On balance, it was a good Memorial Weekend. While Saturday was cool and drizzling a little rain, Sunday and Monday were great, and lots of folks stuck around well into Monday afternoon to enjoy it. We’re pretty sure an average Memorial Weekend is 55° and rainy, so this one was a bit above [...]
And just like that, the trillium appear.
Usually, the leaves are on the trees by now, tulips and daffodils are finishing, and the cherry blossoms are pushing out. This year, we’re a couple weeks behind…but that’s still better than 1997, when, after incredibly large snowfalls, we were a month behind. Temperatures in the 70s the past [...]
Since I was on vacation the first of the month, this newsletter is a little later than usual. Or, I could blame that March snowstorm I predicted last newsletter. Anyway, the snow has finally left, and this weekend’s sleet has been downgraded to rain. I’d prefer sunshine so I could rake the leaves up. Moose [...]
Greetings, Coffee Lover!
While the winter up north has been delightful, I must say that we have been spared the storms that so many others of you experienced. Now, of course, we’re in the blue sky portion of March, and the melting is underway (the windy March’s you encounter come to us in April). Still, there [...]
February 1, 2011 – 5:49 pm
Greetings, Coffee Lover!
Last month I blathered on about the lovely snow. Surely most of you are cursing it now. I think I heard that the only State not to have snow was Florida. We continue to have a great winter up here, but did dodge that blizzard that hit the Midwest last week. Some beautiful [...]
January 1, 2011 – 5:51 pm
Greetings, Coffee Lover!
We love the winter weather up here so much, we decided to share it with the rest of the country. Have any of you experienced it? We crack up at all the dire news stories of people unable to cope with a little snow and cold. Granted, not all places have snow plows, [...]
December 1, 2010 – 3:21 pm
Greetings, Coffee Lover!
December First, and as if on-cue, fluffy snow is falling outside my window, and it is settling in the garden at our neighbor Thyme Out. And, it’s sticking to the sidewalks, parking lot, my car (the brush is home in the garage—fail!), so on my luncheon jaunt to Riverfront Deli I’ll have to [...]
November 19, 2010 – 1:53 pm
The contest to guess the number of miles on the Leelanau Coffee Roasting van, as of 1 November 2010, is over, and here are the results. That reading was 113,456.
The reason there are three winners is because I made a mistake, and Steve went along with it. I wrote that the van was new on [...]
November 3, 2010 – 3:22 pm
Greetings, Coffee Lover!
October was a delightful month, with very little rain, a lot of sunshine, and some pleasant temperatures. The bicyclists were particularly pleased. And now we’re in November, and looking ahead to that 50/50 prospect of snow for Thanksgiving. It is likely time to hang the icicle lights before the sleet flies.
November is also [...]
November 1, 2010 – 10:12 am
The catalog is at the printer and will be in the mail in a few days. A PDF is here if you would like to download it to your computer or smart phone.
