Monday, June 23, 2008

My Blue Heaven... almost

On my way to town this morning, I took a detour and drove along the lake. I stopped to take a photo at the Pultneyville Yacht Club where I could almost make believe I was sitting on the shore in Maine or Nova Scotia. I believe the yacht club has sailboat races on Thursday evenings during the summer. I've seen them coming in before but haven't yet taken the time to sit and watch. Maybe I will...

As gasoline prices continue to rise, I think more and more about my own surroundings, places I often take for granted because they are so familiar to me. For my entire life I've lived a short distance from a beautiful lake that looks more like a sea or an ocean. Over there somewhere is Canada but I can't see it from here. The lake was rather calm today, but there are times when it is rough and wild, times when the water crashes against the shore spraying anything and everything within reach. There are winters when chunks of ice float in the water and the spray freezes on fences and trees turning them into icy monsters. Along the shoreline are privately owned homes, marinas, parks and orchards, lighthouses and even a lonely cemetery.

As I strive for simplicity this summer, you just may find me somewhere along the southern shore of Lake Ontario taking in what I otherwise may have missed.

7 comments:

  1. LOL!! I think you are a water person at heart, living by a big beautiful body of water and look at that smiling face in the bathtub. :) We also plan close to home trips for this summer, the grist mill, hiking back trails at some of the parks for me and the kids while Papa fishes in one spot. Trout farms for kid fishing and maybe an adventure to a Safari park. Giggle, yes Martha they think me and my camera are annoying. However they like the pictures they get to see.

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  2. We are fortunate to live in sucha beautiful place. I live near a smaller lake now...both are beautiful.

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  3. How true, how true. What a great time to take in our local sights!

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  4. Your are following the S.D. of Simplicity ~~~ Enjoying something you don't own ~~~ like the lovely picutures of the lake you shared today.

    Beautiful~~

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  5. I love those photos! You are right, you live in a beautiful area! Maybe I can come out and visit you at the lake one day? Because I have not been much to Lake Ontario.

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  6. Being here in Ukraine has really made me stop and just appreciate all that we have in all of its simplicity. Great thoughts.

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