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Very Nice Ice: Artist Ellen Van Laar of ArtsAdventure, whose studio is near Coppermine Point, 85 kilometres north of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, notes on her Facebook page this week that she got a visit from Sebastian Modak (in this photo) of the New York Times for an ice walk. The Times chose the Algoma area ice caves as No. 10 on a list of 52 places around the world to visit in 2019. The CBC’s Justine Cohendet also visited, and she did a nifty video piece on the “ice caves” of the region for the French-language ICI Ontario (which means “HERE Ontario”). All week, Ellen has been posting great shots like this ice bridge here, showing why it has some of the best ice formations.
Here, Kitty, Kitty: When your best time of year is winter, that’s the best time to go sightseeing, as this bobcat apparently decided on a visit, not to Split Rock Lighthouse exactly, but to the suet bag on the bird feeder outside Keeper Lee Radzak’s house. Lee, an accomplished photographer, naturally got a great shot to post to the Split Rock Lighthouse Historic Site’s Facebook page. After being the site manager and living at the lighthouse since 1982, Lee will be retiring this year in April. He and his family were featured in Lake Superior Magazine in 2001 (the children are grown and graduated now) and he earned the magazine’s Achievement Award in 2014. His wife, Jane, and their children, John and Anna, often joined in the “interpretive” aspects of modern-day lightkeeping (as in this photo).
Top-Shelf Redo: The Peter White Public Library modernization and makeover is nearing completion in Marquette. Library Director Andrea Ingmire reports this week that the new flooring is in place and the administration, circulation and teen “zones” are up and functioning. Painting touch-ups, electrical projects, additional top-floor lighting and updating the elevator remains to be done. Meanwhile, the task of shuffling books to the reconfigured shelves is under way. The library’s art collection (like the piece shown here of the library itself) also will soon return, Andrea notes: “We have so much lovely artwork at the library. Many of the pieces were created by local artists or were inspired by the Upper Peninsula. During renovations, we’ve had to take much of it off the walls. Now is a great time to be thoughtful about where artwork is hung, how it is grouped,
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