Long Lake Yarns

For each of our first two years on the lake, the loon couple that nests on what we’ve nicknamed “Belly Button Island” raised two chicks. This is the Summer of 2008 family.  We watched them from April to October, often at close range in our kayaks.  The chicks were born at the end of June. [...]

My Long Lake neighbors’ grandaughter, estimated age 9 years old, and her “new best friend” started the day early in the water.  The lake temperature is around 60–warmer in the shallows but not by all that much.  The air temperature reached a high of about 74.  Winds were brisk throughout the day.  By day’s end, other [...]

It looks like this internet “thing” is going to stick after all.  My son’s mother’s day present 2009 was creating this page for me and encouraging me to get started.  I’ve been thinking about blogging for awhile but was put off by the notion that there might be internet hordes reading what I write.  The truth [...]