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I was perusing flickr.com in search of interesting photos of Michigan fireworks displays from years past. When I came across this one from Manchester's fireworks display in 2005 I immediately thought it looked like a dandelion head.
Don't you remember blowing those seeds all over the yard as a child? Anyway, I could not believe the uncanny resemblence it had and thought it was pretty cool.
Have a great weekend!
Read MoreI found this neat site that lets you choose from a bunch of different major U.S. cities and then set off a fireworks display using the Shockwave Flash player. Wouldn't you know it? Detroit was one of the options :)! It is a fun little waste of time. You just click the buttons under the city display and shoot off different types of fireworks. There is even a grand finale button you can hit for a real whiz-bang finish.
Go there now, and waste some time!
From safety to aesthetics, www.wikihow.com has all of the tips for having a safe and fun fireworks show for the 4th of July. Remember that in Michigan it is illegal to shoot off fireworks that explode, spin or leave the ground. If you want to see showers with a myriad of colors launching into the deep summer twilight you really should find a local town that is hosting a fireworks display. Leave the big time pyrotechnics to the experts and have a safe 4th. Here are a couple of my favorite tips at www.wikihow.com for fireworks displays -
- Never try to make you're own fireworks.
- Never leave fireworks inside you're pocket.
- Things you will need in addition to water and fireworks - a smart head
To search for a fireworks display in your neck of the woods in Michigan check out www.MichiganFireworks.com. I was really impressed with the extent of the listings they had. You can search by Date and City or you can manually view the 461 listings they currently have available. Meg Geddes is the gal behind the website and devoted a ton of time to put these excellent listings together.
Other than one weekend out of the year during South Haven's Harborfest (which took place June 16-18) you don't get the chance to go inside the South Haven lighthouse. Well, not anymore. I am helping you out by providing a link to a short (just under 1.5 minutes long) video showing the inside of the lighthouse along with some history of the lighthouse provided by Rich Shadduck from Harborfest. My wife and I toured the lighthouse a few years ago during Harborfest. The interior was rather boring as there isn't anything in there but the stairway and the red light at the top. However, the view at the top was great! It was kind of hazy the day we were there, but you could still see quite a way in all directions.
Watch the video, courtesy of WWMT Channel 3, here.
Conflict in the Mid-East, increased demand for holiday travel, more costly summer fuel. Whatever excuse the big oil companies are using, you can expect to pay more for gas across Michigan and wherever else you might be traveling this weekend. Around southwest Michigan the prices jumped more than $.30 from $2.77 to $3.09 during the night this past Tuesday. AAA's Fuel Gauge Report is showing the average price of regular unleaded gasoline in Michigan to be running about $2.91 per gallon. That is up about $.07 from the Michigan average at the beginning of this week.
The truth, it is said, is stranger than fiction. This is one of those true stories. In May, Mary and Elmer Irish discovered a rather large egg in the woods. The egg weighed around 3 pounds and measured 19.5 inches on the long side by 15.5 inches around the middle. Based upon photographs and the measurements that the Irishes provided, an expert from the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History determined it to be an ostrich egg.
The mystery is if it really is an ostrich egg, how did it come to be in a remote woods in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. No one has come forward to say they are raising ostrich's in the area. Ostrich's are native to Africa. Is this merely a prank? Will this go down as one more of the legends and lore of our lovely Upper Peninsula?
Well, as Paul Harvey says, now it is time for the rest of the story. Elmer was traveling in Michigan's southern peninsula with the egg recently. On one of our hot days he had left the egg on the backseat in his truck. 95 degree temperatures plus one huge egg equals one huge mess.
The egg had exploded in Elmer's truck. When he went to hop in, he quickly hopped back out. Rotten egg had blown itself all over the truck's interior.
Note to self, when traveling with a mysterious ostrich egg in the summer do not leave it in the full sun on the back seat of your vehicle. It will explode and leave you with a rather large cleaning bill unless you don't mind the aromatic scent of rotten egg.
You can read the article here in The Mining Journal.
