Black's Cliff Birch Bark Blog

Excerpt: There is a doe and fawn at the end of the driveway in this picture. I only had my Iphone and no telephoto to capture them. The fawn looked very new watching us down King's Manor driveway. In other news, we have had a few days of only being 1/2 full before the weekend and that means the guys... Read more

Excerpt: Summer has arrived and I could fill the blog full of summer fun pics today but instead I thought it would be fun to share a blog entry I found from a new family this weekend in Muskie Inn. Written by 2 sisters I think it sums up the effect of coming to the Cliff, it even makes teenagers... Read more

Excerpt: A big thank you to those that serve and have served in the armed forces that allow the rest of us to enjoy days like this Happy Memorial Day!... Read more

Excerpt: Minocqua's Memorial Day service. Not big but big on meaning. Veterans first marching down the street Boy Scouts next, wish there was a group of Girl Scouts behind them but there was not Our combined middle school bands from MHLT (Minocqua, Hazelhurst and Lake Tomahawk), and AVW (Arbor Vitae and Woodruff) This is their first taste of marching and... Read more

Excerpt: While I hear reports of how bad the traffic is on the Highways this weekend or how crazy Walmart parking lot is. We have camped out at the resort with no reason to go to town all weekend. Peace and quiet! We had a couple of rounds of thunderstorms last night and I think everyone was sleeping in after... Read more

Excerpt: It was time to put the 3rd and last pontoon boat in and bring Chicken Little along for the ride. So far the launchings have gone smooth and everything working fine, so time to bring Mack along and work on his fears of all things on the water. Can you see the look on his face wondering what we... Read more

Excerpt: You never know who is going to arrive in my driveway. Today I had Tom Weiss a chain saw carver arrive with a truck load of his sculptures taking a few days to enjoy the Northwoods before going home. Calling Tom a chain saw carver is not right I think I would put him in the category of chainsaw... Read more

Excerpt: We had a humming bird at our Fushia plants. After the humming bird left this moth showed up. I think it is a moth. Does anyone know what it is? It had an antenna or tongue that was cleaning out the flowers. Someone fill us in on what this was. I had never seen one before ... Read more

Excerpt: Time to put the raft in place. Notice the relatively calm lake as Steve starts out Hooked up and starting out rowing. I can do this no problem. Paul Zaremba could not but I can Um....where did that wind come from? HELP I am headed to the otherside of the lake Throw the motor in reverse and PULL!! Wind... Read more

Excerpt: To all those who were disturbed by the hole in the roof pictures of Restawhile, it is done. For some reason I seemed to disturb a few folks who were planning on staying in Restawhile in the next few weeks with pictures of the hole... did you really doubt Craig would not get it done... Don't you know... he... Read more

Excerpt: http://giftcard.minocqua.org/ I would love to hear that one of our guests wins this money! Sign up can't hurt to try No pictures today... sorry to busy with a paint brush in my hand not a camera will make up for it tomorrow... Read more

Excerpt: One picture, a thousand words, this is what being in a family business is all about, family that works together stays together and getting the blue dock in, in time for the weekend is a good thing. Something binds you together when you have to get in freezing cold water twice a year with your brother inlaw and father/father... Read more