Fall is tiptoeing around the lakes area this year giving visitors many more days and weekends to enjoy the change of seasons. Most years, colors peak at the end of September, but the full on beauty hasn’t arrived yet.   Gardeners are still harvesting tomatoes from diminished, but not yet frost damaged patches in their […]

The Labor Day weekend brings an unofficial end of summer and changes in the rhythm of everyday life. Flocks of geese are already gathering for their noisy retreat. School buses and trucks hauling farm implements signal it’s time for serious work. Soon fall colors will paint the northern landscape with a fresh coat of orange, […]