Black's Cliff Birch Bark Blog

Excerpt: The weather today, yesterday and tomorrow I am not talking about. It has put me in a foul pre holiday mood. The words El Nino are not to be spoken around this house. The results of the weather are scene above. The silver lining is that it is still thick enough and when it freezes up the top again... Read more

Excerpt: The lake is as cold as you think it looks and ice is being made Makes me want to put my skates on and go for a run around the lake but my ice paranoia will have me holding off a few more days, but I am sure it is probably safe Just to test things out I put... Read more

Excerpt: http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/snowy-owls-flying-across-wisconsin-s939h5h-134902013.html Interesting article about Snowy Owls and how they are moving into Wisconsin due to shortage of Lemmings in the Arctic . Something to keep an eye out for... Read more

Excerpt: Glancing back in my picture files I ran into this series of pics that cracked me up. A crab caught old Poe's attention down at the beach. And since it is just plain cold today and nothing to interesting going on I thought I would put this flash back up again. I lost old Poe 2 years ago and... Read more

Excerpt: I stopped in this week to the newest and coolest restaurant in town, The Northern Way. It is on Front Street between Whoops and Loonland. There used to be a gourmet food store in the building and it finally has a new store open. They do breakfast and lunch and also Coffee Hours of operation as of right now... Read more

Excerpt: With brand new snow in the woods, and the first weekend in December it ment one thing, time to make Christmas wreathes. A smart person thinking ahead would have cut and collected their boughs when there was no snow on the trees... instead we picked just after this beautiful snow fall to go get our boughs, because it is... Read more

Excerpt: This was sunrise this morning. It was cold and we are thinking very soon will be the time to turn the furnace on in our house at night. Our woodstove up to this time has managed to warm the house up during the day and keep it warm enough at night but I have heard the term "Artic Air"... Read more

Excerpt: We did get some rain Christmas weekend but not as much as to the south. Our snow pack is holding up and now it is cold again Rain was a good thing for the ice rink. It is in good shape just needs to be brushed off Even Mack was out on the lake and when he is you... Read more

Excerpt: What a difference a day makes. An inch or two of snow came down last night changing the icy lake Same view I took yesterday I took chicken little down to the lake with me. Yesterday he would not even go down the steps. Today he did and had strange looks at what happened to his swimming hole. I... Read more

Excerpt: I knew with temps as low as they have been ice would not be far behind and this morning it was spotted The rest of the bay is wide open, but I am guessing we will see more ice in the near future Office will hopefully be partially opening for use Christmas week There continues to be gopher trails... Read more

Excerpt: Steve had a gleam in his eye and came to find me to take pictures of his latest creation. He was so proud it involved recycled materials everything from a tamarac log (that is one heavy dense piece of wood) to lumber left over from the Keith generation over 70 years ago Nothing like using the back of the... Read more

Excerpt: I had to show how my Christmas Balls have come out since I had a few new ones hanging around the house. Most of mine are down at Kim's Cozy Cabin in Hazelhurst for sale but I have finished a few more at home and I promised to post them. So this is our mantle in the house at... Read more

Excerpt: Another of 2012 calendar pictures. Walgreens has the calendars this week til Saturday at 30% off 19.99 which brings them down to 14.oo and no shipping and handling if they can be made at your local Walgreens store. Give a call if you want me to order some... Read more

Excerpt: At some point it takes awhile for a good idea to come to you and then you wonder why in the world did I not think of this earlier. I had a few families calling to see if they had pictures of their family in the 2012 calendar. While I attempt to include as many as I can, sometimes... Read more

Excerpt: Thanksgiving at the Cliff. The Evans guys devoured a 16 lb turkey just the 4 of them. All I saw in the middle was a carcass. This was an impressive feat Next door the Weiss family was enjoying a quiet Thanksgiving having had their turkey on Wednesday, so Thanksgiving I had to track them down because they were all... Read more

Excerpt: It is darn cold out this morning. Frozen water drops on the pine trees I looked out off the hill to see ice fishermen in the middle of the lake. A very good sign that the lake is getting safer I am a firm proponent of following other peoples tracks on the lake. I do not blaze my own... Read more

Excerpt: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=50IgzksUqpQ I was wondering what to post today and I caught this video from Linda Hoadley on Facebook. She posted it in honor of her son Danny Hoadley. I would like to add another person it is in honor of, Steve and his old Jetta. Steve is taking off work today to work on the Jetta in his friend Jake's... Read more

Excerpt: Deer Camp 2011 is open. The Fleenor guys were the first to return from the woods today with 2 deer. A small buck and doe The rest of the pictures of the guys I caught on Friday night before the hunt. The Seiler Crew above enjoying time with the guys before heading to the woods Saturday morning. A couple... Read more

Excerpt: We got our 2nd big snow fall of the year about 4 inches or so. The deer hunters were thrilled with the snow for tracking. I added an antique effect to the pictures and I thought it made them interesting. Enjoy I snuck down a neighbor's driveway to take these pics. Thanks Kim, house looks fine ... Read more

Excerpt: Is Holiday stress getting to you and the thought of escaping town tempting. Well read no further if I may cause mental stress and indecision.. But if a cabin with a premade turkey dinner, all the fixing and a fireplace makes you exhale in relief then read on. I have 4 - 5 cabins left open out of 12... Read more