Author Archives: Keith Burnham

Vol XVI – #264 – Winter Wonderland Continued

  Ten degrees warmer than Chicago with occasional lake effect snow.  First day of Winter is three days away.   The 2017 Leland Report Calendar is now shipping! New low price!  Look for the Book and Calendar Bundle here:  http://www.artistasylum.com/specialty-items/e5b7837c1  

Vol XVI – #263 – Winter Wonderland

Some day, they say, it will stop snowing.  Ahhh…  It’s a Winter Wonderland!   The 2017 Leland Report Calendar is now shipping! New low price!  Look for the Book and Calendar Bundle here:  http://www.artistasylum.com/specialty-items/e5b7837c1  

Vol XVI – #262 – Winter Weather Warning

A system snow moved in from across Big Blue and so far 3 inches have fallen with a total 6 predicted. The wind has died down a bit.   The story below first appeared on the Leland Report on December 16th, 2004, 12 years ago and has been featured each year since.  I was on the bridge taking a picture… Read more »

Vol XVI – #261 – Looks Cold and Windy… It Is

The wind sounded like a freight train roaring through.  The picture above tells the story.  A system snow is promised for early tomorrow through Saturday. The 2017 Leland Report Calendar is now shipping! New low price!  Look for the Book and Calendar Bundle here:  http://www.artistasylum.com/specialty-items/e5b7837c1  

Vol XVI – #260 – The Wind Again !

Tried getting to the shoreline but the wind just  wouldn’t let me.  The picture of Biscuit below taken moments before two whitetails crossed our path and disappeared into the meadow.   The 2017 Leland Report Calendar is now shipping! New low price!  Look for the Book and Calendar Bundle here:  http://www.artistasylum.com/specialty-items/e5b7837c1  

Vol XVI – #259 – The Wind

It’s the wind blowing from out of the west over Big Blue that is creating our current weather.  Almost all of our current snowfall is lake effect. The cold is a result of a polar vortex. Last year on this date we had 10 inches total.  2014-53 in,  2013-28 in, 2012-10 in, 2011-half inch, 2010-21 in, 2009-29 in, 2008-55 in, 2007-33… Read more »

Vol XVI – #257 – It’s Been Snowing For 3 Days… Still Snowing

The wind finally died down and the shoreline was a nice place to be.  So calm that someone was sitting legs crossed at waters edge, meditating.   The 2017 Leland Report Calendar is now shipping! New low price!  Look for the Book and Calendar Bundle here:  http://www.artistasylum.com/specialty-items/e5b7837c1  

Vol XVI – #255 – Getting to Look a Lot Like Winter

  Difficult to estimate total snowfall as one minute it’s a whiteout, next sunshine.  That’s the nature of lake effect snow.  The wind pretty much rules as to how much snow falls. The 2017 Leland Report Calendar is now shipping! New low price!  Look for the Book and Calendar Bundle here:  http://www.artistasylum.com/specialty-items/e5b7837c1