End of January 2010- wow!

What's happened since last post:
We had a great winter thaw, about two weeks of weather in the balmy 30's, much welcomed in January, we can still see our driveway pavement! and even some grass in the front yard!  And the lake isn't froze yet ! Triumph!
I kind of put the blog aside as there's much to be done around here in the offseason, taxes, taxes, taxes, backups, decluttering, reorganizing, cleaning, and the list goes on. A little overwhelming to say the least.


Tonight is the Ish Suicide Bowl Ski jumps. If you haven't gone, it's really cool. These youngsters jump off a ski jump and fly through the air, the competition is held at night. It will be brutally cold. Perfect for ice conditions!

Lake Superior Winter

Revisiting 2009, (not that I really want to) I think most of us have already bid 2009 a hearty adieu. We held our own in 2009 and are very grateful for that. And,we thank you for checking in with us every once and awhile on this sporadic, at best, blog. As I look out my window today and am greeted to a very cold Lake Superior that overnight, started to ice ball and ice-mountain up, and this will continue all day with temps not budging much above 5F. I think back to that gale a few days ago that I ventured out and watched the big surf roll in for hours- here's a pic where I was fortunate enough to spot another brave soul out with me across the cove-

New Year's Eve Ball Drop- yooper style

One thing is for sure, yoopers have an ingeneously humorous sense of creativity as seen here in a picture of the actual ball that drops in Marquette Mi, every New Year's Eve. The ball is lowered manually, down four stories of one of the most historic buildings in Marquette, and at the strike of midnight, the New Year in illuminated numbers lights up at the top of the building facade. Be it rain, but most of the time snow, biting cold  and blizzard, thousands come out to spend their New Year's Eve here. A stiff wind with gusts approaching gale, and numerous snow squalls kept us in our toasty home last night. Cheers to all that ventured out. We were content to watch the New York ball drop on tv. Here's an interesting bit all about this year's beautiful Waterford Crystal ball. all about the New York New Year's ball 2010 . Happy New Year to all!