Happy Sunday! Here’s a weekend waterview from Lake Norman. . . It’s been a week of hot, steamy and stormy weather with two EF1 tornados touching down just north of us, as they made their way through neighboring counties. Fortunately there were no injuries or fatalities from the storms, but there were downed trees and power outages…
Happy Sunday! Here’s a weekend waterview from Lake Norman. It’s the Dog Days of Summer! We refer to the uncomfortably hot, sultry days of summer as the ‘Dog Days’ of Summer. The origin of that phrase has its roots in astronomy. The ‘Dog Days’ are the period following the heliacal rising of the star system…
Happy Saturday! Here’s a weekend waterview from Lake Norman. If you don’t know us, we’re Sophie and Lola and we volunteered to be guest bloggers today. 🐾🐾 We’re guest hosting for our mom, as she says she has a hard time getting back into a regular routine after a holiday. 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 It’s been…
Happy Sunday! Here’s a weekend waterview from Lake Norman. There is rain in our forecast today with thunderstorms moving through this afternoon, but otherwise, it’s shaping up to be a ‘nothing could be finer than to be in Carolina’ kind of week! Low humidity with sunshine . . . ideal weather to dig into some…
Happy Saturday! Here’s a weekend waterview from Lake Norman. Our 20-year old pontoon got a refresh, with new upholstery, vinyl flooring and an exterior wrap. Ta-da! Southern heat and humidity + a black boat cover = the perfect recipe for mildew, increasingly harder to remove, despite elbow grease and vinyl cleaner. The 20-year old vinyl…
Happy Sun-Day! Here’s a weekend waterview from Lake Norman. Those of you living in the southeastern US like us, may be asking yourself, “What is that strange, bright ball of light in the sky?” Why it’s the sun . . . . . I’d almost forgotten what it looked like! ;) After one of the…
Happy Sunday! Here’s a weekend waterview from Lake Norman. We’re off to a chilly start this morning for our neck of the woods, but looking forward to the sun returning and warming things up . . . a nice change of pace after a very wet January and storms moving through earlier this week! Between…
Happy Saturday! Here’s a weekend waterview from Lake Norman. We took advantage of a break in the heat to enjoy some morning boating on Wednesday. . . It was 65 degrees and sunny, with blue skies and blue water views! Lola likes to keep lookout and enjoy the sights. . . Including this beautiful home…
Happy Saturday! Here’s a weekend waterview from Lake Norman. I’m sharing some blue sky and blue water views for those of you who need it (including us)! These photos are from the middle of the week with a wet weekend in the forecast. The stars & stripes swooper flags come down after Labor Day, are…
Happy Saturday! Here’s a weekend waterview from Lake Norman. . . It’s the Dog Days of Summer! While we refer to the ‘dog days’ of summer as the hottest, most uncomfortable part of summer, the ‘dog days’ have their roots in astronomy. The dog days are the period following the heliacal rising of the star…