Sunset on Bill’s Lake, originally uploaded by sterk1.

I love this picture! It’s reproduced from a slide that was taken in 1963. Since the day is winding it’s way down and it being Friday and all I thought this was an appropriate (an beautiful) shot to close out the week.

Have a Great Weekend!

While I was uploading photos to the All Things Michigan photostream at flickr.com yesterday I came across some wonderful Michigan photo groups. One such group was the Michigan Oddities group.
Here are some of the gems in this delightfully odd group:

Domke’s Dinosaur Gardens
A number of giant Paul Bunyan statues
The world’s largest weather vane
A [...]

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Tiger Stadium, originally uploaded by &Martin101.

You can see this machine begin to rip into Tiger Stadium. This area is between the centerfield bleachers and the seats in left-field.
There’s no going back now. In [...]

Limestone cliff, originally uploaded by Blondieyooper.

This is a great shot of the limestone cliffs you will see at Fayette Historic State Park. This “ghost town” offers a look at the early years of iron smelting operations in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.

More information about Fayette Historic State Park

Hockey players have fire in their hearts and ice in their veins., originally uploaded by KT of Lake Orion.

This is from the Detroit News. Last night the Red Wings beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2 to win the Stanley Cup. I’m still short on sleep after watching their 3 Overtime loss Monday night.

Tons of fun and another championship for the city of Detroit.

The Things They Carried, originally uploaded by All Things Michigan.

This photo is from last year’s 4th of July Parade in Constantine, Michigan. With yesterday being Memorial Day and thinking of parades and our soldiers both past and present I thought I would share this photo.

This photo (and blog post) is titled ‘The Things They Carried’ as that is what popped in my head when I saw this mother/soldier marching in the parade. I have read Tim O’Brien’s “The Things They Carried” which deals with the mental and emotional aspects of war and immediately thought that this photo illustrates just that both metaphorically and physically.

She is surrounded by the things she carried.

God Bless our Veterans and current service men and women. Thank you for all that you do.

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Say Yes to Michigan Campaign Postcard, originally uploaded by UpNorth Memories - Don Harrison.

I remember seeing these as bumper stickers back in the 1980s. I believe this particular campaign began in the 1970s. [...]

Lake in the Clouds at Dawn, originally uploaded by deciBelle.

This photo is at Lake of the Clouds in the Porcupine Mountains up in Michigan’s beautiful Upper Peninsula. Just gorgeous.

Pasty.com is the place to get your fix of frozen pasty goodness shipped right to your door. While you are munching on your warmed up past you can also peruse - The Pasty Cam.
What is the Pasty Cam you say?
According to the Pasty.com website it is -
A daily visual journal in Michigan’s Upper [...]

Pike Alley, originally uploaded by Eye See 360.

Wow. I am eagerly anticipating the fall colors this year and just had to post this picture from somewhere in Michigan’s U.P. The mist rising off of the lake blurs the palette of color on the left and sharpens as the eye travels left to right.

The reflection of the colors in the water top things off and make it a definite favorite of mine. Bring on the fall color!