The nights are getting longer, temperatures are lower, bugs are fewer—it must be getting to be fall in Northern Minnesota. This is such a lovely time here at Raven’s Wing in Ely with the patio full of zinnias and marigolds, Hummingbirds still making regular visits, and cool comfy nights to settle in to read a good book or go out for a great dinner.
It is full summer in Ely and there is so much to do! Every Tuesday at Whiteside Park we have our Farmers Market starting at 5:00. There are craft booths, live entertainment, homemade goodies, food trucks, and local folks selling garden produce, canned goods and homemade jams and jellies. Our local Northern Arts Association is offering concerts and musicals with its Broadway...
Ely is welcoming its spring/early summer season now and we are seeing canoes on cars and early flowers in our gardens. The Brown Thrasher has returned to our yard and we wake up to its song. The Loons are back too and you can hear their haunting calls from the porch. The fishing opener is coming up May 11th and folks are looking forward to catching...
We have had a bit of a wild winter ride this year. With no snow and bare ground in January and February and tulips and daffodils popping up in March, it was easy to see a nice slow slide into an early spring.
Now that we have a lovely white snow cover and February is just around the corner, it is time for the festivals to begin! Ely Winter Festival starts February 1st with the park full of giant snow blocks and carvers hard at work making amazing sculptures out of the gleaming white snow. These sculptures will grace the...
So, no one “accidentally” gets to Ely. We really are the end of the road, 20 miles south of the Canadian border and nothing between here and the border but the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness—the most visited wilderness area in the US with over 250,000 visitors a year. It is a canoeing, hiking, dog sledding, fishing, camping, cross-country skiing mecca....
