I saw very few monarch caterpillars this Summer. I’m sure the drought in the mid west had an effect and the availability of milkweed is down due to spraying. I did find one chrysalis that I was able to photograph shortly after she emerged. Shot 0 is about a minute old and shot 1 [...]
I lied to you all yesterday. It turns out that they lower the lake in the Winter and raise it in the Summer. In my after the fact, fact checking with the Drain Commissioner, the lower Winter level is mandated so the spray and ice doesn’t encroach on the roads around the [...]
I was down at the Crystal Lake outlet last week, shortly after they had raised the Winter boards, to allow the lake to lower 6 “, for the normal Summer level. I hadn’t seen the dam flowing for several years. (They have a new hi tech system in place to raise the [...]
Trip report…All of tonight’s pictures were taken in Maine. So please don’t ask for the location of the Eagle nest. I was out in Blue Hill visiting family and playing on the salt water..strange stuff and the tides were interesting to say the least…I think I’ll be happy to keep paddling [...]
The couches etc, were all removed last Spring and the access from which they were dumped has been closed off. The
Gwen note card tattoo is quite real…. Cable on the beach, you will have to wait and see….Thanks to all the eager investors in my very suspect business., but seriously, I do [...]
posted April 1st
I am offering, only to Crystalnews recipients , a tremendous business opportunity. Construction of Beach Side Bed and Breakfast LLC, is under way. I have acquired all of the lawn maintenance equipment, the IT supplies, a portion of the bedding and furniture. (minor water issues with one love seat). [...]
posted April 1st
In order to improve the “beach experience”. I have arranged for an upgrade…Please, no thanks are necessary….Jay
Well, as expected, the wonderful weather didn’t last. Snow due tomorrow, but the past few weeks were a fantastic break from the cold and clouds. The first Trillium are up but not blooming as yet. April is shaping up to be a great outdoor month….
Earth science 101…..Fulgurites: the fused glass result of [...]
and the Summer temps continue. I feel totally selfish. For all intents and purposes it’s Summer and I have the complete use of all the beaches, rivers and lakes….and I don’t have to share. I was on the MI beach yesterday and there wasn’t even a footprint in the sand. That [...]
Greetings from the sunny North…
The weather is just too strange. Two weeks ago we had 14 inches of wet snow, since then it’s been in the 60’s and 70’s. The temps say Summer but nothing had greened up as yet. The normal sequence of Spring is out of hack. Every day there [...]