One of my favorite piece’s of artwork hanging on my wall is an Ellie Golden Fishtown watercolor. Last night, the Old Art Building was host to a amazing exhibit of Ellie’s work in many mediums. The exhibit continues today and tomorrow. It’s no secret that Leland is an artist’s haven and we are very fortunate to have so many talented artists as our… Read more »
Maro Nook is up for sale. July 1960, I spent my first night in Leland here at Maro Nook as a newly engaged house guest. My wife’s father Remi Gits bought this beautiful home in the late thirties from Harry Harrison, who had bought it from Mrs. Maro (Allie). Harry Harrison owned Redpath Orchards and was the founder of… Read more »
A beautiful day for a sidewalk sale. Actually, a beautiful day for anything you want to do.
Big Blue with a big blue sky was a destination early this morning for a lot of visitors. Biscuit and I drove to Glen Arbor this afternoon and saw a few units removing the fallen trees along the road, but for the most part it was clean between the Old School House and the bridge just before Glen Arbor. … Read more »
The Sky turned into a beautiful blue with puffy white clouds and the safari top came off. A Leelanau Day indeed!
A beautiful Sunday morning in Leland, especially if you caught the Big One on The Cutter Too. The rest of the catch was pretty special also. It’s been a great season for the sports fisherman this year.
A yearly tradition for over 50 years, the Barbecruise is a chance for everyone to get see old friends and meet new ones. Biscuit breaks a record for the total number of people in a Biscuit Report.
Biscuit and I decided to check out the Little Red Schoolhouse and found it to be in excellent condition, especially with it’s new coat of paint. Just beyond, around the bend the destruction began. Trees were flattened on both sides of the road. The power was still out in the Glen Lake Area at noon, 9&10 News reported 9,000… Read more »
All the Charter boats were out on Big Blue early this morning leaving the home port empty. Leland was lucky in the aftermath of Sunday’s storm, Glen Arbor not so. The access to the dunes and Stocking Drive are all closed to traffic as well as Glen Haven, Glen Arbor along with the surrounding area. Thousands are still without… Read more »
This week is the last week of Sailing School at the Leland Yacht Club, our grandkids, Meredith and Daniel Burnham along with Biscuit and the rest of the crew sat for a group picture. Our power outage lasted approx. 46 hours, not bad considering that the prediction was for Thursday at 4:00 pm which would have meant about 90… Read more »