Today is my last day here in this tiny piece of northern bliss.  As I was talking to my sister, watching the turquoise and navy lake bounce along in the sunshine the bald eagle made his second appearance of my stay.  He casually sailed south down the beach, out just beyond the ridge.  I got to watch him for a good long moment, so happy to see him once again before I leave.

Later in the morning I saw a huge ore carrier out on the lake.  Red and white, it was sailing closer to me than the ships generally do, so I had a great view of it, though it still was too far away for the camera to capture.  In fact, it’s in the photo above, do you see the small (tiny) white dot on the horizon?   I was watching it using the binoculars and wished you all could see it and the lake the same way when I thought…why not try?

Pretty cool ey?  Though not as clear as I could see just using the binoculars, putting the camera lens up next to the binocular lens did give me a pretty interesting image.  And now you can see the ship as well!

I went out this afternoon to take pictures of a few last barns.  Pretty afternoon, but being on the road made me all the more ready to get on the road for real, headed home.  Tomorrow morning I’ll be on my way home to my husband and my Katie-girl.  In many ways I can’t wait.  In other ways I don’t want to leave.  This hasn’t been the most successful retreat.  I didn’t figure out the meaning of my life.  I didn’t write an epic novel.  I didn’t paint that masterpiece.  I didn’t even lose any weight!

But I’m glad I came, and I’ve really thankful to the owner of this piece of heaven for sharing it, and her lovely cat, with me.