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Dog-gone Spell Reversal

During the divorce negotiations, the dog went to my ex. He’s since reconsidered and I was notified today I’ll be keeping the dog from now on. I had chosen to shut out how much I missed having Caesar in my life on a daily basis. I’m beyond excited to have him home full-time; he’s putting [...]

31Oct2011 | | 1 comment | Continued
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Walled Lake Northern Marching Knights

Can’t see the video? Click here. I meant to get this online a couple of weeks ago, but life got busy. This is the WLN Marching Band’s 2011 pre-show and show. The video was taken October 6th during the visit by Clifford Smart, Sarah Banks and James Geisler Middle School Bands. The football game was [...]

22Oct2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Visiting in the Rain

This was today’s visitor, they often hang out at the end of my lawn where there is some flooding or fish in the shallow water beside the dock. This is the first one I’ve seen actually ON the dock. Wish I had a lens that let me get closer. This was taken through my rain [...]

20Oct2011 | | 4 comments | Continued
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1st Peek at the WLN Marching Band 2011 Show

This video was taken during the performance after Band Camp on August 13, 2011. The rain held off and the band did an excellent job. I’m looking forward to seeing the show on the field in the next few weeks. They are playing movie scores which includes Star Wars, Harry Potter, Pirates of the Caribbean, [...]

14Aug2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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A Most Unusual Playmate

My favorite time to get out in the kayak is on a still early evening while the sun is 3/4 finished it’s daily journey across the sky. Tonight, I decided to explore the small waterways branching off the main lake for the first time this season. As I pointed the front of my kayak into [...]

16Jul2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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The Shivers

There are two things giving me the shivers lately. All this cold damp rain… and snakes. Finally got out on the deck for a minute to soak up the sun and found this guy doing the same thing…. My deck is on the second story… that is one BIG SNAKE. The other sunny day this [...]

19May2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Winter Swans

I found this image taken by my father during his visit at Christmas. I generally find the grey winter skies depressing, but the beauty of the winter wonderland swans swimming, guarantees my spirits a generous lift. I took a video last week too…

14Jan2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Cold Patterns

My father took this picture while visiting. Taken before the warm spell he saw these pattern out the window, picked up my camera and shot it.

7Jan2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Walled Lake Holiday Collage Concert on Video Part 5

These are the final videos from the Walled Lake Holiday Collage Concert. I wish I had been able to record the entire show but I didn’t. My Flip video camera only records an hour and ran out of space right before the Halleljah Chorus finale. The following video is Symphony Strings performing Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24. [...]

17Dec2010 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Walled Lake Holiday Collage Concert on Video Part 4

Walled Lake Consolidated Schools Performing Arts Departments of Northern, Western and Central High Schools come together for the Holiday Collage Concert on December 11th. Here the Women’s Vocal Ensemble sing S’Vivon and Silver Bells and the Wind Ensemble plays Sleigh Ride and Secret Agent Santa.

16Dec2010 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Walled Lake Holiday Collage Concert on Video Part 3

Walled Lake Consolidated Schools Holiday Collage Concert with Walled Lake Northern, Central and Western. In this third video Symphony Band and Choirs lead “A Holiday Sing-A-Long” with the audience. Video:

15Dec2010 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Walled Lake Holiday Collage Concert on Video Part 2

Walled Lake Consolidated Schools Holiday Collage Concert with Walled Lake Northern, Central and Western. In this video Symphony Band and Choirs lead “A Holiday Sing-A-Long.” Video:

14Dec2010 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Walled Lake Holiday Collage Concert on Videos Part 1

I had the extreme pleasure of attending the Walled Lake Consolidated Schools Holiday Collage Concert at Walled Lake Northern last Saturday night. We were lucky to get tickets for one of the three – not to be missed – sold out shows. While watching 1200 students perform, I sat in amazement of the organization and [...]

13Dec2010 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Walled Lake Holiday Collage Concert

Walled Lake Holiday Collage Concert, originally uploaded by cletch. Final song of the outstanding performance. 1200 students from Walled Lake Northern, Central and Western High School Orchestra, Band and Choirs sang and played 3 sold out shows over two days at WLN. Pat Williams 248-842-5527 CyberCletch LLC Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

11Dec2010 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Stephen Clark Got Me Watching the News Again

In Canada, I watched the news daily. If I wanted to know what was going on in the world, I’d turn on CBC and watch. It never occurred to me that news could be one-sided, or sensationalized, it always seemed to be told from a position of neutrality. I moved to Columbus, Ohio in 1999 [...]

28Nov2010 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Cold November Day on Wolverine Lake

Cold November Day on Wolverine Lake, originally uploaded by cletch. Water looks a little chilly but the lake view is still beautiful Pat Williams 248-842-5527 CyberCletch LLC Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

26Nov2010 | | 0 comments | Continued
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The Great Pumpkin Staging Ground

If Charlie Brown lived in Commerce I’m sure he’d be waiting for the Great Pumpkin here.

29Oct2010 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Walled Lake Northern Marching Band MSBOA Performance

WLNMB nailed their performance last night at the Michigan School Band and Orchestra Association Festival. They played and marched beautifully in synch, definitely worthy of their Division 1 rating. The festival was held at Waterford Kettering High School on 10/12/10. The band performs their 2010 show, “Songs you Might Hear with your iPod on Shuffle” [...]

13Oct2010 | | 2 comments | Continued
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Attitude Is All I Got!

I don’t enjoy gambling, not at the casinos and not in life. If I decide to do something, I ensure all the odds are in my favor through careful planning. When I signed up for the Commerce 5k run I thought it was a realistic goal for me. Up until 2007, I hadn’t run since [...]

23Sep2010 | | 4 comments | Continued
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Sneak Peek of the WLN 2010 Band Show

Here are the first videos of the new Walled Lake Northern Marching Band show for 2010. They were taken the first and last day of camp. It will be exciting to see the upcoming changes as they perform throughout the season in full uniform.

15Aug2010 | | 0 comments | Continued
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