Category: Framed
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Sara Lardo captured this image of an early bird.
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Bob Bultman of Restore Door conducts a prairie burn at a client’s property in an effort to help restore the county’s natural prairies. Photo by Dan Eggert.
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On April 23, Southern Door students celebrated Drive Your Tractor to School Day, a Future Farmers of America (FFA) tradition that started in 2016. From left with Katrina Hoesly, Section 9 state FFA officer, are Logan Olsen, Matthew Malvitz, Jorge Gonzales, David Willming and Braden Delveaux. Submitted.
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Sister Bay/Liberty Grove Fire Chief Chris Hecht stands in the rain while helping people receive their COVID-19 vaccinations. Photo by Micky Swanson.
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A young woman jumps for joy at the Sturgeon Bay Light Station’s canal break wall. Photo by Jennifer Birkholz.
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The shoreline is slowly returning at Whitefish Dunes State Park. Photo by Thomas Jordan.
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Bidding winter farewell, these hikers climbed the ancient shoreline at Legacy Nature Preserve in Clay Banks. Photo by Brian Forest.
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This “embrace” at The Shallows Resort, 7353 Horseshoe Bay Road in Egg Harbor, captures how many visitors feel every time they arrive in Door County. Submitted.
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Making maple syrup the old-fashioned way in Gills Rock. Photo by Tad Dukehart.
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A woman and her dog explore the last traces of winter at Cave Point County Park. Photo by Mark Catterson.
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A rare look at the underbelly of a fully grown tree after a blowdown at White Cliff Nature Preserve. Photo by Jim Black.
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It is a great day for snowshoeing in Baileys Harbor. Submitted by Lynda Sanford.
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Framed: There’s a Squatch in These Woods
Bigfoot – sporting some holiday cheer, no less – was spotted heading east from the western side of the peninsula. The Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization, which tracks sightings across the country, lists 99 sightings of the hairy cryptid in Wisconsin since the 1970s, but only one of those – so far – has come from Door County: A Forestville […]
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(From left) Jack Follic, Guy Fortin and friends take their own net to play pickleball in Sturgeon Bay’s Sunset Park every decent morning at 6:30. Photo by Craig Sterrett.
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Peter Kerwin, board president of United Way of Door County, sat on a roof in Sturgeon Bay on Dec. 3. He sought to raise $15,000 toward the organization’s larger 2020 goal of $650,000. Photo by Andrew Kleidon-Linstrom.
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Framed: Sheep May Safely Graze
Sheep graze in the sunset in southern Door County. Photo by Sara Lardo.
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Framed: The Ellison Bay Christmas Tree
The Ellison Bay Christmas tree received a holiday makeover for the tree-lighting event Sunday evening. The annual tradition was held “drive-in style” to maintain COVID-19 protocols this year. Pictured are Nicholas (left) and Gibson (right) Raschke. Photo courtesy of Joe and Cathy Raschke.
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Framed: Peninsula State Park Tower
This new walkway leads through the trees to the reconstructed tower in Peninsula State Park. The Friends of Peninsula State Park organization shared photos provided by the DNR construction team on its Facebook page. Note that the tower is still under construction and therefore closed to the public.
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Framed: Woolly Bear Predicts Mild Winter
There’s a belief in folklore that the amount of black on the woolly bear caterpillar in the fall varies proportionately with the severity of the coming winter in the locale where the caterpillar resides. Thus, the longer the woolly bear’s black bands, the longer, colder, snowier and more severe the winter will be. Conversely, a […]
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Returning from the Fall Lighthouse Festival event on Chambers Island, fest goers noticed a flat tire on the vehicle belonging to Mary Ann Blahnik, caretaker of the Chambers Island lighthouse. “Quick as a flash, a couple Good Samaritan Iowans had it changed!” Blahnik said. “I later learned they had raced cars – my very own […]