It's a Way of Life!

Do you think you could live on an Island? Do you have what it takes to be a member of a rural community accessible only by ferry, plane or boat?

Here's a bit of a test to find out if you have the right stuff . . .

Do you flash your Rolex, brag about your car, name drop about who you know, or what blue blood schools your kids attend?

Getting noticed . . . do you dream of a huge house and a garage full of cars designed to impress others? Think you are special, put on earth to be awed, sought after for advice and your presence?

Do you have an ego needing stroking? Have an attitude needing attention? Are you a gold digger? Do you want to live in a gated wealthy snobby community and is your life about money - only money?

Think you were always destined for greatness? You don't strive to keep up with the Jones - that you are the Jones.

Translation - you are NOT built for living on Drummond Island and being part of it's rural, Up North, close-knit community.

Impressing others and having the latest material items is not what living on Drummond is all about. It's about helping others, serving your community, not calling attention to yourself.

Drummond Island, simple, real, honest living.

Outdoor campfires, picnics, paddling a kayak. Snowshoeing the ledges or cross country skiing through a silent glade. 

Folks on Drummond get excited hiking a shoreline trail and seeing three deer drinking from the lake. Enjoying a sunrise on Potagannissing Bay with a mug of hot coffee. A family of loons paddling by. Island people attend and get excited to help out at a church bean supper for a family that was burned out or struggling with cancer.

It is not about who you know . . .  it's not about being exclusive. It's about others. People come for a day, stay a life time. You don't need a lot of money . . . that's not what impresses people in "Vacationland". On Drummond they help others, check on the elderly, coach youth sports. Teach Sunday school.

IT'S A WAY OF LIFE! 

What is Life?

It is the flash of a firefly in the night. 

It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. 

It is the little shadow which runs across the grass 

and loses itself in the sunset.” 

~ Crowfoot (c. 1821–1830 – 25 April 1890; Chief of the Siksika First Nation)

Photo credits: Fireflies @ Night: Masahiro Miyasaka; Buffalo in Winter: Anonymous; Shadows on Grass: Candis Collick; Drummond Island Sunset: Paul Strom; Crowfoot: Library and Archives of Canada

 

Drummond Island Sunsets . . .

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Then just sit back and enjoy!






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This slide show was made possible by all the wonderful
Drummond Island Michigan Facebook *Fans*
who generously shared their favorite DI sunset photos.
Special thanks go to the following (in no special order):
Chris Taylor, Aaron Belanger, Karen Elve, Dm Brys, Jack Egan, Heidi Heskett, Brad Rau, Missy Anderson, Gary Krywko, Scott Laaskso, Cj Roggow, Jacquelyn Guisbert, Summer Bartholomew Rose, Bill Bridges, Ross M. Kaplan, Aaron M. Jones, Derek Torno, DIsnowshoes, Danielle Guntzviller, Shannon Rose, Sarah Schackow, Betsy Boris, Jeannie Myers and your's truly, Candis Collick

Sunset Song . . .

A fitting tribute to the new Drummond Island Sunset photo album - enjoy!

Richard Thompson was named by Rolling Stone Magazine as one of the Top 20 Guitarists of all-time and the recent recipient of both an Ivor Novello Award for Songwriting and the 2006 BBC Lifetime Achievement Award, the iconic British folk rock legend is one of the world's most critically acclaimed and prolific songwriters.

The Drummond Island Sunset photo album can be found at this link:

http://www.facebook.com/#!/album.php?aid=171758&id=76566392370

Always the end of a perfect day . . .

May I never miss a sunset

or a rainbow because I am looking down.

- Sara June Parker

I am putting together a Photo Album of Drummond Island sunsets on the DI Facebook page. If you, or someone you know, has taken a DI sunset photo please share it with me so it can be included. I will be posting the best of the best on the Blog next week.

Thanks to all who have contributed so far!

Drummond Island Sunsets . . .

The setting sun blesses

my heart with peace . . .

~ Sri Chinmoy

*Note: Sunset courtesy of Mother Nature. Vantage point courtesy of Drummond Island Yacht Haven 
1st photo taken Monday, March 29, 2010
2nd photo taken Tuesday, March 30, 2010
What a difference a day makes!