One would think that mother nature is playing tricks on Saugatuck, Michigan and much of the midwest these days.  Just as we start to see a warm up and pleasant days ahead, we receive another punch of colder air and strong gusty winds combined with precipitation.  It really does seem as though our spring season this year is somehow being stubborn and taking it’s time coming around this year.  I guess after Saugatuck’s lengthy spring, summer and fall season of last year, we may just all be spoiled.

It seems as though we are behind in getting the Easter decorations out at the bed and breakfast this year, but not really when you think of how late Easter week is this year.  Around Saugatuck and all across West Michigan, it is obvious that the usual Easter decorations have not been out yet.  So today we decided that it is definitely time to break them out and place them around the Inn and yard of the B&B.  Always another true sign of spring for us, it’s good to see them around once again.

Today began a week-long project that is long overdue at the bed and breakfast and one that we will be glad to get behind us.  A new driveway will be poured this week, but first was the process of tearing out the old concrete and hauling it away on a large dump truck in quite a few loads.  Needless to say that the process of ripping out the old concrete is not yet complete, but we definitely have seen progress today and are excited to know that a new driveway with a much smoother surface will be in by the end of this week.

While we try to start our spring yard work in the month of March at the bed and breakfast, this past early spring weather wasn’t really cooperating.  Today with warm temperatures and calm breezes in the air, it was a perfect day to get some of the initial spring yard work accomplished as well as some other miscellaneous things such as bringing more of the porch knick knacks out of storage and placing them in their usual spots for the season.   It’s a chore to do these things, but not so much so when you know what beauty and warm weather follows this season of yard work.

Within a quick drive from the bed and breakfast are a number of romantic beach town lake front communities.  Today we are venturing up to Grand Haven Michigan which is just north of Holland for an errand we need to run.  It is always a fun adventurous mini getaway for us to be able to make a quick drive to visit these fun little beach town communities.  Grand Haven is also home to the coast guard for Lake Michigan, of which their biggest festival of the year is the Coast Guard Festival in mid summer.