Starting with Rachel Carson’s bestselling novel Silent Spring in 1962, the modern environmental movement began. The first Earth Day followed in 1970 as a global movement to stem the tide of pollution and damage we cause to this planet on a daily basis. The images today are from Keith’s 1970’s archives to celebrate the first Earth Day. See the history… Read more »
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Jim Carpenter posted the lead photo back in 2016 of the picnic table that used to be on the shore on South Beach. I came across the same table in November 2019 and found its legs were frozen into the beach. The plan was to come back when the sand was not frozen solid and dig it out. I passed… Read more »
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The 2020 Snow Guage Contest is now open! Go here and enter your guess! The Leland Report 2020 Snow Gauge Contest The 2020 Leland Report Calendar is available for $15.99+$2 shipping! Click on the following link to order. There is a special on the Book+Calendar combination at $45 (You get the calendar for $6… Read more »
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The 2020 Snow Guage Contest is now open! Go here and enter your guess! The Leland Report 2020 Snow Gauge Contest 10 Degrees colder and it would have looked like this… The 2020 Leland Report Calendar is available for $15.99+$2 shipping! Click on the following link to order. There is a special on the Book+Calendar combination at $45 (You get… Read more »
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Pictures below by Julia Burnham The 2020 Leland Report Calendar is available for $15.99+$2 shipping! Click on the following link to order. There is a special on the Book+Calendar combination at $45 (You get the calendar for $6 !) https://www.burnhamgraphicarts.com/specialty-items/e5b7837c1
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(Report by Jim) I took the light wand (a modified LED lighted umbrella shaft) down to South Beach last night. A friend of mine commented on how pretty the sky looked with Leland illuminating the haze in the sky against the contrasting pitch blackness of the horizon. I took it a step further. I’ll be heading back tomorrow, maybe I’ll… Read more »
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(Report by Jim) There was sun today! Didn’t see it? I almost didn’t, either! I went down to Sleeping Bear Dunes to see if anyone was sledding, found a few post-christmas sledders and some blue sky. It didn’t last long, however, but it was enough.
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(Report by Jim) Christmas Evening. Sunset views from two locations, South Beach (above by me) and the Clay Cliffs (below by John). Cold out there, but you stay as long as it takes to get the shot. Merry Christmas!
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Report by Jim Leland was crowded this morning, with the pajama sale and Holly Pop going on. Everyone but me got up super early to get in on the action. Lots of action as well down on the beach. Hope your day after Thanksgiving was a pleasant one. ♥
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No sun, plenty of rain: What Meggen said yesterday, not a day for picture taking.
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