Author Archives: Keith Burnham

Vol XVIII – #3 – Easter Sun/Snow Day!

“April is the cruelest month…” T.S. Eliot, The Waste Land Twelve days past Vernal Equinox 2018 and the sun is rising a little more north of due east. The Northern Hemisphere was insolated just a little more than it was yesterday, although standing out on a frozen lake at sunrise today you would want to be a little more insulated. The sun… Read more »

Vol XVII – #359 – Free Car Wash

  After a bunch of sunshine days… rain.  We parked both our dirty cars outside the garage overnight taking advantage of a free carwash. Fog has taken over.      

Vol XVII – #358 – Meggen’s Monday… Where’s Meggen?

Meggen is taking a few well deserved Mondays off the Leland Report. Another beautiful Spring day with temperatures near 50 degrees.  Much needed rain is in the overnight forecast.    

Vol XVII – #356 – Hall’s Shanty

I finished the pen and ink of Hall’s Shanty on March 17th, 1973, 45 years ago, it was my 40th birthday. The photo above reflects what it looked like right after Falling Waters was built.  Jim’s posts have shown what it looked like a century ago. Below shows what it looked like this morning. Fishtown has changed many times in… Read more »

Vol XVII – #352 – First Day of Spring

  First Day of Spring… Pretty, but chilly. The Village Cheese Shanty will be open for business starting April 6th, rain, sun or snow! Hopefully the cone comes off tomorrow    

Vol XVII – #350 – Sunday Berging

.Spring is just 2 days away. It’s a beautiful day in our neighborhood. I messed up today.  Before noon I drove to Leland and took the picture above of the “Berging” crew sawing the ‘berg” and returned back to town at 1:10 to take the photo below thinking it was the same group that I saw cutting the ice. I have no idea who is… Read more »

Vol XVII – #349 – Early Morning Sunshine

  Spring is just 3 days away. It’s a beautiful day in our neighborhood. A video taken of the “berging” on Sunday has been viewed 30.6K times so far… Today is my 85th birthday.              

Vol XVII – #348 – Barns Along the Way to Suttons Bay

  Spring is just 4 days away. It’s a beautiful day in our neighborhood. A video taken of the “berging” on Sunday has been viewed 29.8K times so far… Tomorrow is my 85th birthday.