June 4, 2008
Today was a banner day. My sister and I stopped at a local farmstand for eggs, rhubarb, and asparagus. Tonight, we harvested wild leeks, though we were kind of wary since the leeks were in the spot folks have been sighting a juvenile black bear.
Dave and Nathan enjoyed a day fishing and catching (instead of [...]
May 23, 2008
So, Dave and I took the Cessna-182 from UM Flyers to Tobermory for Memorial Day weekend. Due to the weather, we might have a short long weekend, we might have to come back on Sunday instead of Monday, but I was excited to fly instead of drive. Holiday weekends involve long, long, long waits at [...]
May 10, 2008
Dave invited a visiting colleague from Austria to come north with us for a long weekend. I think he might be the perfect guest.
He likes long walks and is interested in the flower and local history lore we share (even when we’re wrong about the details). He was game to purchase a fishing license [...]
November 4, 2007
We drove north to take out the lake pump (it runs over the beach so is subject to freezing) and move my car from the airfield to the garage. We half succeeded.
The Jeep, which seemed just fine when we used it in late September, squealed loudly on starting, smelled like burning, emitted lots of white [...]
August 12, 2007
Funny, the books I’m reading this weekend are affirming each other. I suppose this means nothing more than I have consistent taste. I’m now reading The Sound of Mountain Water by Wallace Stegner. He writes about the value of wilderness as more than just a place to hike, ski, photograph, raft, or play. He writes [...]
August 10, 2007
relaxing on the water, originally uploaded by dunrie.
My husband is the one in the middle. He is so much better at relaxing than I am. I suppose this is why we are good for each other…
flotilla, originally uploaded by dunrie.
July 21, 2007
Group photo, originally uploaded by dunrie.
My tribe includes:
1 husband
1 stepmother
4 cousins
4 cousins-once-removed (including 2 infants and 2 kids)
1 aunt
1 uncle
1 sister
1 brother-in-law
1 nephew
1 toddler niece
& 5 dogs
This posse of 11 adults, 3 kids, 1 toddler, 2 infants, and 5 canines shared one roof and one bathroom at the family cabin last night. The infants and [...]
July 8, 2007
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Gillies Lake, originally uploaded by dunrie.
On Friday, husband and I flew from Ann Arbor municipal airport (KARB) to Tobermory (CNR4) at the tip of the Bruce Peninsula. We [...]
January 30, 2007
I’ve always been a football fan.
I grew up in the midwest in a family of University of Michigan graduates. I had no choice about which team and which sport.
Grandpa Greiling’s 1974 Christmas Card, I’m the tallest of the little ones.
Dad used to tell stories of his high school football career, ended with a knee injury, [...]
September 5, 2006
From the left: Gillies Lake, Cabot Head, and Georgian Bay
Over the Labor Day holiday, we flew from Ann Arbor to Tobermory, with a quick detour over Gillies Lake, Cabot Head, and Wingfield Basin.
Though we left Ann Arbor in drizzly and overcast conditions, it had brightened by the time we got to the peninsula. I have [...]
not particularly objective musings on odds and ends - Dunrie Greiling, Ann Arbor, MI 48103