White Christmas, Green Weekend

December 23rd though 29th, 2024

Lake Lucerne
Last week started with seasonal temperatures, some sun, and about 3 inches of snow covering the lake ice.
Lake Lucerne
Lawns and woods had snow cover, too.
Lake Lucerne
Christmas Eve fell a day after the week started. Crandon's Court House Square was well lit for the holidays.
Lake Lucerne
Most of the Christmas cheer in the square was confined to several "Memorial Trees".
Lake Lucerne
They were all decorated very festively.
Lake Lucerne
Traffic in Crandon on Christmas Eve was pretty light.
Lake Lucerne
Then came the frost.
Lake Lucerne
For two days, the mornings were filled with coated trees, grass, and weeds.
Lake Lucerne
Then it got warmer. The yard turkeys didn't seem to mind.
Lake Lucerne
The warm up took all the snow from the top of the lake.
Lake Lucerne
Then it rained. With a frozen watershed, the half inch we got could push the lake level up by more than an inch.
Lake Lucerne
The warm and rain took much of the snow cover from the woods and lawns. There was talk of golf among the men, but the links were still a little too snowy.
Lake Lucerne
On Sunday, just before sunset, the weekend fog and clouds thinned.
Lake Lucerne
The unexpected splash of sky color was one of the best light shows of the week.
Lake Lucerne
This Christmas had a real Eastery feel. The bare lawns and flowing water gave the northwoods a tapping feel, too. Despite the temptation, trees were not tapped and no eggs were colored. Some chocolate was consumed, but it was not shaped in any way like a bunny. We did not get an ice thickness check last week, but I can't imagine it being much thicker than the 5 inches we measured the week before. We need more snow or this year's snowmobile season is gonna be disappointing and the bottle rocket war forts will be made of ice.


-Nemo will not tap until March and not mow until May.