Sunrise

 Over the last couple months, Pat has become my faithful exercise partner.  We get up in the dark to be on the road by 6am, Pat on her bike and me running, in training for the next half-marathon in September.  The commitment is good for both of us in terms of motivation and the calm of the morning when everything is still and quiet, before I go to scrub toilets and she takes on the grandkids.  She has taken on a few roles in my life since we've moved here. Obviously the mother-in-law, but now the roles of friend and mother.  I left  such good friends behind in Washington and I feel the loss of that companionship in my life everyday, as well as the longing to hear my mom's voice.  My friends and my mother can never be duplicated, they are all exceptional people.  But Pat easily fills the space in my heart that aches for them and she makes it easier.

 I think most of you know she lives in Warroad during the school year and works in the library, so we only see her on the weekends.  Last week was her last full week at the Angle, so one morning we got up at the usual time but we didn't exercise.  Instead we sat on her porch with coffee and cameras in hand and watched the sunrise.  This is the first time I've stopped to look at it and we lived here almost a year!  Since there is not a single mountain around here, you can see the sun as comes right out of the lake.  It is magnificent.

 Pat and Rick's beautiful porch.  I'm sad that I went the whole summer and only took time to sit on it once.  But this is good, meaning that we are busy and the resort is doing well.........it also means we have young kids and pass out in bed as early as possible at night so we can get up with the baby through the night and up again EARLY in the morning. Early birds, these kids.

 The pictures can't do the sunrise any justice, but I think you get the idea.

 All of our cabins face the water and our guests can see this everyday.

 Hummingbirds that appear to be sharing a feeder, but really were fighting the whole time and trying to take each other out like little mini World War II bombers.  They really do sound like they have engines when they fly around.  In my opinion, this the is the biggest a bird should get.

 Weather providing, this is the view I can have everyday of my life.  Not too shabby.

A shot of the porch in the daylight.

Updated Bucket List:

1. Breastfeed a baby while icefishing.
2. Attend a Tupperware party in a bar on a Friday afternoon.
3. Watch the sunrise on the lake that I live on.