Leelanau Almanac for the Week of June 4-10, 2009

kascott_20090530_9464b by Ken Scott, Photography

Ken says that this photo of 1867 South Fox Island Lighthouse lit by a 1/2 moon is a compilation of 80 20second exposures. You can learn more about the light and efforts to preserved it from the Fox Island Lighthouse Association.

This photo is part of a series that are being sold to help raise funds for the lighthouse preservation project … visit Ken’s South Fox page for information and other photos in the series!

News from the Week

Our America’s Lakeshore series continued with Behind the Dune Climb and Camping at the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. We also had a nice photo of apple and cherry blossoms.

The Week’s Weather

After a promising start in the 70s, the week’s weather was (again) unseasonably cool. It’s getting to the point where that’s not cool!

June 4, 2009: Sunny & 70 (71/34)
June 5, 2009: Light rain and upper 70s (78/48)
June 6, 2009: Rain & 50s (56/39)
June 7, 2009: Rain & 50s (56/47)
June 8, 2009: Heavy rain (almost 1″) & 50s (57/49)
June 9, 2009: Cloudy & 50s (58/48)
June 10, 2009: Partly sunny, light rain & 60 (62/50)

Check out the June 2008 archive, the Leelanau Almanac for the Week of May 28 – June 3, 2009 and the Leelanau Almanac for the Week of June 11-17, 2009.