Long Lake Yarns

The unseasonably warm weather is hurrying up ice out this year. The big thaw is being hastened by temperatures in the mid-seventies! This “river” cuts a swath near shore in the first bay, if you are coming out of the Narrows, on the east side of the big part of Long Lake. My theory is [...]

For the first time in five years of winters, we were at the lake for ice-out day. This photo was taken April 15th and you can still see an icy patch. Ice-out was April 16. We saw it. So did this loon pair.

I was born and raised in Michigan, so it’s not like I know the day-to-day details of weather anywhere else.  But to my taste, it doesn’t get any better than experiencing the changing of the seasons in my home state.  These sunset photos were taken on April 2, 2010, about 30 minutes apart, just a [...]