Forging a new friendship in the Keweenaw, as well as anywhere else, usually involves some type of food. This photo from Brian Rendel, illustrates that point quite well. It does make me wonder though, who's the braver subject, the feeder or the feedee? Myself, I'd probably be a bit nervous that this little fellow might take a nip out of my hand, instead of just nibbling on what I'm holding! Speaking of forging friendships with food, don't forget to plan on attending Pasty Fest 2004, on July 4th. If you're one of the first 400 attending, you'll get a free Pasty Central Pasty!

Good morning all!!!

Check out this 'chipmunk laugh' for a good start to your day....

Good Morning from Jacksonville FL
Please send rain, none here since 5/3 wildfires are starting.

Graduation Day here in West Texas. Watch out Yoopers, 33 more on the loose from a place with no water.

That is some chipmunk laugh :-)
Todays pict reminds me of Chip & Dale for
those that are old enough, those were the
days.

Good Morning from Florida, another warm day here.

Good Morning from Ferndale, Michigan. Another great, dry (!) and sunny morning.

Good morning. I had a friend, Tom Mueller, who use to feed a chipmunk at his house in Calumet. He had it trained to go into his shirt pocket for food. Tom's gone now and I miss him alot. I suppose the chipmunk does as well.

I finely completed my move from Los Gatos, Ca to Joliet, Il. I am looking forward to getting back to the U.P. for a visit after 23 years. We have missed our home in Eagle River and often think of the good times we had there. I'm sure many things have changed in the area but it will be good to see it again. I have enjoyed this site as well as others with U.P. information. I really like looking at the photos in the guest gallery as well. I hope to get some new photos in mine now that I am closer. All of mine are from the 70's & 80's. Maybe I'll even get to meet some of the folks that I see on this site every day and share a cup of coffee. Thanks for the great site and photos everyone.

Used to have a squirrel in the neighborhood who, when I was on hands and knees pulling weeds, would run up my back onto my shoulder and beg for a handout. He was about twice the size of other squirrels, so I assume he had been someone's pet and with good feeding had achieved maximum squirrel potential. I miss those semi-tame creatures down in the city. Here they are more shy of approaching.

Chipmunks...cute little creatures! However I'm constantly chasing them away from the Orioles oranges.
Have a Great day and safe Memorial weekend.

I lost the battle to chipmunks last year. They ate all my tomatoes. Will plant flowers this year instead.

Lac La Belle will be the site of my bachelor party this weekend. Can't wait to see what festivities Ned and Crabby Jack have in store for us.

Bachelor,,,,with Ned involved and Crabby Jack too, I bet it will be a good one!

Morning from Houston!

i checked your chipmunk laugh Dave got a lol out of it

LOW GRADE DID YOU GET ENOUGH RAIN YET? ARE THE LITTLE BLACK FLIES OUT YET?

Check out the new web cam at Houghton County Airport.

Ahhhh! I just received 6 fresh Pasties from Pasty Central! Guess what's for dinner tonight?

I just had a pasty for breakfast, there goes my lo-carb diet for the day...

Bachelor - TELL CRABBY JACK that Marmaduke in ALABAMA said to watch his vocabulary tonight. Say hello to NED.
Will be back for the weekend two weeks from yesterday.

For those interested in Hockey History here is a very interesting website, being originally from $Bay I try to stay intune with what happens "UP There" Here it is Copper Country Hockey History.

Alex,we'll be down for supper:)

The little Chippie is cute!!

theresa in Colorado Cute chippy Who is the guy in the picture. Looks like my brotherinlaw. Judy in mi. where are you???. Warm and sunny here......

Chipmunks have decent table manners too. At the bird feeder they a seed at a time and dont stay too long. Unlike their larger cousins.

My grandparents who live in Osceola used to have a pet chippie that used to run up to the top of their porch steps to eat peanuts that they placed their every morning, but one morning little chippie never visited, come to find out they had a pail of water near their steps, little chippie had fallen in the pail and drowned, it was really devastating for them to find little chippie had drowned.

talking about pasties ...... do you think I can get them here to Holland?....miss them :(.. how
long did they take to get to ga?..... could be faster to get them from Cornwall... hahahah

What's your plans for Memorial Weekend? Don't forget to take a moment or more to pray for the men and women in the military, and thier families. It just takes a moment to bow your head, and ask for protection. While we are making choices and plans, they are serving.

Hey Kokomo Ind. $Bay.....That was a tremdous website on Hockey history. Loved it. Especially because $Bay was so prominent through out. I didnt come from there , but my Dad Ray Martin was born there in 1905, and was raised in the good old coppeer country. If you have any more history of the area.Let me know. My Dads sister lived there until in the 1960tys. Her name was Inga and she had a big family of boys and girls . Her married name was Inga Clements. Her husbands name was Sy. Most of her kids are in there sixties or seventies as I am . Take Care Ray.

Just got back from Ottawa National Forest. Rain Rain Rain - 6 days straight. The little black flies are out but no mosquitos yet. Weather has been to cool - 30's at night and 50's during the day.

Ray H Martin, the Home Page for Pasty Net has a link or two for History (i.e. Copper Range Railroad) that you may find interesting....Best Regards, Glad you enjoyed it.

Hey Wisconsin Bachelor, is the bar/res/party store open? Maybe CJ will take you to the Gay bar, have one for us! Is CJ still with Jane?

Theresa in Colorado... not sure how many Judy's there are here from MI, but I am one of them. Rivers are still flooding, farm fields are filled with ponds, but the level of the Great Lakes is going up! More rain predicted.

As a child, I used to feed a "pet" chippie during summer vacation at my grandparents' home in Eagle River, MI....

To Dave, In Laurium... I had thought about doing that, but also thought people would think I was nuts. Did you really have one for breakfast, and do people do that? I could eat these things until the cows come home!

P.S. We don't have cows! :)

Hey Fran... We're waitin' on ya!

Alex T. ..A meal is a meal, who's to say you 'have ' to eat bacon and eggs for breakfast, I didn't feel bad about eating the pasty that early, only because it blew my diet for the day. If you feel guilty about eating it for breakfast, just call it 'brunch'....works for me!! Oh, weatherman says frost tonight, cover what needs to be covered... weekend looks pretty good, could be a bit warmer but at least the sun will be out!!

Ray Martin,I knew your sisters' family. You wrote a message on here previously and I didn't remember any Martins so I asked my oldest brother and he said he did.I came from a large family and all of us went to school with one or the other of Ingas'kids.Inga used to make bread and my husband used to buy it from her. He was single at the time.I always loved that house.When it was made into apartments I babysat there a few times. It had alot of nice details. My sister lives right across from it. I think my Dad and Sy used to work together at one time.

Alex,shoot I can eat pasties anytime -cold or hot!!!

Ray Martin, On the pasty Cam home page there is a business called Copper World and they sell books by Clarence Monette.He wrote one on Dollar Bay.It is an interesting book I think you would enjoy it.

To Andrew, Il - your posting on May 26
Looking back thru my rearview mirror, I saw a place of refuge.. This is the Copper Country. From far away places, people have come, bringing with them a diversity of mores. They have blended into a unique community of friendship and goodwill. This is indeed a blessed spot, a haven of nurturing for the body as well as a repose for the spirit. Truly a place apart. If one can enjoy such a piece of heaven on earth, this woould be the Coopper Country.

Sorry! this would be the Copper Country. (I really do know how to spell)

Haven't had a Heikki and Toivo joke for a while so here one is:
Toivo was applying for a job as a switch operator at the railroad.
The chief engineer conducting the interview says, "OK, Heikki, what would you do if the Northern Express carrying explosives was heading north on Track 1 and the Southern Central carrying gasoline was heading south on Track 1 and they were going to meet in 5 minutes?"
Toivo quickly answered, "I'd call my friend Heikki."
The chief engineer says. "Oh, do you think your friend Heikki would be able to help you?"
Toivo says, "No, my friend Heikki really likes explosions!!"

I'M A CONVERT! Alex will have a Pasty for breakfast tomorrow morning... Maybe a cold one!

Whoa Alex!....a cold one!...for breakfast!...Watch out, you're living on the wild side now!!

Big glass of cold Buttermilk and hot Pasty was the way the Oldtimers used to do it.Pasty in the morning better then a hash omelet.
Speaking of morning what time is Sunrise in the Copper Country? How many hours of daylight do you have this time of year.

YbY, check out this site: http://www.usno.navy.mil

click on sun rise / set key in Houghton MI

Sunrise: 6:06 a.m.
Sunset: 9:38 p.m.
today

28 degrees and frost at 7.00 a.m.in Copper City

hey dave from laurium,are you waiting for mary to get up?haha

I remember Tom da Tuna.... miss him greatly.
As for the chip...well, they got into the walls of my house and I
had to take drastic measures that you all would hate me for! I
can honestly say that I won that battle.

Yep, drinking my and heading for the links soon...

looking at the weather forcast dave you best get your golfing in today...have fun!

Talley Hoo and away we go! "Hmmm we seem to be missing our morning fix here", he said with a twinge of desperation.

WOW! Where is Today? Friday May 28th? Is everything okay in Pasty cam land?

WHERE ARE YOU?????

hope all is well with you mary?your starting to really worry us...

just waiting still. this is as important as my morning mountain dew

Did you guys lose power last night and everyone is still asleep?

This doesn't really pertain to Mary Drew, but as the song says "Oh lazy Mary will you get up, will you get up today!"
We certainly know that Mary D. is not lazy!

Good morning from the Houghton County Airport, where I left my laptop last night in a locked office, and thus not able to upload the daily update. Mary had everything ready to go, the delay is entirely your webmaster's fault.

Stay tuned. Friday will officially get under way in about 20 minutes.

ch

how can i upload musicto entertain you?

thanks charlie,i can now rest assure and take my shower and check back later...

db - please don't upload anything to entertain us. It isn't necessary. It would distract from the original intention and purpose of this site. Beautiful pictures, and snapshots of life in the UP. That's all that's needed here....no cutsie jokes, cartoons, etc. Just pure UP life. :) Thanks,

db, Thanks but i will play my own musicto.

I agree with Patti 100%

Ah! Copper City my old hometown...

Fran, GA:
You got me homesick so I went to Copper Worlds link and bought the Dollar Bay book along with a copper desk mug. I better hide the credit card bill when it comes in from City Boy!!

On the other hand ..There is a lot of UP -Keweenaw music out there that is not known to those not still on the "copper range" some of that would be nice to hear here..On yet annotheer..hand there are copyrights involved ??

haha! i like the chipmunk, my uncle is in the middle of building his house this winter 2003, and he had a pet deer that ran around and he put ribbons on it and its really cute picture. he lives in lake linden.