Lack of a west wind has meant the arrival of Lake Michigan shore ice is still on hold. Just a little bit from light wave action along the coast. Our other personal wait remains seeing progress on the new home. We drove by Hathaway Lakes yesterday. Where we celebrated the six month anniversary of our…
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Feb 15th: The worst of it
The worst weather of the year. A foot of snow here, a foot of snow there. And a cold wave keeping the high temperatures under 15 degrees Fahrenheit, so salt doesn’t melt the road ice. Who would live here year round? That’s the thinking we love! This is the moat that keeps the tourists from…
Feb 12th: Pizza oven arrives
My Ooni Koda 16 pizza oven arrived a month early today. When our new home is finally built, it will be installed on our deck and hooked up to natural gas. Several months ago I told my wife I wanted a pizza oven instead of a gas grill. She replied, “That has to be your…
Feb 10th: Beach Day!
Don’t ya love a Lake Michigan beach day in the winter? The ice continues to build in the frigid cold. More by the day. More by the hour. Now we just need a strong westerly wind to begin building those ice mountains. Can’t even see the beach anymore, but it is there, under the ice…
Feb 3rd: Is this boring?
Swans on the pond today with little wind. Every day, relaxing at the Grand Haven State Park, it never gets boring. Something a little different every single day. And yet, these photos become a bit… boring. Time to move up and down the coast more. Capture new subjects. And yet, when you are living here,…
Feb 1st: The long wait
Today, finally… food freedom in Michigan. The governor allowed restaurants to open at 25% capacity. Restaurant owners are grumbling (rightfully) at the 25%, but I actually think it is reasonable until more are vaccinated. Take a look at the article in the Wall Street Journal. The NFL findings are scary if you are at risk…
Jan 30th: Nothing to see here
It’s been over five months since we put our first deposit down to build. Over a month since they poured the foundation walls. As other houses are being framed… ours sits. A snow filled hole in the ground with some cement walls. The builder has supplied weekly updates. So unreliable (my kind word for it),…
Jan 21st: Sun and Wood
Perfect day at the beach… for late January in Michigan. Sunny, 40 degrees and windy. Rather amazing how many people were with us today at 2pm. Had a little difficulty finding a parking spot. Meanwhile, over at our new neighborhood to be… we got some of our wood. Three week delay and Eastbrook is saying…
Jan 18th: Ice or no ice?
Lake Michigan is normally about 15% ice covered by now. We are currently under 2%. For us personally, trying to get a new home built, the lack of ice… and snow… is a positive. We have a foundation, but the framing and roofing has been delayed into February… so hoping our luck holds. But what…
Jan 13th: After the Burn (Minimalism) / Rebuild Wiser
So far… Yep, the story of this blog… quit my job, sold our house, gave away our possessions and moved to the beach. Extreme decluttering and minimalism. Happily ever after. Is that the end of the journey? Does minimalism become a lifelong obsession? The benefits of minimalism have been fantastic. Ensuing freedoms cannot be overstated….