!. The calendar should be ready to ship  next week. In good time for Christmas.  After the 13 month one is done, I plan on doing a 5 month Cottage calendar like last year.  I have just now gotten the CSA dates and will incorporate them.  Expected release by Dec 1.
2.  The [...]

Heads up…Firearm deer season starts in MI on Tuesday..Please be extra careful for the next few weeks driving.  The deer will be moving out of their usual haunts, and crossing roads at non standard times and places…(Anne almost hit an 8 point buck on Saturday…in Park Ridge IL. (near O Hare))..The [...]

Welcome Home,  and thank you for your commitment, dedication and sacrifice.
Be well,  Jay

Good evening,
Tonight I’m cleaning up some of the left over Fall pics.  We had our first trace of snow today…We knew it was coming, but it’s always a shock when it happens…Gale Warnings on the big lake last night. I happened to be in town last evening and the rain puddles in the [...]

Good evening all,
I trust that those of you on the East Coast are getting back to somewhat normal, after your snows the other day.  I know how ugly it can get when Mother Nature and Urban collide.  Usually, it’s me fussing about early snows, but not this time…..(I did see some [...]

The Fall Festival weekend ended up be the be all, end all, Indian Summer weekend..It could have been mid August…  I didn’t get many pictures, but spent some time out on the bay measuring the distance of the pumpkins being launched. ( I had a GPS).(426 yards was the best)  There [...]

Good morning.  Yes the leaves are Maple…not Oak as labeled…and the time for the chili is around 5 PM…I’m going to have a stern chat with my proof reader
Be well,   Jay

The weather window has opened and it is spectacular…The mid 70s, clear and calm that we have had all week are forecast through Monday. Someone out there is doing things right.  The Fall Festival is ramping up as planed and don’t forget your pet for the parade  (mutt march at 11:00 ) [...]

Today’s pic is of Crystal last Sunday morning, with a nice fog bank on the East end of the lake.  I’m reminded of my younger days and skipping church to go and sit on the MI dunes and watch whatever was happening on the water and in the sky….. I called it ” attending Sister [...]

and so the pumpkins are gathering….it must be Fall.  These three are at (pumpkin) Ed Moodys. The first two (2,300# ) are going with Ed to Hawaii where he will carve them at a festival….Congratulations Ed.     (I need to find a craft where people will fly me all over the [...]