Leelanau Books has just stocked a new book that the families who were witness to the August 2nd storm that hit the county should have. The 108 pages cover First Sightings, Leelanau County, Traverse City & Old Mission Peninsula and Points East. The photography was contributed by Northwest Michigan residents and visitors. Oh, and by the way, in the upper right corner on… Read more »
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Jacket weather this beautiful Fall morning with a crisp blue sky and dynamic clouds. At this stage of my life, Fishtown has become my destination every day and the pictures I take have become repetitive. What you really get are the visual weather changes. My ability to walk to the beach has become somewhat difficult as Post Polio Syndrome has taken it’s… Read more »
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The morning began on the cool side with a north wind and a lively surf. I watched as the lonely surfer waited for a big one to ride to shore and as I started to leave, found one. By early afternoon, as forecasted, the sky began to clear.
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Every once in awhile there comes a day when you just don’t know what to take a picture of, so you just take a picture of something. Here is Biscuit assuming the pose that made him famous on Leif’s Biscuit tile.
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A special moment as the sun rises over Fishtown. The sailboat could have had a little more wind to sail home with, but what a beautiful morning it was. Wow!… and if you had planned a wedding on Van’s Beach in late September, how lucky can you get. Congratulations to the bride and groom.
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I wonder how many people remember that when Ozzie Cordes owned the Mercantile, there was a hardware department in the basement. At least I think it was in the basement, it’s been a few years ago. Looking for something of interest I took a picture of the “Merc” because it looked so nice in the morning sun.
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Biscuit and I stopped by Leith’s shop to check on “Biscuit Tiles” and found they had been “sold out”. Leith has returned home from a 3 week stay in Norway and is making new ones to fill the demand. Below, another compact car parked behind Falling Waters.
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Biscuit and I walked Van’s Beach and then North Beach and couldn’t find anything to find fault with, it was indeed a “Picture Postcard Day”
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It’s a perfect day to do anything you want to do under a clear blue.
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Lifelong Leland summer resident Amy Coleman has been named senior supervising producer for a new prime time program airing this fall on NBC. Amy, daughter of Scott Craig of Leland, will be the producer for Best Ever With Neil Patrick Harris, a live variety show with game show elements and Candid Camera-type pranks. It will premier Tuesday, Sept 15,… Read more »
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