Black's Cliff Birch Bark Blog

Excerpt: I warned ya, the conversion and swearing has commenced. I do like the new Mac, just figuring out all the bells and whistles plus Christmas Shopping and getting cabins ready for Christmas has been a challenge. I will have more time tomorrow, Thursday, to figure out my pictures on to the Mac to do some uploads. In the end the... Read more

Excerpt: Ok, laugh all you want... why a picture of a boot and nothing else? I took 4 pics this morning this being one of them to experiment with loading on to the Mac, editing, figuring out what folder they were in on the Mac, resizing them for the blog, and finally uploading them. Somewhere in the exporting of them... Read more

Excerpt: The Black's Cliff 2010 Calendar can still be ordered in time for Christmas. It is 25 % off this week. They are regularly 19.99 plus shipping and handling through Walgreens. If you are interested give me a call with your credit card. I can make this order anytime even into January as I do it on an individual basis... Read more

Excerpt: The first half of the big storm came through. Public Enemy number one ventured out to my bird feeders this morning between the continuing snowflakes Muskie Inn pelted in snow Forgot to put my loon in the garden away and it got buried in the snow. Looking a little pathetic this morning My birdhouse snow report. Under the drift... Read more

Excerpt: You should know better when things are going along well there is always a snafoo waiting in wings. Big storm caused us all to stay in yesterday and get things done like end of the year books, christmas presents ordered on line and a batch of Christmas cookies with bored kids. Today was to be the clean up day behind... Read more

Excerpt: Holding up the world by one finger Steve holding up the world. Bit of frost between the logs kept them in place as well I have confidence the pile in back of me will not move Ready to break up the pile Get out of the way! The new back drop for the Christmas concert at the local school... Read more

Excerpt: Clear night and temps dipped enough to freeze the lake over last night Couldn't resist to chop some of the ice and see how thick it had become You need at the least 3 inches I have heard to walk on. I feel much better when there is a full foot of ice on the lake. I know however... Read more

Excerpt: This is one turkey with attitude. I had these pictures emailed to me from our neighbor who bow hunted across the road from the resort. He sent up this animal cam and caught the deer and bear pics I posted a few weeks ago. Wade caught these pics the end of October and just sent them to me to... Read more

Excerpt: Headed down to the lake this morning to see if it froze over. I saw that a rabbit had beat me to the lake down the steps Icebergs were spread all over the lake. It will not be long before it is all the way across ... Read more

Excerpt: One of our long time guests Charles Hebert (married to Amy Tempel) has started an online fishing blog and fishing tackle shop on line www.selecttacklecompany.com Charles has some great stuff in his store and has channeled all his fishing ideas into a blog called The Arm Chair Fisherman. I figured there were quite a few other arm chair fishermen and... Read more

Excerpt: The cabin of the day. No trees were falling around Birchwood like in yesterday's blog entry. Craig and Lynnette were headed off into the friendly skies of Mexico and the trees and cabins breathed a sigh of relief for a few weeks. Birchwood got a different sort of attention involving trees from Steve and Troy The poles in front... Read more

Excerpt: Some days it is hard to not take a good picture. This was a perfect afternoon. Mike Rose had the entire lake to himself and rolled one of our row boats in for a final trip out on Lower Kaubashine to find the fish of 10,000 casts. With the new snow, calm lake and a boat, it was perfect... Read more

Excerpt: The victim of the day. Craig was home for 5 days and had his eyes on a few dead trees that needed to come down. The largest one of the season he has been looking at for a few years and is precariously close to Restawhile with a lean in the direction of the cabin. With lots of practice... Read more

Excerpt: We had several families up enjoying Thanksgiving at the Cliff. The Dovre family from Eau Claire enjoyed quiet time with their college age kids in the woods. After visiting the resort only in the summer and fall months with the rest of the Paulson family it was fun for them to be up here in the snow for Thanksgiving... Read more

Excerpt: One sign of Christmas is Steve is in high production with his wreath making business. If you are in the Northwoods stop in he is the best deal with the nicest wreaths in the Minocqua area. He makes a few ahead but appreciates a call if you know how many and the size you want at 715 356 540... Read more

Excerpt: I copied the following off my favorite weather site www.johndee.com Looks like winter is arriving and things should be getting white and frozen. Question is when will the lake freeze over Monday, November 30, 2009 HIGHLIGHTS: Winter looks to be arriving across the Northwoods this week and by next week could be taking a grip on much of the region... Read more

Excerpt: The first weekend of Deer Camp was a little slow, due to the fact that no does could be taken in our zone. These guys found a nice 7 point buck a few miles away and said there was a story about "Da Thirty Point Buck" that got away. They were not sharing that story just having a few... Read more

Excerpt: Sometimes it is fun to wander down a different driveway to see different views of the lake. Poe and I headed down one of the oldest driveways at the lake to one of the oldest cabins on Lower Kaubashine owned by the Gereke and Semelmeyer Familes. The cabin has had few changes over the years and retains its old... Read more

Excerpt: Al and Roberta Cikowski spend everyother Thanksgiving in Birchwood. They always arrive to give us a wonderful loaf of Pumpkin Bread for our dinner. I asked Roberta if it was ok to share her secret family recipie and she approved. Her recipe is more flavorful than most as it has 3 spices in it Pumpkin Bread 3 cups flour... Read more

Excerpt: It was a duck gathering on Lower Kaubashine this morning. I spotted these and about 30 others gathering a still Lower Kaubashine this morning. I know there is a duck guru out there that knows what kind they are. Without looking them up I believe they are Merganzers? They were all camera shy and took off to the other... Read more