Spring has arrived in Northern Michigan. The last of the snow is finally gone and the daffodils are popping up. With the snow, the turkey have seemed to disappear, but we know they are nearby, the males putting on a show for their perspective partners. The deer are moving into the gardens near the house looking for the new shoots from our plants. We love to see them up here but worry about the lilacs and other plants. The deer have a way of snacking on the best flowers!
Building continues on the lower level. We are nearly ready to have the floor completed. I hope to post a picture of it here once it is done. Maybe in the next couple of weeks we'll be finished with the floor and ready to hang doors and put the 'river' on the wall. That is going to be a many months long project but well worth it.
Spring is also Morel Mushroom time in Northern Michigan. May is really the month for it, but when you host thousands (I swear, everyone from the surrounding states picks mushrooms at home and then comes here to pick them too!) you need plan plan plan. Boyne City is home of the National Morel Mushroom hunt and the four day festival is filled with fun. This year we are having 'da Yoopers', a musical comedy group from Michigan's upper penninsula join us on Friday night. The whole town (and those thousands of guests) come out for the Saturday afternoon 'taste of Boyne', a mouthwatering event where over a dozen restaurants fix dishes with Morels. YUM
For more information on the festival check out www.morelfest.com
Monday, April 21, 2008
Monday, March 10, 2008
Long Cold Winter
But what FUN we've had!! Skiing and Snowshoeing are our favorites, but plenty of people have been ice fishing, sledding, skating, snowboarding and more.
The deer are now coming in regularly and are really yarding up. We have anywhere from 3 - 20 at a time. The turkey's are also coming in like crazy. We have them in the yard and can hear the gobbling as if we were surrounded. They are up on the deck every once in a while pretending to be finches (at the bird feeders) but we chase them off. What a sight! We have turkey prints all around the house.
Joe keeps calling for new pictures here and I'm waiting for him to figure out how to put up his own. One of these days he'll get to writing a post too, then you'll know why I stay away from it. He can really write.
The house is coming along. By next winter we'll have the lower level done and be ready for guests. I can't wait, it is coming together so well. Better than we could have imagined.
And tonight - we hear coyotes outdoors. Neighbors a few miles down the road (near a field) say they hear them regularly, but this is a first for us. We have heard owl's before and I LOVE to listen to them as we fall asleep.
The deer are now coming in regularly and are really yarding up. We have anywhere from 3 - 20 at a time. The turkey's are also coming in like crazy. We have them in the yard and can hear the gobbling as if we were surrounded. They are up on the deck every once in a while pretending to be finches (at the bird feeders) but we chase them off. What a sight! We have turkey prints all around the house.
Joe keeps calling for new pictures here and I'm waiting for him to figure out how to put up his own. One of these days he'll get to writing a post too, then you'll know why I stay away from it. He can really write.
The house is coming along. By next winter we'll have the lower level done and be ready for guests. I can't wait, it is coming together so well. Better than we could have imagined.
And tonight - we hear coyotes outdoors. Neighbors a few miles down the road (near a field) say they hear them regularly, but this is a first for us. We have heard owl's before and I LOVE to listen to them as we fall asleep.
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