Category Archives: Lake Leelanau (the lake)

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 XVIII – #2 – Into the Past

Report today by Jim.  Erhardt Peters walked out onto a snowy Lake Leelanau around 100 years ago (roughly) and took a photo of Maronook, the stately summer residence of Walter Truman Best aka “Maro the Magician” and his wife Allie May Kaiser. Maro died in 1908 at age 39, so at the time this photo was taken, it was probably… Read more »

Vol XVII – #316 – Which Way is the Beach ?

The early morning greeted us with a very light and fine snowfall which continued on through  noon. Made it down to South Beach, didn’t know if I was going to make it back, but I did.                      .       .    

Vol XVII – #312 – Gone Fishin, There’s a Sign upon the Door

  The sun was shining and I drove over to East Leland to photograph the shanties on the north end of the lake. As I arrived, the sky clouded over and it began to snow. I returned to the west side and the sky turned blue again.            .       .    

Vol XVII – #311 – Fishtown Winter

I want to wish my son James Burnham a Happy 50th Birthday.  It has been so far, a real Winter this year, not the snowiest or coldest, just day after day Winter.  With the exception of 5 days that the temperature was above 35 and 40 that melted the first 2 months of snowfall, it has been cold and snowy.  We… Read more »