Black's Cliff Birch Bark Blog

Excerpt: Yesterday was pretty misty snow in the trees, today real snow that mounted up and had to be plowed Bayview in the snow Hillside loaded with snow Stairwell by Wildflower Wildflower Summer seems a long way off in this pic Since I took pics yesterday at the lake I thought it would be interesting to compare today with the... Read more

Excerpt: It is absolutely beautiful this morning with a misty snow freezing on the trees. The hillside is covered in white The pines collecting the mist With all the snow we received this week we have given up on our ice skating rink. That did not stop these two from shoveling off a small patch. Mack enjoying a good roll... Read more

Excerpt: I had a local artist Greg Peck make my new office table top. I gave Greg the specifications for size and he came up with this amazing piece that we will connect to a bottom. I have several of Greg's tables in the resort. Red Pine and Kaubashine have coffee tables he made and Shamrock has a beautiful corner... Read more

Excerpt: So here is the question of the day. We did Steve think he grabbed in this picture and what did he actually grab. Answer coming tomorrow but I would love to see the guesses BlacksCliff1975 I had the above letter sent to me by Bob and Tammy Robotka from 1975 written by my mother Trudy Black. I thought a... Read more

Excerpt: Underneath the piling up snow is the corner of the raft sticking out. I am unofficially calling it a foot of snow in the woods that has built up in the last 2 weeks from the snow fall. Plenty to have fun in the woods this weekend and beyond. We have more coming in all week long Snow lightly... Read more

Excerpt: We volunteered this weekend to help out at aid station number 5 on the Wolf Tracks ski race at Winter Park this weekend. After 2 delays due to - temps the race finally went off at 10:30 am at a balmy 0 degrees. It was a marathon race that qualified skiers for the Birkie in Hayward later in the... Read more

Excerpt: Anyone ever wonder what happened to all the old french windows from the cabins? When the cabins were winterized all the old neat french windows were taken out and put in storage along with old doors. Never fear they are safe and sound and some may recognize a few of these old beauties Since the first time I started... Read more

Excerpt: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZG9kP9kAiY I am not a big poetry lover but this is a poem my mom loved and read to us many nights by the campfire. It was a cold day and I was thinking of The Cremation of Sam Magee this afternoon who only wanted to get the cold out of his bones as I gazed at our woodstove ... Read more

Excerpt: My sister Katie shared these pictures of her horses in the snow this afternoon. We received 6 inches of new snow and the horses were out enjoying it by her house in Minocqua Maggie and Quinn wondering where the food was and if Katie had a blanket for them for the night Nothing like a black horse in the... Read more

Excerpt: Everyone is allowed a mistake once in awhile and I made one of the summer rate sheet We raised all the cabins in the summer a gentle 2% the last few years and one year took no raise due to the bad economy everyone was experiencing together. This year we decided to include linen and took the cabins up 3%... Read more

Excerpt: Droopy Pines vs Drooy Drawers. I am not sure which is worse Droopy Drawers: Having to constantly look at teenage boys with their underwear hanging out of the top of their jeans. Ladies would you please make these boys the pariah of dates so they will finally change their ways and pull their pants up. Droopy Pines: When the... Read more

Excerpt: Over the weekend I would say we have picked up 8 or so inches of beautiful snow. Enough to finally see folks out enjoying winter skiing, ice fishing and snowmobiling. Snowmobiles were back and had to review the rules of cars driving on the road passing or being passed by snowmobiles with Jake. It is a bit unnerving to... Read more