http://www.theconservancy.com/blog2 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:00:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en These were taken last winter. The barns of Leelanau County convey a sense of serenity to me during winter snows. -- Eric Munson, Suttons Bay, MI and Chapel Hill, NCShareThis http://www.theconservancy.com/blog2/2008/07/03/the-barns-of-leelanau-county/ On my last backpack trip to North Manitou in late June the lilacs and flowering trees were still blooming with butterflies everywhere. It is such a beautiful place....really God's country! -- Joanie Weaver, Kalamazoo, MIShareThis http://www.theconservancy.com/blog2/2008/07/03/north-manitous-lilacs-and-butterflies/ From a distance, the landform locally known as Whaleback stands out prominently on the Leelanau shoreline south of Leland. Just try to imagine a large whale rising up out of Lake Michigan! -- Jack Schultz, Leelanau Conservancy Docent, Lake Ann, MIShareThis http://www.theconservancy.com/blog2/2008/07/03/whaleback-arising/ For text from previous post, click here. -- Philip Stinson, The Homestead & Northville, MIShareThis http://www.theconservancy.com/blog2/2008/07/03/ghost-forest-in-the-dunes/ What is your favorite view? This is my vote for "best view in Leelanau County." I am a board member for the Leelanau Conservancy. Every five years or so, we update our Strategic Land Conservation Plan (SLCP) and we’re currently in the process of doing just this. The SLCP will ... http://www.theconservancy.com/blog2/2008/07/03/my-vote-for-best-view-in-leelanau-county/ I feel like Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore is my very own. The beautiful topography and rich history lure me back summer after summer. I particularly love the Port Oneida area. Here is a picture I took there at the Werner cemetery…it looks ghostly to me! -- Lisa Engel, Petoskey & ... http://www.theconservancy.com/blog2/2008/06/24/rich-history-lures-me-back/ For previous posting text, click here. -- Michael Collier, Birmingham, MIShareThis http://www.theconservancy.com/blog2/2008/06/24/glen-lake-from-on-high/ For previous posting text, click here. -- Al & Dee Chaffee, Leland, MIShareThis http://www.theconservancy.com/blog2/2008/06/24/path-to-blue-flowers/ The contours of the land and unexpected sights along country roads enhance the subtle shades of Spring in Leelanau. -- Cara Lee Paige, Kalamazoo & Northport, MIShareThis http://www.theconservancy.com/blog2/2008/06/24/subtle-shades-of-spring/ "Leelanau....the pot of gold." -- William & Betsy VanWesten, Suttons Bay, MIShareThis http://www.theconservancy.com/blog2/2008/06/24/beautiful-rainbow/