The Boat House

OK, OK!  I have been getting hints and requests and complaints that no blogs have been forthcoming, and my disclaimer is that life here on the island, with all 16 of us here, is so full of activities that I have not taken time out for writing.  Today I will attempt to make up for it!  Let's start out with the boat house.  

The attached picture was taken this morning, while the lake is at peace with itself.  On the horizon you can make out the shape of a freighter out on the "big lake", Lake Huron.  The freighter is headed up to the Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie ( pronounced "Soo Saint Marie) where it will be lifted up to the height of Lake Superior to continue its journey to ports in Wisconsin and Minnesota.  Meanwhile, back at the dock, the kids have been fishing with worms for little fish who hide under the dock crib.  The fish  are easy marks for catch and release, and I think the kids have more fun with the worms (who is brave enough to put the worm on a hook, who can tie one in a knot, etc.).  In setting up the drop lines so that each of the 7 kids could participate, I accidentally dropped my fishing pliers off the dock and into the lake!  After a word of exclamation (which I had to apologize to the kids for saying) my granddaughter Katelyn offered to go swimming to get the pliers.  That would be a kind offer to the ears of any Grandma, but considering that the lake has only been thawed out for two months, and is COLD, that  made her offer all the more generous.  So Katelyn climbed down the dock ladder, entered the water, went out to the site of the lost pliers, and was able to bring them up with her toes!  she is my HERO!! My 18' Boston Whaler stays tied inside the boat house, and is a boat that Dave bought years ago for all the generations to use and enjoy.  As I am writing this, generations four and five are out on the lake in the boat. Stay tuned for more on "Life on an Island". Love, Liz