Vol XVII – #053 Meggen’s Monday
The alewives are thick in Leland’s river, and the seagulls are in seagull heaven. Rain or shine, everyone is ready to head out on the water to fish.
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Vol XVII – #052 A Great Morning to Go Fishing
The Morning began with scattered rain showers slowly becoming partly cloudy. A calm Big Blue was the perfect setting. It’s always a pleasure to witness the excitement that hanging the catch brings. Fishtown is a busy place today.
Vol XVII – #051 Blossoms and Blooms
A Tour around the upper lake on Eagle Highway just before the clouds rolled over, showcased the beauty of the roadside. The picture below is outside my backdoor. Spring in Leelanau County is awesome, and for that matter, so is summer, fall and Winter.
Vol XVII – #050 A Morning For the Gulls
A cool, clear and breezy morning.
Vol XVII – #049 A Visit Back in Time
(Report by Jim today) Mrs. Maro has been featured on this blog several times. But I don’t think these other gems were ever put up. Mrs. Maro was the wife of Walter T. Best, best known by his stage name “Maro the Magician”. She helped finance and run the Old Art Building. And, as you can see above from the… Read more »
Vol XVII – #048 A Visit to Bloksberg
A bright and sunny Monday! Imagining the season’s early strawberries. Also imagining plunging into the water, which is not quite warm enough yet. Fun to imagine, though!
Vol XVII – #023 – Diversions, Reflections, Cheese, Spörck and Snow
(Report by Jim) In celebration of Fishtown opening up for the season, I am going back in time to the incredible record snow of 2013-14. This is what it looked like IN MARCH. We predicted an average if not low year that season and boy, were we off. The winner of the contest won with the highest guess out of… Read more »
Vol XVII – #021 – When We Were a Couple of Kids
(Report by Jim) Coming in a little late today, I know. Keith is slowly recovering. We haven’t had an Erhardt Peters day in a while, so I thought I would show some that we rarely see. The first photo may or may not be of EP as a kid. I can’t say for sure if the title was auto-biographical or… Read more »
Vol XVII – #017 – A Spring Day
Jim Burnham
April 15, 2017
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Keith is feeling a little under the weather so I am filling in today with some throwbacks. Today’s photo was taken almost 14 years ago in May of 2003. The condition of the entrance to the harbor is strikingly similar to today. All of that was cleared out by the end of 2003. The second photo was taken in May… Read more »
Vol XVI – #328 – Meggen’s Monday
Meggen Watt Petersen
February 20, 2017
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The weekend brought smiles to our faces! It was tremendous to be outside, hiking and skipping stones. A free 2017 Leland Report Calendar is now shipping with all book orders! http://www.artistasylum.com/book/h7b12a9f3#h7b12a9f3