A lot of folks have been coming and reading my recent post about taking a Michigan Fall Color Tour. I felt that it was only fair to at least post one of the many beautiful photos of some Michigan fall colors. Enjoy!

Michigan fall., originally uploaded by upthedubs1.

Tags: michigan fall colors 2008, Michigan Photos, michigan-fall-colors, michigan-pictures

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!

Vintage Fishing Michigan Humor Card, originally uploaded by UpNorth Memories - Don Harrison.

I am a sucker for these vintage humorous postcards. Here it appears that the fisherman has had the tables turned and is dinner for this giant fish.

Seen Many Springs, originally uploaded by Pistol Pete’.

Normally we all fight the infestation of dandelions in our yards. This photo celebrates the beauty of dandelions with the neat old shed as a backdrop.

Too cool.

We had quite the coating of ice on the trees, bushes, and grass yesterday. Some of our maples had branches that almost touched the ground. Power was out for quite a few folks here in southwest Michigan as well due to the ice storm.

I went out and took a few pictures just to try and capture the beauty of the ice coated branches. The pictures really don’t seem to do it justice, but they are kind of neat.

I know not everyone will be impressed with this, but as someone who appreciates how difficult graphic design can be I just wanted to point this out. The picture below is part of the current image at the top (the header) of the Michigan.gov website. The header pictures at Michigan.gov are always very [...]

Wrath of Zues, originally uploaded by Freddie jr.

Wow! I love the deep blue sky contrasted with the silver hue of the lightning. This guy takes some wonderful nighttime photos.

I looked up pictures of lightning on flickr.com in light of the storms that passed through here this week and slowed things down for a bit.

Curious Bear…., originally uploaded by Allan M.

I was thinking about the previous article I wrote about the black bears that were hanging out in Ironwood over the weekend and thought I would see if anyone at flickr.com had some black bear pics. This was the first one that popped up when I searched for “Michigan black bears.” The photographer states that “the bears in Ontonagon all seem to flock to the dumpster behind this ice cream stand.”

Evidently, the owners of the ice cream stand have not yet read the DNR’s guide to preventing bear problems in Michigan.

The Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary put together an incredible slide show of a series of pictures from “shipwreck alley” in Lake Huron. It is amazing how clear the water is in these images. You can see wood decking and anchor chains as well as a ship’s wheel.
The slide show doesn’t last too [...]

Pictured Rocks, originally uploaded by kjjahnke.

Here is what Miners Castle looked like before the turret on the right broke off on April 13, 2006. Now only the larger turret on the left remains.

As my son calls it - pretty water. It is some of the most beautiful country in Michigan.