Carlin Lake Association

Carlin bats---featured on Discovery Center site

 

In the last years, you will have followed the great destruction to bats in our area, from white-nose syndrome.    But, now, we have seen the beginning hopeful signs of their resurgence.   

This week, Discovery Center naturalist Licia Johnson has posted bat information on the Center's Facebook page, in honor of National Bat Week.   The data from Carlin Lake from the surveys on 2013 and 2017 is a dramatic graphic depiction of the loss of bats in our area.  

While this wasn't positive news in 2017, it was fun to see Carlin noticed on Licia's post yesterday.

 

 

Here, though, I copy and paste the hopeful results Bob and Judy got from their August survey of the lake, showing that bats seem to be returning.   (You also saw this 2020 map in an earlier post, below, on this blog.)

Let's celebrate!    In addition to a full moon and Halloween, it's National Bat Week.    A great time to celebrate the gradual return of bats to our areas!

 

Yes, free! Take a look

 

David and Lynn Kucharski are expecting to close on the sale of their Carlin Lake property soon.     (They are the owners of the undeveloped lake-frontage next to Ramona Kubica.)

So, David invites us to take a look at some outdoor furniture, free for the taking.  The furniture is sitting along Carlin Drive in front of their property.    He says they have two metal chairs and a table, as well as a wooden one-piece, two chairs connected by a table, and would be happy if any of us could use them.   

David tells me that their two children, who joined us for some earlier August ice-cream socials, are now a high school senior and sophomore.    Yes, the years fly by.    

Wishing the very best to David and Lynn and family!

 

Welcome, new neighbors! (Mostly new, that is)

 

It's a pleasure to welcome Amy and Jeff Gustafson to home-ownership on Carlin Lake!    They closed this past weekend on the log home formerly owned by Nikki Taylor, and report that they are thrilled to be "official" residents.

As most of us know, Amy and family have been frequent visitors to Carlin Lake, to her parents Ricks and Carol Brewer.  And, yes, the Gustafsons' new home is next door to Carol's also-log home.     

Carlin folks have observed how nice it is to welcome more young people to the lake, and what fun for Carol to have family right next door.  

Your lake neighbors are happy for you all.    May you have long and joyful years at Carlin Lake, Jeff and Amy and Allie!!

 

 

 

 

 

Wishing Nikki all the best!

 

Nikki Taylor has been our Carlin friend and neighbor since she built her lovely full-log home in 2000.     Now, she  has reluctantly sold that home, and is moving on to other places and projects.  

Many of us enjoyed the delicious and generous servings of "Nikki's Cookies," often provided for us at our annual New Year's Eve party.   I particularly remember gingerbread reindeer with a white chocolate backing, and mint sandwich cookies with a chocolate shell.     And, John and I were tickled years ago on a trip to Key West to find Nikki's key lime cookies on the shelf in a specialty gift shop.

Now Nikki and her sister Kathy are starting a new business, named Sarah Reed's Cookies and Snacks.   Sarah Reed was the sisters' ancestor who arrived in North America in 1629, bringing the original cookie recipe with her.   

Nikki tells me how much she has loved her time on the lake, and knows that we will keep enjoying and caring for this special place.   In return, we wish Nikki all the best and are grateful that she has been a part of our community.   

 

Sending Barbie our sincere sympathy

 

Barbie LaPean shares the following sad news, of the death this week of her younger sister Corrine.

Corrine Berna Zywicki passed away on Sunday, October 18th, from complications due to covid-19. She had been in the hospital about six weeks, the last three weeks on a ventilator. Fortunately her husband Dennis and her two children Nathan and Amanda were able to see her and say goodbye. She passed peacefully and knew her family was there.       She would have turned 68 on November 15th.

I guess one of the most fun times we had was when they lived on Crescent Lake in Rhinelander. The guys had gone night fishing, so us girls, including my sister Annette, built a campfire with the kids.  We sat around drinking beer and talking about our childhoods.   The kids loved the stories. They had a radio at the lake, so we called in a request to this nationwide station, asking the DJ to play "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress."    About twenty minutes later, he says, "This is for the 3 Sissy’s having a campfire on Crescent Lake."   Every time I hear that song I think of my sisters, and see Corrine’s beautiful smile!

Many of us in the book club also remember Corrine from our outing years ago to Ten Chimneys.  That afternoon, Barbie said, "I'd like to stop into this Walgreen's because my sister Corrine works there."    Barbie remembers Ann saying, "Well, if you are going in, we all are!"     I recall that Corrine was behind the cash register, and was very happy to get this surprise visit from her sister.    I do not recall if she was also happy to see the rest of us!!

We are very sorry about your sister's passing, Barbie!   Please know that we are sending our very best wishes to you and to Danny!

 

All eyes on weather

 

Yes, haven't we had the most beautiful fall weather?   It is fading by this weekend, after a week of chilly drizzle, but will be lovely for all leaf-peeping visitors still in the area.    

Plus, we have enjoyed a full moon visible across the lake most evenings---the first of two full moons for the month of October.

And, if you are at the lake, you know we had at leat 4 inches of rain the previous week.   This will certainly let Carlin go into ice-cover with high water levels.    (John still has to take our pier out, so hope the water level will stay below the top of his waders!)

Also under the heading of "interesting weather," I will mention Friday's first snowfall.    I didn't see any collecting on the ground, but there was no question that we had several bouts of snow in the air.   

 

Adding to those topics is this unique weather experience, shared by Bill Draves from a recent canoe outing.   He tells that this white rainbow is extremely rare, so rare in fact that the warden at the national park is sharing it with other environmental officials.  

Bill says this natural phenomenon can be called a white rainbow, a ghostbow, or a fogbow.     You can google to learn more.   Thanks, Bill----very cool!!