Black's Cliff Birch Bark Blog

Excerpt: I have golfing coupons I sometimes forget to pass out. If you are going golfing make sure to ask for any of these coupons from me Timber Ridge 20% off Pinewood 20% off Trout Lake 10 dollars off 18 holes or 5 dollars off 9 holes I have a few neighbors who check out the blog and if you want... Read more

Excerpt: New pier for Kaubashine being floated over. Why does the old pier need replacement see the winter blog and see the tree on top of the old pier. Where is the person who destroyed the old pier and is not helping to fix it..... hmmm in an RV headed north I believe This may look like a hard job... Read more

Excerpt: Time for a little dock work with the temps soaring to a balmy 60 degrees You know it is not time to pull out the bathing suits when Troy is wearing a winter hat along with the wadders Olja enjoying the show from the sidelines. This picture is why I take pictures and do not have wadders on Who... Read more

Excerpt: Railroad ties where the project of the day After 40 years they do have to be replaced. The stairwell at Red Pine got some much needed TLC One more fix it item off the list. Problem is more has been added Photo credits go to Troy for agreeing to take the camera down to Red Pine andn more importantly... Read more

Excerpt: Once in awhile the inspiration for pictures and writing is not there or following up the loon pics from last week just can't be matched. It was beautiful painting weather on Friday in the 80's and since then the rain has hit. The green boats have made it off the stack and painting has started John Deere Green paint..... Read more

Excerpt: I looked out off the hill this morning and was happy to see both loons fishing in the middle of the lake It was a hard shot to get with full sun and loons in the middle of the lake. This was the best I could get. They were yodeling and fishing on the sunken island... Read more

Excerpt: After 3 days of snow, I was going to make this the only picture on the blog today. As I was taking this picture I heard the sound of a loon and dashed down to the lake for the pics below Just when we needed a reminder that it was spring the loons came back. So far we have... Read more

Excerpt: ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT TUESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. EVEN... Read more

Excerpt: Would you believe me if I told you a giant ape had been captured and brought to the resort. He escaped and climbed to the top of the tallest tree..... In sandbox land that and much more is going on. It is nice to see the ice and snow leave and summer fun start.. even if it comes with... Read more

Excerpt: We caught this Pine Sisken below our bird feeders. It was wandering around and not flying off. We knew something was up. Over the past week we have found 4 dead birds around our feeders. We took this bird for a ride up to the Northwoods Wildlife Hospital. It died the next morning. I was told they have seen... Read more

Excerpt: I stopped to take this picture of the sunset on ice. Troy says "oh you stopped to take a picture of the eagle" Good thing he has good eyes or you would only have the sunset to appreciate Eagle surveying the newly open water Enjoy and thank Troy... Read more

Excerpt: First thing on our agenda today was to haul a very water logged Cliff out of Lower Kaubashine. He definitely put on some water weight Good comercial for the power of life preservers. Note to self, untie Cliff from the metal chair before attempting to pull him out of lake, it reduces the weight by 1/2 Cliff drying out... Read more