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Vol XVI # 034 – Meggen’s Monday

Meggen Watt Petersen May 2, 2016 4 Comments

One of my favorite indicators of spring is the forsythia that blooms, and heading north into Leland is an amazing row, just popping now. It’s a clear, cool spring day up north!

Vol XV # 357 – Nothing to Wine About

Keith Burnham March 19, 2016 2 Comments

A clear and cold get-up. Beautiful blue in the sky makes up for it. A trip down French Road brought back memories of early Leland Reports. What kind of a day was it?… A Leelanau kind of day of course !

Vol XV # 346 – A Nice Tuesday

Keith Burnham March 8, 2016 No Comments

Today’s pictures are revisits to familiar places with nice cloud formations. What is special about today is the temperature which is 66 degrees. The snow which has dominated our landscape is disappearing rapidly. The downside: One of the better iceboating seasons coming to an end, berging probably not an event as well as any activity associated with snow and ice. One year… Read more »

Vol XV # 345 – Meggen’s Monday

Meggen Watt Petersen March 7, 2016 2 Comments

Today’s photographs are from a couple of hikes taken over the weekend in our nearby national lakeshore. The melting snow made patterns all over the dunes. It was still chilly enough that it probably wasn’t melting very fast while we were out there.

Vol XV #332 – A Nice Day In Spite of it Getting Cloudy

Keith Burnham February 23, 2016 2 Comments

A nice quiet morning with a lot of blue in the sky and hardly a ripple on Big Blue. A lot of conversation and speculation about a weather system sweeping from the Southwest with heavy wet snow tomorrow night. They think it will hit the southeastern upper half of the lower peninsula, another model suggests that it will hit the… Read more »

Vol XV #319 – The Wind… It’s the Wind

Keith Burnham February 10, 2016 1 Comment

Again… the wind! Last nights local TV weather forecasted 6 to 10 inches of snow, we received 1 inch. The lake effect machine is in full throttle, but we happen the fall between the bands. 10 inches has been reported in various locations and I’m sure Suttons Bay is one of them. The main picture taken this morning at Van’s… Read more »

Vol XV #318 – Lake Effect is On it’s Way

Keith Burnham February 9, 2016 6 Comments

Again… the wind is dictating our “El Nino” winter weather. And these ice boats are ready to take advantage of it before the snow falls. We are under another “Winter Weather Warning” until Thursday at 10am. I heard this morning that the ice on North Lake Leelanau is about 3 inches thick, which isn’t the best but, I’ve seen ice boats… Read more »

Vol XV #286 – Another gray January Day

Keith Burnham January 8, 2016 1 Comment

Another calm and cloudy beginning. The temperature rose to around 43 degrees this afternoon with some drizzle, not the kind of winter day you want. Sunday is forecasted to be cold and snowy. Last year on this date we had 61.2 inches in Maple City and two years ago 121 inches in Suttons bay. But then again, three years ago… Read more »

Vol XV #274 – Cable’s Back… But For How Long?

Keith Burnham December 27, 2015 1 Comment

Somewhere around noon… Cable returned! Great news, but for the fact that Tuesday there is an Winter Storm Warning of possible 8 to 12 inches of snow and 1/4 inch ice. Quarter inch ice means tree limbs and power lines down. This El Nino Winter ain’t no fun. Below, this surfer finally caught one to ride in after a half… Read more »

Vol XV #273 – Powering Down

Jim Burnham December 26, 2015 3 Comments

(Report by Jim) Still a blackout in Leland. Today’s photos are by Erhardt Peters, turn of the century photographer from Ludington and Leland. Fishing was year-round as long as the ice was passable. And if the ice wasn’t passable, they made it passable. According to Joel Petersen, the rocking made it easier to move through the ice. This is circa… Read more »