Catherine Lenard Ltd. presents . . . Michigan's Gold™

It is a pleasure to present the Michigan's Gold™ gourmet favorites gift basket. Following is the story of its origins and a listing of the basket's select contents:

"Michigan's west coast, along the shores of Lake Michigan, has always been a personal 'Magic Land'. Trips to the beaches & dunes, with their amazing natural beauty, invite wonder, exhilaration & renewal.

Living in the coastal area of southwest Michigan, I have come to appreciate the unique micro-climate of the area, a legacy of the glacier lobes that gave us our Great Lakes & formed Michigan.

This micro-climate makes it one of the nation's foremost fruit & produce growing areas.Wineries, farm stands, vibrant gourmet offerings & increasing awareness of the importance of locally & regionally grown foods garner Michigan national & international acclaim.

It is a pleasure to provide you with, what I refer to as, Michigan's Gold™, a selection of widely favored gourmet foods made from Michigan's luscious harvests.

Enjoy your taste of Pure Michigan®."

Catherine


The Michigan's Gold™ Gourmet Gift Basket contains:

—16 oz. pickled asparagus
—8 oz. blueberry ground coffee
—8.45 oz. pure maple syrup in an etched tree gift bottle
—8 oz. strawberry/rhubarb jam
–9 oz. cherry salsa

The 10"round, wicker/woven basket is lined with burlap, trimmed with a Michigan cedar sprig and pine cone and includes the origins (above) of the Michigan's Gold™ selection. The basket is stretch-wrapped, trimmed with jute and gold ribbon, and comes in a USPS mailing box, ready for shipping.

Local pick-up (Three Oaks, Michigan) or shipping services available.

Price: $82.95

1% of proceeds will be distributed to Michigan food pantries.

For ordering or other information, please visit: http://www.michigansgold.weebly.com.


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Michigan's Gold is a trademark of Catherine Lenard Ltd.
'Pure Michigan' is a registered trademark of the State of Michigan.

Fun-Fast-Forward

I never thought it would be such a stretch of time since the last post. Since late September there has been a whirlwind of activity on many fronts.

There was the Apple Cider Century the last week of September, which is a wonderful bike tour through southwest Michigan's Harbor Country and nearby wine country. The National Park Service hosted its annual Century of Progress House Tour in Beverly Shores, Indiana, which was an open house for five houses that were barged across Lake Michigan from the World's Fair in the 1930's by a developer who wanted to promote the area. They are tax-payer owned and those who have signed thirty-year leases use their own funds to historically-correct restore them and eventually live in them, but do not own or pay rent.

I also had the opportunity to be a guest at an event held at the new-ish Modern Wing of the Art Institute of Chicago, fun to see at night as glass is the primary building material of the structure. Throw in a staging project and launching a micro-product line within a very condensed schedule and I hope I'm vindicating the absence from continuity, if only to myself.

While preparing the new product is going relatively smoothly, there are a myriad of details to work through, so it's been non-stop lately peppered with dreaded computer glitch 'work arounds'. Aah, and so it goes. Lack of sleep aside, mostly fun nonetheless.

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