(Report by Jim Burnham) Harkening back to the Winters of yesteryear (close to 100 years ago now), our intrepid fishermen work their tug through the iced up waters outside the old entry into the river (below). They fished until it was impossible to get the boats out into Lake Michigan and sometimes the boats would get stuck in the ice…. Read more »
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It’s February and Winter is going to be around for another month and a half. We already have had over 100 inches fall and could easily have a 100 more. What we thankful for is that the Leelanau County Road Commission does a fantastic job of keeping our roads clean. Not only the main roads, but all the roads. Hats… Read more »
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Latest forecast: 5 to 10 inches. . .
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I looked West, I looked South, then North… no sign of Spring. . .
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The snow was snowin and the wind was blowin. It wasn’t a very nice day. .
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A system snow moved across Big Blue and made everything white again. .
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The County Road Commission was busy working today on north Lake street. There are a lot of really old scraggly giant trees that probably should come down. .
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On a quiet Monday morning, plenty of activity in this part of the county: tree removal in Leland and a yurt under construction in Lake Leelanau. I’ve been fascinated by yurts ever since visiting Mongolia a decade ago – they go up relatively quickly and are sturdy and surprisingly spacious. Weather-wise, we have the return of “real winter” temps… Read more »
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Saturday, January 28th, 1961, a beautiful sunshine day, We were married in St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Riverside, IL. On our honeymoon we flew to Zurich, Switzerland and on to Davos for a weeks skiing, then Lech, Austria for another. Took the Orient Express to Vienna, which was still bombed out from WW2. We flew to Paris, France for our last week…. Read more »
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The kind of a day that started out dark and gray… but didn’t stay that way. Mid-afternoon the sky began to blue. Forecast for tomorrow calls colder temperatures and possible snow. .
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