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We really would love to see Mighty Cruise Ships but it is on at the same time as CNNs Patagonia. 😥 We don't have a DVR. I guess we can flip channels during the ads. Today is going to be sunny and muggy. We will probably fish if the wind doesn't pick up. John is heading out right now. Yesterday flew by and I never did my manicure but I downloaded all photos remaining on my memory card and dated and labeled them. Today's recipe looks great. It has ingredients we always have in the house. Thanks @0106fir for the recipes. The cocktail would be great minus the mint. I have been to Skagway September 2016 on my first HA cruise. We rode horses but my photos are in my laptop. Thank you for the Daily Reports @richwmn. Prayers for all on the care list, especially for those battling COVID and the people of Ukraine. 🙏

Good Saturday morning! 56 degrees and warming up today. I will be cleaning the cabin and doing my manicure while watching horse racing from Saratoga today. I use the dip powder for my manicure but it is an hour plus to get the old polish off. The new goes on in 15 minutes. We had a pretty sunrise this morning. I found my missing Monarch larva on my Milkweed. So happy it is still going strong. My avatar photo is from Leixos near the "Eiffel Tower" bridge. That is all I have all others are on my laptop. I was there September 2018 on the Konigsdam. It was a beautiful day. Prayers for all on Roy's care list and cheers to those on a ship or celebrating. Rich thank you for pulling this together on a daily basis! Have a great Saturday. Sunrise today and my rolling tomato plants. I have their containers on carts to follow the sun and nestle against the warm logs at night. A busy Coneflower loaded with Orange Rumped Bumblebees.

It is Friday and maybe we can string a few days together at the cabin with no road trips.. DF John has no hobbies other than fishing and watching sports so he gets the itch to go more often than I. Today's special days ere covered yesterday. It was wing Thursday at our local restaurant and I picked up a lasagna when I went to the Italian store to get Portobello Ravioli. I look forward to trying it. 56 degrees and some breeze so a good day for shoveling gravel and cleaning up all my messy Nasturtium plants, they need some serious trimming. Thanks for the Daily Reports Rich and thanks for the prayer list Roy. The cocktail looks good minus the bitters, a big pass on the salmon soup. Meiomi PN represents one of the values on HA wine package. It was on the mid priced list and with Mariner discount is the only one I know doesn't cause migraines and is quite tasty. Prayers for all on our prayer list and continued for the people of Ukraine. 🙏 Our wing and turkey club dinner last evening.

I am very late as we went to town AGAIN. No problems just iffy weather so a road trip to Lake Superior. I am glad I checked in and saw the pictures of Shadow. Jacqui it looks like he belongs there, what a handsome dog! Have a great day everyone!

Happy hump day. Rainy here we had a night of rain last night. A thunderstorm would roll through then another more lightning than wind or heavy rain. I am sure the garden is loving it. We had a nice trip into town to a real grocery with great produce in Escanaba. I was able to get on Navigator but the tour I wanted was full so I contacted PCA Francis to get me on the waiting list. Therefore I booked two excursions for Ushuaia and Buenos Aires so I don't meet the same problem. A day of gardening and gravel moving today. Have a great day and thanks for the Daily Reports. I think the cocktail would be really strange with Laphroaig but they are smoking so many cocktails these days it could do it with the Laphroaig. Thanks for the conchas recipes. I would see them at breakfast buffets in Mexico now I am sad I didn't try them. Prayers for all on our Care list and continued prayers for Ukraine. 🙏

We are heading to town today. I am going to try to get on HAL Navigator today on my phone. It will require password reset because it has been so long. I think I can book excursions for our 2023 cruise. I have been watching CNNs Patagonia on Sunday evenings and I decided to go to Torres del Paine if it is still open. The price is is breathtaking but I am sure the views will be also. @kazuI am so happy Shadow has landed in Canada. Sandy I hope your DD surgery goes well. Your DG is lovely. Prayers for all needing them. 🙏 Thank you for the Daily Reports!

Good morning ! An early start for me as the wifi is going to town without me. DF has to get lottery tickets. I am taking a pass it is 56 degrees here and will remain cool so that pile of gravel is my project today. Thank you for the Daily Reports! @0106 thank you for the recipes the last one with beef looks tasty. The chardonnay is a new one for me and if I see it I will give it a try. Prayers for the 2 US families who lost sons fighting for Ukraine and all people in Ukraine and the refugees and those who support them. Prayers for all on our group who need them. 🙏 Sadly I have a bird that can tolerate Monarch larva. Two have disappeared on this same stand of milkweed.

Thank you for the Daily. Today's wine and cocktail both look great. The dish I will pass undercooked eggs not for me. Prayers for those on Roy's care report. It is going to blow today and will be cooler. I plan on dividing Japanese Iris and moving gravel. My pile of gravel and the multitude of chipmunks I feed and a pretty bluegill by a sunken tree in the middle of a cove.

Happy Saturday! We are heading out fishing. A storm is on the way and some clouds moving in making for better fishing. Low wind a help too. Ribs and potato salad for dinner tonight. Happy to say our wine is holding out. We bring it from downstate as prices so much better from Costco. Nearest here is 3 hours drive to and from Green Bay. I bought a propane freezer 2 years ago and I am happy I stuffed the freezers at home with sale meat. The stuff here is so pricey which isn't bad if it looks good but it doesn't. Thank you for the Daily Reports! I always look forward to all the comestibles and the port photos. Prayers for those in Ukraine, I hope the grain cooperation will work so grain for needy countries can get out. Prayers for those needing them. Last year I ordered 3 Daylilies from Oakes in TN. First bought additions since before we moved into the cabin in 2007. All others I moved bare root from Maryland or from unsold from our Baltimore County Master Gardener plant sale. Most all the plants I have here were travelers from Maryland or abundant volunteers. I pay it back as many ride downstate for my garden club plant sale. Have a wonderful weekend!

Happy Friday! We are having a quiet weekend with no neighbors nearby for the first time in weeks. It is going to be hot and muggy the next 2 days so the cabin is already closed up. It was 65 degrees inside from being wide open all night. That head start should keep us cool all day. Nothing planned other than gardening and fishing. Oh and spreading the river rock gravel that sits on our driveway to shore up what we have to keep splashing up on the logs. @kazuthank you for the garden photos. My daylilies are just beginning to bloom. Have a great weekend! Thank you for the Daily Reports! Prayers for all those needing them. 🙏

Good morning. We chose the right day to head to town. Yesterday was cloudy and off and on rain but we dodged it at every stop. It is going to be windy so it will be a day of gardening. It will be good to get caught up. Thanks for the Daily Reports. Prayers for those in Ukraine and those on Roy's care list. We enjoyed our junk food yesterday so we are eating healthier today. We went to a restaurant that had fish fry daily in a touristy town Eagle River.

We are heading to town on bumpy roads. Have a wonderful day and thank you for the Daily Reports and the care lists. We had a beautiful sunrise ahead of a deluge.

Good morning. We had a big thunderstorm last night mainly rain and sound effects. As usual running the sprinklers brings in unexpected rain. All plants very happy. It is a gray day and we will go fishing. The lake is so clear that we need some help to not be so visible. My sister is still up at her place nearby but is heading downstate tomorrow. It seems I see her for more quality time here at the lake because we usually all have dinner together. Have a wonderful day and thanks for the Daily Reports. Raspberry cake sounds yummy and the huge patch along our lawn may yield some for making one. Prayers for those on our group and families in need.

Good Monday morning! We are going to get some more heat but nothing that others are suffering from. I am thinking of those in Great Britain as only a small percentage have AC. @grapau27I hope you do or have a shady corner in your beautiful garden to sit. We turned on the pump from the lake to run sprinklers for my garden as no rain was in the forecast. We pumped water for 2 hours while I worked a hose off the lake water pump giving water lovers an extra drink. As usual we had a pop up shower in the afternoon with about .1 of an inch. Even the lawn gets a drink. A big thunderstorm predicted for tonight. Fishing was ok yesterday many Bluegill from decent to tiny. At least they are beginning to bite. Prayers for all those on the care list and the people of Ukraine. Very little news from there because of all the carnage in our country. I hope it doesn't turn into a quagmire. Thank you for the Daily Reports! John lives guac I don't. I love a good Riesling on a hot summer day but today's looks pricey and probably hard to find.

Good morning everyone. We are in for some hot days so our run of perfect weather is taking a hiatus. Badly needed rain not coming. I love ice cream with happy memories of going to our family dairy when it was ice cream day. We would get a coffee mug and my uncle would let the soft ice cream from the machine into it. So much better before going into the hard freezer. We love crispy chicken aand and common up here in the UP is broasted chicken which is super crispy and juicy. @Crazy For CatsHappy anniversary!🍾 @kazubeautiful garden photos! Thank you for the Daily Reports! Have a great day and prayers for all on Roy's care list. 🙏

Happy Saturday! Thank you for the Daily Reports. A quick check io in this morning as wifi wasn't working in the truck this morning at my usual time. A day of smoking brisket, watching The Open and the Irish Oaks. Glad our TV is better than the wifi. Prayers for all on the list and those that need them. We caught a lot of walleye yesterday so we had my sister over for a fish fry.

Happy Friday! We are having a small group of neighbors over for brisket tomorrow so I will clean pollen off the screen porch. It is neverending. I got a lot done yesterday digging up volunteer plants and trees that are being overwhelmed by their neighbors. I pot them, bring them back down state and overwinter for my garden club plant sale. Prayers for all needing them. 🙏 Thank you for the Daily Reports! @summer slopethanks for the second Bahama Mama recipe. No banana.

Good morning. @StLouisCruisers deepest sympathy to you and your family in the loss of Buddy. @dfishsmooth travels and I hope you have a great cruise! 48 degrees here right now. If it weren't for the bugs it would be a perfect summer. Cool nights and warm days. Some heat headed our way for the weekend. Thank you for the Daily Reports! Prayers for those on our Care list and the people of Ukraine. 🙏 Shark awareness today is appropriate. Morning news full of shark attack stories.

Thanks for the Daily Reports! It is always great to see where BHBs are each day and the food, drinks and port photos. I look forward to being able to read everyone's daily activities when I am back home and have internet at my desk not in the truck. Today is housekeeping and laundry. It is a gorgeous day with 56 degrees now and up to around 72 for today. Have a wonderful day. Prayers for those on the care list and for the people of Ukraine. 🙏

Thank you for the Daily Reports. The cocktail looks like a great one on HMC. The wine looks good too, pasta dish pretty but not what I would pick. Cows were an important part of my family history from family dairy in Bismarck ND in the 20s to family farm with dairy during my early life. A gray day here so we are heading to town. Our Walleye fry last night was great. We got our hot water heater installed yesterday so that was wonderful. Sick of using hot hose water for bathing. Prayers for all needing them. 🙏

We had a perfect morning for fishing, cloudy and light chop. John got 2 walleye so fish fry for dinner tonight. Thank you for the daily reports! @kazuthanks for the info on the Baladi dogs. Prayers for those needing them and those on the care report. Prayers for the people of Ukraine. 🙏🇺🇦 About 4 years ago I spread milkweed seeds around the yard and it took 2 years for them to germinate. Now I have three small stands of them and I was thrilled to see a Monarch has found them. The caterpillar is about an inch long. Have a great day!

A hazy day here in upper Michigan. A day of gardening ahead which is a relaxing day for me. Both cocktails today are favorites of mine but the sugar content makes them a rare treat. @kazuif you can get the rescue dog settled before your cruise it may be a good change of pace and bring you back to the happier Marley days. My husband passed away in April 2015 and as I spent that summer at the cabin by myself I decided my happiness would come from being in Michigan full time. When I drove back to Maryland I broke down in tears at the state line returning to a state that wasn't my own. I made the decision to go home to Michigan in August and put my plan in place to prepare the home for sale and list it March 1. If sold in 5 days. The work of cleaning it out became my mission plus cleaning and staining exterior places that needed it. In less than one year from my husband's passing I was back home in the embrace of my three siblings nearby. Instead of a 2 day road trip to the cabin it is now one. The one year guide all depends on careful reflection. Prayers for those on our Care list and for the people of Ukraine. Thank you for the daily reports.

I am happy you had a great cruise and your luggage made it. I follow HA Mariners on FB. Someone was asking for a place to buy reasonably priced clothing in Oslo. They had no luggage for an 18 day voyage.

Thank you for the Daily Reports. The pizzas and cocktail look tasty. We have had the Geisen SB a few times and I agree with Wine Enthusiast it had some vegetal notes. Better for us is the HA mainstay Nobilo or Kirkland NZ SB. Fireworks show and dinner was great. So much food and great company. It was great to spend time with neighbors from across the lake. Fishing is on the docket for today after defrosting the propane refrigerator. Prayers for all on Roy's care list and special prayers for the people of Ukraine. 🙏 Lake views from our neighbors deck. They have a grand view and an arrangement I made for a hostess gift. Have a great weekend!

Following. We booked Grand South America 2023 onboard NS in February. We got the last portside Vista Suite so I think that would be a pretty full cruise already. We need to get away from winter will be really sad if cancelled.