tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54501405194409641112024-03-13T03:50:00.806-07:00Bringin' Love 2 LovelessJChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04277133101488258926noreply@blogger.comBlogger155125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5450140519440964111.post-20031480336923820882017-12-25T20:00:00.000-08:002018-07-17T09:00:44.243-07:00Christmas in the country<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I love this tree, a spruce of some kind that they told me was native to this region of the U.S. The first one I got at the annual DNR sale is barely hanging on because I failed to realize these poor things do need some sunlight.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">A few years ago I planted this one back by the road, knowing it'd benefit from a long day of sun. Then my neighbor pointed out that I stuck it right beneath the electrical lines. </span><br />
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JChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04277133101488258926noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5450140519440964111.post-85717038609510377682017-01-11T16:16:00.001-08:002017-01-23T19:46:32.343-08:00From vision to reality<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">It has taken five years (or six, depending on when you drop the gate) along with the patience of <a href="http://lovelesslake.blogspot.com/2013/03/loveless-is-cool.html" target="_blank">Chris the Handyman</a>, endurance of builder <a href="http://www.hornbeambuild.com/" target="_blank">Brook Waalen, </a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">constancy of </span><a href="http://www.weehouse.com/" target="_blank">Alchemy Architects</a>, <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">flair</span> of St. Paul designer Laurie Plattes ... plus <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">l</span>ots of anxiety (mine) and drywall dust.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It has been five years since the weeHouse arrived at Loveless <a href="http://lovelesslake.blogspot.com/2011/12/its-heeere.html" target="_blank">via flatbed truck</a>, providing the centerpiece of this wild-and-wacky adventure to build a modern lake home. The beautiful, light-filled weeHouse arrived complete with an Ikea kitchen, bamboo floors and living area. Meanwhile, the lower level -- with two bedrooms and a bathroom -- has been a construction zone of drywall dust and clutter.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">But local builder Brook Waalen and his team have been busy little elves this December. When I arrived yesterday for a holiday visit, this gift of doors and trim awaited me. In one fell swoop the downstairs has gone from perpetual Glamping Mode into something that seems, well, civilized. My goal to pull this project across the finish line in 2017 suddenly seems within reach.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Merry, merry!</span>JChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04277133101488258926noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5450140519440964111.post-9570126551639218992016-06-10T20:54:00.000-07:002016-06-12T12:33:54.815-07:00Heave-ho<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The Loveless To-do List is long and my yearning to get through it is strong. Fortunately I've got friends with shovels!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Bandmate Steve and his industrious wife, Terry, didn't let the threat of rain stand in the way of a non-stop weekend of work at my not-quite-ready-for-prime-time lake place. In short order, we made quick work of a sand pile I'd been staring at for more than two years (<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">gulp</span>), though Chris has been winnowing it down bucket-by-bucket.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Then the boys took to the task of repairing the dock. We had clumsily pieced one together a few years back using sections still hanging around from when I bought the troubled property in 2010. After a couple of winters in the water, the old dock had taken a beating. Chris and Steve pulled it apart and reassembled it to make it even better than before. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Steve used the morning to ward off a potential hangover after a wine-filled evening at the fire pit the night before. He hauled big rocks down Stairmaster Hill while </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">the rest of us -- Chris, Terry and friends Sharyn and Laryssa -- sipped coffee and Bloody Marys from the upper deck</span></span>. The result is a masterpiece of a landing to the "new" dock.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Sharyn and Laryssa were troopers who spent a night on the concrete floor, as my camping mattress slowly lost loft due to some unknown leak. The gals had arrived at Loveless ready for adventure and loaded with treats -- freshly made guacamole, cauliflower hummus, ginger brew and more.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">They were able to squeeze in a short walk and canoe ride, which made me happy beyond belief. So happy, it seems, I forgot to take photos. Next time, ladies!</span><br />
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Though the photo doesn't show it, we had a sunny-for-a-spell day at Loveless and temps touched 70-degrees. The perfect day for my pals Ramona and Margie to drive up for afternoon hors d'oeuvres on the OSHA-unsafe deck and a light dinner.<br />
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The last time Ramona and Margie were here, October 2012, we had just built the <a href="http://lovelesslake.blogspot.com/2012/10/presenting-saturn-walkway.html" target="_blank">Saturn Walkway</a>. There was no furniture, no tile in the bathroom and the drywall project had just begun. Their visit was a nice way to mark some progress and take note of the first sprouts of woodland flowers, now that the green wave of spring is beginning to wash across the North Country.<br />
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I don't have the official ice-out date, but it's smooth sailin' at Loveless Lake. Chris wasted no time trying to roust out some bass from their winter slumber. No luck on that front, but it's nice to have a whiff of spring to give us weary Midwesterners a sense of hope again. At least until the next snow sprinkle. Tomorrow. <br /><br />JChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04277133101488258926noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5450140519440964111.post-38719104956982395712016-03-25T16:27:00.003-07:002016-03-25T16:28:10.316-07:00A toastWe made a little birthday toast to the absent Chipper a few weeks back. Then this Snoopy image floated across my Twitter feed. So I'm doing a sappy little posting here. Just because.<br />
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This birch tree's days are surely numbered, but hopefully not before we have a chance to watch the unfolding of this pileated woodpecker's handiwork. A male has been hard at work excavating this handsome roost. Perhaps he already has attracted a mate and they'll do their part to bring a little love 2 Loveless.<br />
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The woodpeckers (redheaded, of course) abandon their nests once the brood is raised. But songbirds -- and even owls and tree-nesting ducks -- often move in and enjoy the space. We can only hope.<br />
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The lake may be frozen, but spring is in the air!<br />
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<br />JChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04277133101488258926noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5450140519440964111.post-11735261678598190092016-02-28T18:36:00.000-08:002016-03-14T21:59:28.876-07:00Above the foldIt was only a matter of time before the Beer Man garnered fame (though not yet fortune) for his zany antics at the Balsam Lake WinterFest. Here he is striking a pose in the <a href="http://www.leadernewsroom.com/" target="_blank">Inter-County Leader</a>. I can only claim reflected glory, though my new winter hat is a stunner in its own right.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Talk about being game. My youngest brother, Russell, took me up on a long-shot of an invitation to visit the Midwest in the dead of winter to partake in the Balsam Lake WinterFest and annual Chinese New Year festivities, which this year happened to fall on the same weekend. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Russell and our father did business in China for a number of years -- selling U.S.-grown Southern Pine lumber <i>to</i> the Chinese. He's been studying Mandarin, and I've been trying for years to get him up here to meet my Chinese friends, who always put on a stellar Lunar New Year feast.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Temps were in the teens and low 20s when Russell set out for his maiden voyage on snowshoes for the increasingly popular <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Balsam-Lake-Wisconsin-Snowshoe-Race-331082200408428/" target="_blank">5K Snowshoe "race."</a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">S</span>om<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">e<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ti<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">me after passing Mile Marker 1</span></span></span>, Russell decided to sprint ahead, clearly tapping into his former college football athletic self. Chris and I eventually caught up, realizing he had intuitively discovered our secret of North Country survival: Breaking a sweat in the coldest of cold gives you the (false) impression that you're kicking winter's ass.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Russ was a true sport in everything Loveless. He put up with drywall dust, lack of a bathroom and a furnace that broke just as temps were heading toward a week of sub-zeros. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Here's hoping we didn't scare him off and that he'll return with his lovely wife when we're no longer in glamping mode.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I may be building a modern lake house but waterfront activities are of the non-motorized variety, centered around hand-me-downs (canoe) and church bag sales (auger). Chris grew up ice fishing, and this year he's been eager beaver to get onto Loveless Lake. I'm more attracted to the <i>notion</i> of ice fishing than the actual sitting there and staring into the hole. But I probably just need to catch a fish. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Chris easily shucks his gloves to spear a minnow, but I dread the idea of sticking my hand into the icy<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>bucket and forcing a hook through a squirmy little fish. How lucky am I to have my own fishing guide on hand to do all of the hard work?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Hard to remember that the North Country had a really slow start to winter. Not that we were complaining about the warm, sunny days and lack of snow. Then a few weeks ago, one of those arctic blasts arrived. Suddenly, Helloooo winter!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">We celebrated with a tromp on Loveless Lake on snowshoes. As long as I've known Chris, he has complained about winter. Swears this will be his last. Those damn dark days, lack of light, lack of energy, you get the drift.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">But here he is again, bless that big ole Scandinavian heart of his. <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Winter is better with a <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Handsome <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Handyman around.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">While I was in Florida helping my brothers guide our dying mother out of this life, Loveless was under construction.<br /><br />The timing was all wrong to be sure. But when the builder appears, the client better be ready. Or be ready to wait. So off we went in June on the stair tower + loft project. The goal was to be finished by August.<br /><br />Well… this, too, has been on Loveless Time.<br /><br />As of last weekend, the stairs have been framed in, 90 percent of the drywall is done and primed, and most of the wood flooring has been installed. Home stretch, baby.<br /><br />Builder Brook Waalen is a gem. He understands my vision, has solved unexpected problems (hence the delayed timeline) and been patient with all my waffling and changes.<br /><br />Sure it’s a bit whacked to be working on Phase II when there’s still no shower or bathroom sink. And there’s a boatload of drywall still to do in the bedrooms. But I’m so overjoyed to have the ability to move from the upstairs to the downstairs -- without running outside and up a snow-covered hill -- that it’s easy to be patient. Plus, the project has opened up the weeHouse and let in even more natural light.<br /><br />“I really like the skyscraper,” said neighbor Scott, tapping into my continued mortification about how TALL this whole thing is.</span><br />
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JChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04277133101488258926noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5450140519440964111.post-28446728818905828242015-11-23T20:51:00.001-08:002015-12-01T17:47:11.128-08:00Gone to the Unseen<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><i>S</i>pring and
summer have come and gone at Loveless Lake, and I will forever think of this as my
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it wasn’t meant to be. Chipper gave us three bonus months and we squeezed in a few more naps in the weeHouse. And I’m grateful my parents were able to <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">see the <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">place </span></span>when it was nothing but a dream.</span><br />
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What marvelous route did you take from this world?</span></i></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A visit to Loveless <a href="http://lovelesslake.blogspot.com/2011/10/bringing-rents-2-loveless.html" target="_blank">October 2011</a> before the arrival of the <a href="http://www.lovelesslake.blogspot.com/2011/12/its-heeere.html" target="_blank">weeHouse.</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chipper made a great life even better.</td></tr>
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JChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04277133101488258926noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5450140519440964111.post-27272363156400223322015-05-27T21:37:00.002-07:002015-05-29T21:15:47.545-07:00Coming in for a landing<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Well, there’s
spring, and then there’s spring in the North Country. It does take a while in
these parts to warm up. Forget the white shoes at Easter. Often we’re still
tromping about in mukluks. Memorial Day? Generally we're wearing galoshes or hanging
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Once the snow
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sunny side of the lot, as we’re still trying to use up the awesome pieces
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Longtime blog readers will recall that we
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Saturn walkway/bridge (which you can read about <a href="http://lovelesslake.blogspot.com/2012/10/presenting-saturn-walkway.html" target="_blank">here</a>). The walkway remains one of the coolest parts of our project. </span></div>
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landing closer to Loveless Lake (because we like our first experiment so
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we’re enjoying Chipper’s remaining days and time in the sun.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">My
pal, Steve, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>needed a get-away to focus
on a writing project and Loveless was there for him. He now holds the record
for the longest uninterrupted stay there -- six nights -- and I’m ever so slightly
envious.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Of
course that also means six sunrises and plenty of room for surprises. While
there, Steve enjoyed a fluffy spring snowstorm from the windowed weeHouse and drank in the countryside by the light of a full moon. Best of all, Steve reports he got a lot
of work done.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Said Chris: "He's living your dream."</span></div>
JChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04277133101488258926noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5450140519440964111.post-43815999054793607372015-02-05T21:05:00.001-08:002015-02-08T18:38:27.380-08:00The First Family<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">My former next door neighbors and their
artistic 7-year-old daughter came for an overnight last weekend to partake in the annual
Balsam Lake WinterFest, and it couldn’t have been more fun.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">True to their word, they were able to manage the
drywall-dust-filled bedroom and the still-under-construction bathroom under the
guise of “adventure.” We enjoyed meals and games in the weeHouse and visited
like old times in front of a fire. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Chris made a stunning return to the snowshoe race with his
ever-popular “Beer Man” costume. Doug helped me figure out multiple equipment malfunctions and was a good sport
about finishing … ahem ... dead last. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Bringing up the rear gave us a chance to catch up with our
favorite politician, lakeshore activist and snowshoe race volunteer, Carl Holmgren
(whom I couldn’t vote for even if I COULD vote in Wisconsin because my address
is a just a smidgen outside his district).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">While Doug, the Beer Man and I were traipsing through the
woods, Katie and Liv were exploring city parks and enjoying the winter
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">For this awesome visit, and years of outstanding service and
support, they’ve earned the superlative title as the Loveless First Family.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Eat
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JChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04277133101488258926noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5450140519440964111.post-18287176502969141912015-01-09T08:39:00.002-08:002015-02-05T19:38:10.999-08:00Blast from the past<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">We're already making plans to ditch work and the Twin Cities for the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/balsamlakewinterfest" target="_blank">Balsam Lake WinterFest</a>, where Chris and his costumes are a <a href="http://www.lovelesslake.blogspot.com/2013/02/winter-fest.html" target="_blank">big hit</a>. It's usually colder than all get-out, but we find a way to partake in the revelry, which includes minnow races, a pond hockey tournament and ice drag racing on the lake.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Chris recently discovered this gem of a photo (courtesy <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Now-and-Then-Photography/210768245606952" target="_blank">Now and Then Photography</a>) from the first snowshoe "race" in 2013. Participation doubled in year two, even though they didn't have the booya pots going. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">So when my
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">While
Chris tackles the massive bathroom tiling job and the scores of new chores I
throw his way, we’ve brought in a couple of local craftsmen to tackle work on the
future porch. And my, oh my, it’s looking great.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">They
installed a corrugated metal roof and underdeck drainage system this summer, and completed
this lovely cedar-deck floor a few days before the Alaskan blast from
<a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/news/intense-storm-hitting-alaska-aleutian-islands-typhoon-nuri/" target="_blank">Typhoon Nuri</a> slung us into an early arctic winter.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">After
four years of tromping through sand, mud and snow to get to our sleeping
quarters, this project felt like a huge step toward adulthood and eventual functionality at Loveless.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">As
our friend Kay said when she saw the new floor: “It’s like you brought the upstairs space downstairs.” Yep,
she nailed it. Ah, potential, you pull at my heart and imagination.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Meantime,
just to keep things “interesting,” I introduced a shed project into the mix, using
the very practical reasoning that it’s high time we stopped tripping over tools
and other sundries as we work on drywall in the bedrooms and try to complete the bathroom.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">That little pre-fab shed project has turned into a much bigger deal. More on that
later. But so far, Chris and I are still on speaking terms.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Way before. Mosh pit in the making.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A reminder of how far we have come.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The underdeck ceiling/gutter project this summer.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Underdeck ceiling complete.</td></tr>
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JChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04277133101488258926noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5450140519440964111.post-69752024976910944032014-11-10T18:41:00.001-08:002014-11-19T22:07:08.178-08:00Just dandy on the Gandy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">It’s
hard not to feel dandy when you’re trotting down a state trail called the <a href="http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/parks/name/gandydancer/" target="_blank">Gandy Dancer</a> on a sunny fall morning. The trail runs 98 miles through Minnesota and
Wisconsin, and passes just a few miles west of Loveless.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Like
so many of the great trails in this part of the country, the Gandy Dancer is
built on a former railroad corridor. Its colorful name comes from the crews who
laid the railroad tracks using tools made by the Gandy Tool Co., headquartered
in Chicago. The term “gandy dancer” is said to be slang for the men who worked
the tracks, swinging their tools and moving their feet in harmony, no doubt as
a foreman looked on.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">If
you’re on the Gandy Dancer, it’s an even better bet if you’re in Luck. The town
of, that is. A few weeks back, Chris and I partook in the first annual <a href="http://www.cyclova.com/2014/03/the-gandy-dancer-trail-marathon.html" target="_blank">Gandy Dancer Marathon</a> in Luck, Wis., a benefit for the town's fire department and qualifier for the Boston Marathon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">We're no marathoners, mind you, unless you count the metaphorical one we're on as we bring some love 2 Loveless. No, we entered the 5K. I trotted and Chris sprinted, and he came home with a coffee mug trophy for finishing runner-up in his age group.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He finished No. 2, but he's my No. 1.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pre-race fuel stop gave Chris the winning edge. Go Gators.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Workmates with a nearby cabin ran the half marathon. Animals</td></tr>
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<br />JChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04277133101488258926noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5450140519440964111.post-73135564067990734102014-10-20T19:29:00.002-07:002014-10-22T18:49:54.146-07:00Looking to No. 5<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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</xml><![endif]--><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">In numerology, the four-year cycle is said to be about “vision,
management, priority, effort, determination and breakthrough.” Chris might say
that I’ve had a little trouble with that priority thing in my first four years of Loveless ownership. My version: Priorities
shift with the seasons.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">In the warm months, having a deck railing is a priority, seeing
how often we shriek at Chipper to warn him away from the edge of the deck and near-certain death. By
winter? Hmm, it’d be nice to have an inside stairwell to get from the toasty sleeping
quarters downstairs to the weeHouse kitchen and coffee maker above.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Of course,
we have neither. Still, we’ve got a lot of great things going on – the
bathroom project, the screened porch project, the shed project, the Saturn deck project.... yes, that priority thing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Year No. 5, according to the numerology sources consulted for the sole purpose of this blog, provides "opportunities
to <i>turn my life around</i> by setting off in a new direction." (Emphasis mine.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Their advice? A
complete change of attitude. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Uh, I’ll get right on that.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Meantime, here’s a trip down memory lane.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://lovelesslake.blogspot.com/2010/12/loveless-lake-love-story.html" target="_blank">October 2010</a></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The former <a href="http://lovelesslake.blogspot.com/2010/12/archaeological-dig.html" target="_blank">living room</a>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sofas and <a href="http://lovelesslake.blogspot.com/2013/12/lounge-time.html" target="_blank">friends</a>.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The 2010 kitchen was worse in person.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cluttered, but in a good way.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The old place, view from road.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://lovelesslake.blogspot.com/2012/10/presenting-saturn-walkway.html" target="_blank">Walkway</a> to new space makes us all happy.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">The stars
aligned and I finally lured my friend Laurel up to Loveless on a windy September day, where I put her to work helping me catalog the state of our
Loveless shoreline for a county research project.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Laurel is like a
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">She worked the
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">This time it was a “just-get-‘er-done” mentality that had us paddling the
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Now that we’ve
figured out how to walk around lake, we’ve figured out it pays to bring a trash bag
with you. Chris cashed in a stash of aluminum cans from a recent lap around Loveless, and added it to his <a href="http://mustangs.about.com/od/modelyearprofiles/a/1967-profile.htm" target="_blank">Mustang Fund.</a></span></div>
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<br />JChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04277133101488258926noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5450140519440964111.post-77565627200113871312014-10-03T19:55:00.002-07:002014-10-21T21:28:53.936-07:00Lucky in Love(less)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">If four-leaf
clovers are as rare as the textbooks say – 1 in every 10,000 clovers –
then Woah Nelly! Loveless is one big environmental genetic mutation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Chris seems to spy
four-leafers on the Loveless hillside the way I find sharks’ teeth at the
beach. He has brought me multiple bouquets of the lucky <i>Trifolium repens</i> this year,
the first we’ve seen them. Just last weekend, as we enjoyed a wildly warm fall
day among the yellowing maples, he bent over a patch of tall grass and muttered
proudly, “Yep, here’s another one.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Not sure what it
all means, other than this once-abused plot of land continues to churn up mysteries. Or could it be that Loveless is bringin' <i>us</i> the
love now?</span></div>
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