One of the many reasons that our bed and breakfast guests love to visit us in the winter months is to take advantage of the horse drawn sleigh rides through the snow.  But this particular weekend, mother nature just does not want to cooperate with little snow on the ground.  So Saugatuck, Holland and South Haven are probably where most of our Inn guests will be this coming week and weekend for their getaway holiday vacations.  Oh well, no doubt we will definitely be seeing more snow again for more sleigh rides in the not so distant future I’m sure.

This time of year, it seems that we all go from one event to the next.  Here in west Michigan, with the Christmas holiday behind us, we are already focusing on helping guests of the bed and breakfast plan their New Year’s getaway weekends.  From romantic holiday couple getaways to a wedding occurring here at the Inn this coming week, we are already moving on to the next big events on the calendar.  The holidays definitely do keep us busy here at the Inn as well.

These days around the bed and breakfast, bits of green are popping through the snow.  Here in west Michigan, we have had quite a few days without much snow, and a few days of above freezing highs.  So the Michigan lake front and all of the surrounding Saugatuck area is now starting to see grass popping through in spots.  Unlike my native Iowa relatives, and just west of here in Illinois, Wisconsin and Iowa where they are currently experiencing a rather lot of snow for their Christmas eve and Christmas weekend.

A Michigan winter morning can be dark as it is, but given that this is winter solstice and the shortest day of the year, it is dark at the bed and breakfast this morning.  One good thing about the winter solstice is that the days get longer from now until the summer solstice.  That’s the upbeat way of looking at it anyway, but in the meantime our days here in west Michigan are not very long for daylight.  It would be great days to sleep in a cozy up with someone special.  🙂

While getting ready for the day here at the bed and breakfast, I just heard on the  news this morning about the lunar eclipse that is set to occur at approximately 3:30 a.m. tomorrow morning here in the Michigan skies.  It always seems as though we hear of eclipses almost every year, but this particular eclipse is occuring the first time in over 500 years.  Still, somehow I just don’t think I will be setting my alarm to get up at 3:15 a.m. as my sleep does take priorities when running a bed and breakfast Inn.