Copper Country Living

Otter River, Michigan My husband has been trying for years to get me to go fishing with him on the Otter River. I really have no interest in fishing, so I usually turn him down. However, every time I ask him to join me at an event that requires a shirt with buttons, he says I owe him a fishing trip. My number of trips owed is quite large, as this summer was my first time on the river. I have so little interest in fishing that I didn't even bring a fishing pole with me, but I did like the idea of tagging along and spending the afternoon outdoors with my husband. Hubby in the river We had a gorgeous day as far as the weather was concerned. It was about 70 degrees and sunny, one of very few such days each year. It was a decent trek into the woods before scooting down the steep and wooded embankment into the river. We weren't in the water more than 30 seconds and Hubby had already caught a fish, but it was too small to keep. Water was only knee deep most the way, but varied between

I realized today that my last post was in February. February! Six months ago. I've been missing from the blog for a handful of reasons, some personal and some technical. In the early spring, shortly after my last post, I had some personal things that kept me distracted and uninterested in blogging. Since I do this as a hobby and not a living, it fell too low on the priority list to get much attention at the time. Just as the distractions were cleared away, the technical problems cropped up. In May my computer died. Really died. Hard drive corrupted, lost all my photos and files. My amazing computer guy tried to fix it, but after a month and a half of no progress he admitted defeat. He spent some more time building me a custom machine for my needs and budget and I'm very happy with the result. I've even accepted the loss of all my pictures in stride. It was pictures of the kids' first christmases and birthdays and stuff like that- all gone as if my house had burned down