July update

Its been a WONDERFUL month at our place in the woods. Of course there have been a few incidents as well. We have been building a rose garden and the first rosebush to go in was purchased full of blossoms and buds, we set it on the deck while the garden was prepped only to find a deer had come in overnight and helped himself to the blossoms. Little deer footprints all over the yard - ahhhhhhhhh. The garden is now full of beautiful roses and we have a very effective 'secret formula' for keeping the deer from considering it a salad bar.

A young group of musicians visited Boyne City from Horsens Denmark as part of the Blue Lakes Fine Arts camp. Joe and I hosted 5 boys at our house; we were gifted with listening to Disney movie showtunes in Danish, what fun!

Bonfire's by the creek, sleeping under the stars, visiting with old friends...all part of Summertime living in Northern Michigan and in July we've had it all.

Now that August has begun we also have turkeys returning. Its fun to hear them 'talking' in the mornings.