(Betsy Bloom/Daily News photo) Western fox snakes are common in the Upper Peninsula, where the population is stable.

Advisory: Mature content, though in snake form.

Last Saturday had my mom’s youngest son and wife; her grandddaughter and two great-grandchildren; and grandson, wife and toddler great-grandddaughter all up for a marvelous weekend of good food and great company. (Pasties — mandatory — and lasagna, with mom’s cornettis based on a recipe as close as possible to what we used to get from Schinderle’s Italian Maid Bakery).

While Saturday evening featured the weekend highlight of a 4-year-old great-grandson hooking a northern in his first fishing outing on Six Mile Lake, earlier in the day had various family members concentrated on getting the yard and dock in order for the summe

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