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June 2007 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The summer seems to be flying by. Guests are coming and going as are
the fish. Possibly because of the crazy weather we have had, it seems
to be the year of the bass. They seem to be much more prevalent and
definitely bigger than last year’s crop. Northern too are bigger. Oh,
not to worry, the walleyes are out there, but illusive as always.
Perhaps their illusiveness is part of their desirability. Is it the
hunt that brings excitement or the actual capture? Each of the fish
pictured below was caught, photographed, and carefully released.
The Bass pictured here was 19 inches.
The Northern was 38 inches.
The Walleye was 26 inches.
Life in the north woods can be seemingly a group of isolated
incidents. Yet after some thought, one can often see that actually
there was a natural chain of events. About two weeks ago, the
electricity went out. We had not had a storm or winds, so we were
puzzled about the outage. Later we found out what had happened. It
seems as though a power line that had come unattached from a pole and
was hanging low. An unsuspecting deer ran through the woods and into
the power line. Unfortunately, the deer was electrocuted and
died-hence the power outage. Then, a turkey vulture came along, saw
the deer and thought he would feast on it. Unfortunately, when he
touched the deer, he too was electrocuted, but in addition, his
feathers caught on fire causing the grass around the area to burn. It
was then that the fire department had to be called to extinguish the
grass fire. One of our neighbors was heard ! to ask, “Where is the
barbeque sauce”? The power was restored a couple of hours later.
A neighbor has been having an uninvited visitor. For awhile she was
leaving bird seed out in a feeder which is just outside the living
room window. Each evening her visitor would arrive, walk up the steps
to the porch, climb up on the feeder and enjoy all of the seeds that
were there. From the picture she took, we are not sure if the bear is
praying, practicing a yoga position, or merely shoveling in the seeds.
Recently, we have had several inches of rain which have helped raise
the level of the lakes. In addition, though we have also been plagued
with high winds. We have an anemometer in the living room, that during
some of the storms was measuring 60 and 65 mph gusts with sustained
winds around 40mph. The upstairs of the house was doing some creaking,
but there was no damage.
Because we have had rain, the flowers have been beautiful. The lupines
did not last very long, but the daisies, black-eyed Susan’s, and
fireweed along with the day lilies are interspersing their white,
yellow, purple, and orange colors with the rich greens of the grass
and trees.
We are trying to be more astute about keeping the photo page more up
to date with pictures of fish that have been caught recently. Check it
out at
www.customcabins.com.
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