served up perfection

When you live on three heavily wooded acres on a lake there is lot of annual upkeep that doesn’t even include the house itself. While our house is still brand new, and doesn’t need any fixing, the woods, gardens, and dock needed a ton of attention after our year away in nearby rental apartment. We had a punch-list with about 20 items on it this spring, and we are now down to the last and biggest item: Dock Repair. For those of you who follow me on Instagram, you will know that we have a 100 yard boardwalk through cattails between our house and the lake. The boardwalk is ridiculously poetic, and the wabi-sabinesss of it is part of its charm. But winter lake ice takes it’s toll every winter. We started repairs today, and will be at it all week. One of the perks of being waist deep in the lake for hours on end will be the new STILL subjects I am bound to come across.

American White Water-lily (Nymphaea odorata)