Greetings all, The balmy nights seem to be over and the cool is coming back….and I’m not lately done with Summer. The lake temps are still holding nicely. The people count is down and there are parking spaces etc around town. Tuesday after Labor day will make the official end but I’m planning on a [...]
Shortly after noon on Saturday March 2, the archivist cottage, Pilgrim Place, caught fire and suffered medium structural damage and lots of smoke damage.
This is the one time of year when “waterfront”, may not be such a good thing. There are NO homes currently jeopardized on the lake. As you can see, the ice by M-22 & Crystal drive on the North shore is within inches of the shoulder and stacked up 4′ in some places….There is a South [...]
Every day, for the past week, I’ve been waiting for the ice break up on Crystal. It still hasn’t happened but at least today we have open(?) water and beach.. Admittedly not much, but a start. A good wind should do the trick and break everything up…….. The wild life is in Spring mode…. [...]
In the doldrums of winter, a bright spot. For those not interested in things winter. This past week was spring like. To include two days of 50 degrees. We’ve had more sunshine in the past two weeks than we sometimes have ALL winter . The snow pack is gone to the point than my barbie [...]
Just a quick note, covering the things that I forgot to mention in yesterday’s CRYSTALNEWS. Saturday snowshoeing at the Land Conservancy dune in Elberta. 9 AM. Also the Good folks at Dinghy’s are hosting a buffet fund raiser and silent auction Tuesday, starting at 5. I’ve seen some of the auction stuff and it looks [...]
Below is Bertha and she currently resides on Betsie Bay… The other picture shows Ed Moody, Bruce Harwood and Mike Elwell with a days worth of ice production last Sunday. The weather this weekend is looking warm and sunny. Come out and play Saturday and Sunday anytime after noon. We’re looking at a 4 or [...]
Todays picture is the start of the decorations for downtown for the winter celebration. There will be work parties Saturday and Sunday afternoons on the Bay. Everyone is welcome to come out and help harvest ice. (feel free to come out and socialize if you don’t feel like working) If you are artistic and would like [...]
Thank you all, The bird in question is a male White Winged Crossbill. They are a boreal forest dweller, and feed on pine cone seeds. The crossed bill is used to extract the seeds from the pine cone. They are found all over Canada and in Winter come down into the Northern US hunting pine seeds. I’ve [...]
We had a wonderful change in the weather Saturday. Blue sky, calm winds and moderate temps……There was only one thing to do. Put everything else on hold and walk the beach..It was actually so comfortable that I took off my hat and gloves….Something I normally don’t do until April..I,m always amazed at how the beach [...]
