Another tom, but this time with snow……be well,  Jay

Monday was a nice sunny day and the turkeys were cooperating for pictures…….Today there is a foot of new snow and it’s still coming down…..  I think that I have the mailing list in place, and cleaned up.  What a job…The subscription price for CRYSTALNEWS just doubled….( from 0 to 0 x 2)…..I dragged myself, [...]

In case you didn’t get to see the moon rise over the weekend…The picture doesn’t do it justice however….We’ve got one more Winter storm due mid week and that should be the end of it…..Crystal lake is ready to break. up and is just waiting for a good wind.  Hopefully the storm this week [...]

The first robin, daffodils, forsythia ,…the ice falling off of the break wall.  Everyone has their own signs of Spring….Open water is mine..
Speaking of water….There is going to be a Water Festival in Frankfort this weekend…the first annual…It looks to be quite a production.  There will be talks, workshops, kids activities, live music, food [...]

Open water is calling….the harbor is breaking up so Crystal lake shouldn’t be too far behind (a week or so).  i’m writing this at the library and watching two young Bald Eagles, puttering around the ice flows, looking for an easy meal…..I have hopes to get out on the big lake later today and get [...]

The CSA will rent moorings and mooring lines for motorboats and larger sailboats in 2011 as in the past. This year, ALL MOORING ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE MADE PERSONALLY BY KEN COX. Ken will reserve a boat mooring for a CSA member, Associate Member or Privilege Ticket Holder ONLY AFTER HE RECEIVES PAYMENT [...]

Great weather yesterday….pics below….The beach is uncrowded and open…rock hunters…now is prime time
Be well,   Jay   PS..This G mail account is primarily an out going account,but I do check the incoming……..Burts @benzie and Jay @ walksoftly are still my main incoming…..

You don’t want to hear about exporting e-mail lists  (2 weeks in progress) ….short version…groups don’t remain intact during the export process….
anyway CRYSTALNEWS is back up and functioning and I can now send to the whole group in 15 seconds instead of a hour….Yea….I’ve got a nice backlog of pictures that I’ll be sending in [...]

The Trustees would like to learn how well CSA activities serve you and how well they help to sustain/strengthen the CSA community. It will be helpful to gain better insight into who participates and who declines to participate in the life of the CSA. We would like to know what life circumstances and issues beyond [...]

VERY important…..I’m going to be sending CRYSTALNEWS via g-mail starting next week.  This change will allow me to send more frequent issues. It is currently taking almost two hours to send  one.  If you didn’t receive a CRYSTALNEWS test e-mail yesterday I need for you to send me a blank e-mail to crystalnews13@gmail.com  with ADD [...]