him a mile or so away and me, right across the street. I still don't have any pictures up here do I? One of these days readers will come on here and BAM there will be a giant slideshow of all things Yooper. That is what I will so, start taking pictures of all things Yooper. The Pasty. The Cudhigi. The Stormy Kromer hat. The giant plows and shovels. The Snow. ALL the snow. The Chooks. The lake in all its frozen beauty. All of it. Then some year I will figure out how to post them all on here.

Ok so I just attempted to throw a picture on here of me from last winter...I won't know if it works until I am done typing away and I actually go look. Ok, the suspense is killing me....hold on please........


YAY!!!! It worked!!! Now I get to go back and put pictures on ALLLLLL of my posts!!! How fun and exciting and now I can bombard you all with pictures! I do not know if it will work if you get these posts in your email, but if you are looking at the actual website, you will see my chubby cheeks up there!! :-)

So, I still have not jumped off Black Rocks and I really want to but not when there is a ton of people there. Maybe I should just do it. Walk up there, don't even hesitate and just jump the hell off. Walk out of the water, get in my car and leave. LMAO. :-) Maybe? Ok, we will see how well that works. The other half and I did go swimming in the lake down by the Ore Dock last night with the mutt. She was not too keen on the water but she had fun zooming back and forth along the beach. Well, cause that is what mutts do. They have surface area, they must run.

I have projects I am working on. A couple. I need some nice pictures of sailboats for one and I have to pick out a nice picture of the lake for the other one. I found a great little shop down in Berlin, WI I am dying to go spend money at and get back here. I must start purchasing supplies. Hot glue gun, canvas, paper, decent paintbrushes.....(Tony is going to be ready this going, christ what is she doing now!) cause chances are (very good) that he will have to help me with some part of it....you know, that honey do list. As long as it involves fixing something, he is ready with tool in hand...or putting something together for me or sawing..if he can use a tool, he is in. After all, he is a man. Give them a tool and a beer and all is good. :-) I will post pictures of my projects when they are done. The last one was a couple of American Flags made from pallets from Dales back yard. The stars were not exactly straight, hey I am a beginner, and NOT a professional artist! One is on our porch and the other is at Dales house. I am going to buy him a new flag one of these days. Just because. His is, well, not healthy. Bugs me. Maybe I will go change it while he is gone this weekend. Muahahaha.


Trying to think of new places I may have gone but I got nothing for you. Went to the Vierling again and had their French Onion soup again. That was awesome as always. Cruisin Coffee is still a favorite....I did go to the Wawonowin Golf Course in Ishpeming, NOT to golf, never been on a course in my life, but to work at the HBA golf outing, that was fun and their food was good. Bartender Anna was awesome but she headed off to school in Green Bay. It was fun :-)

I still have not seen the Northern Lights. Figured I would have by now up here but I have plenty of time. Not going anywhere any time soon. I am enjoying the spurts of fall temperatures. The weather up here is a bit bi-polar I think.....

As always, the Lake pulls me in every morning I drive to work. If I have time, I go get my fix. After work sometimes too. I took the dog out driving around by the lake yesterday. We stopped along Lakeshore, took some pictures of the rainbow....always a good time and always good to breathe it in. Have you ever smelled the Lake up here? There is something about the way a place smells to me. Good mojo or bad mojo. This is just a me thing I think but it smells good up here. Stand out on Black Rocks once, or on any little beach spot on the lake and take a huge deep breath in and smell the air around you. It smells good. It smells like the right place to be.

Out of all of the paths you take in life, make sure one of them leads you to the Lake.

All for now - Have a great weekend and enjoy what is left of your Yooper summer. :-)

~~S