Here’s some live-tweeting about life up north on Torch Lake, Michigan, as the summer comes to an end. My parents purchased a rather rustic and ugly cabin on a gorgeous piece of property in my sophomore year of high school. My siblings and I spent spring break that year bathing the turquoise and yellow walls in Benjamin Moore. The long drive north from Grand Rapids disrupted our routines and social lives, so I suppose we must forgive ourselves for failing to see just what the place would come to mean.
There's 3000 square feet of Saran Wrap in the pantry. #lifeupnorth
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) August 25, 2013
Pass the dumbbell back and forth on the morning walk. #lifeupnorth
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) August 26, 2013
A pinch of cocoa for the sour cream coffee cake filling. #lifeupnorth
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) August 27, 2013
Parental wisdom: Ask for a squirt of fudge in your flurry at Dairy Queen. #lifeupnorth
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) August 28, 2013
Mom: "Kelly Ripa terrorizes you, huh?" #lifeupnorth
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) August 28, 2013
Talk Dad off the ledge over the price of a farm stand pie. #lifeupnorth
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) August 29, 2013
Walk the docks in the marina at dusk. Collect boat names, eavesdrop, and imagine another life. #lifeupnorth
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) August 30, 2013
Nothing says "Welcome!" like… #guestcloset #lifeupnorth pic.twitter.com/nwldSaWf5J
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) August 30, 2013
Cherries cherries tart & sweet, how many ways can we eat, cherries!–mustard, pie & butter, "I think I'm over it," says my… #lifeupnorth
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) August 31, 2013
Make up your own Zumba routine in the clearing beneath the morning sun. #lifeupnorth pic.twitter.com/lI2ebF2ZsH
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) September 1, 2013
An afternoon deluge over the holiday weekend. Retreat to the old kitchen table, find the card deck, soon shrieks of defeat. #lifeupnorth
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) September 1, 2013
Dad is just a headlamp's beam darting around the dock. Goodnight, summer. #lifeupnorth
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) September 3, 2013
House envy. #lifeupnorth #torchlake pic.twitter.com/aQaeLTnmgO
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) September 3, 2013
Mom's eyes fixed on the bay window feeder as she drinks her coffee, dreading the hummingbirds' imminent departure. #lifeupnorth
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) September 4, 2013
The search party never ends. #lifeupnorth #withseniors
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) September 5, 2013
Start with the handlebars, or die on that dock. #lifeupnorth #watercraftcovers
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) September 5, 2013
Stir your coffee with a ribbon of fettuccine at the local cafe. #lifeupnorth
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) September 6, 2013
At the thrift store books are $1 per foot. #lifeupnorth pic.twitter.com/62E5zhUhDK
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) September 7, 2013
Twenty years on, Dad still calls my swimming cap a "hat." #lifeupnorth
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) September 8, 2013
She slips these on and heads out to admire and bemoan the garden. #lifeupnorth #mom pic.twitter.com/kB8jkcH4e0
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) September 8, 2013
At the Ellsworth Hist. Soc., yearbooks go back to the 50s. Inside, a curious class tradition… #lifeupnorth pic.twitter.com/hh5r5t6ZTq
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) September 8, 2013
Campfire stories: elem school striptease, flaming flat tire, adolescent pyromania mishaps, 2nd grade basketball controversy #lifeupnorth
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) September 9, 2013
The lambent waters, the towering trees. The sand & stones. Beautiful to all but a soul siren to some. Interesting to see who. #lifeupnorth
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) September 11, 2013
One more for the road. @4torch #lifeupnorth pic.twitter.com/0yAh9hvuRv
— Lynne Blaszak (@girlgloaming) September 12, 2013