Morning Light, photo by rdmegr
This photo was taken this weekend at Reeds Lake in East Grand Rapids.
Check it out bigger in rdmegr’s Reeds Lake slideshow.
More Michigan lakes from Michigan in Pictures.
Drink Michigan Wine!
glowing globes, photo by aimeeern.
We’re at the tail end of Regional Wine Week. The folks at drinklocalwine.com say:
In the global economy, we are lucky to be able to drink wine and eat food from anywhere. Yet increasingly the trend is away from giant agribusiness and toward a restoration of local farms as we insist on produce and meat “from around here.” Vineyards are farms. Local wine should be part of the local food movement. Wine Country is Everywhere.
Indeed. The Michigan Wine & Grape Council has this to say about Michigan’s exploding wine industry:
- About 2,000 acres are devoted to wine grapes, making Michigan the eighth state in wine grape production in the nation.
- Vineyard area has increased more than 60% in the last 10 years.
- Michigan’s 73 commercial wineries produce more than 1 million gallons of wine annually, making Michigan 13th in wine production. The vast majority of production is from Michigan-grown grapes.
- Wineries are popular tourist destinations, attracting more than 800,000 visitors annually.
- We have four wine trails that provide concentrated wine touring experiences: Lake Michigan Shore Wine Trail, Leelanau Peninsula Wine Trail, the Southeast Michigan Pioneer Wine Trail and the Wineries of Old Mission Peninsula
- The wine industry contributes $300 million annually to Michigan’s economy.
- All that, plus a lot of it is really, really good!!
Drink Michigan Wine … another way to help this state be all it can be!
Check this out bigger and in Amy’s slideshow.
More Michigan wine from Michigan in Pictures and also check out lots of articles about Michigan wine & wineries from Absolute Michigan.
Down By The River Side in Grand Rapids
Down By The River Side, photo by photoshoparama – Dan.
Gonna lay down my heavy load, down by the river side.
~Sister Rosetta Tharpe
While ArtPrize is over, there’s still plenty to entertain the eye and ease the mind in Grand Rapids. Check out these fall color touring ideas from the Grand Rapids CVB.
Check this photo out bigger in Dan’s colors slideshow.
Much more fall color on Michigan in Pictures.
October the 13th: Michigan Haunted Houses, Corn Mazes & Scary Attractions
Jason Voorhees, photo by hardyc.
Hold on, man. We don’t go anywhere with “scary,” “spooky,” “haunted,” or “forbidden” in the title.
~Shaggy from Scooby-Doo
Over on Absolute Michigan, our Fearsome Finder of Frights has once again compiled his annual list of Michigan haunted houses, corn mazes and scary attractions. There’s a bunch of cool Halloween facts as well, so click over … if you dare.
Check this out bigger and in Chris’s super spooky Halloween/Horror slideshow.
Down a Country Road
Down a Country Road, photo by gerrybuckel.
“October’s poplars are flaming torches, lighting the way to winter.”
– Nova Bair (via Absolute Michigan October Calendar)
Check this out bigger and in Gerry’s slideshow.
Crane Fest: Sandhill Cranes at Baker Sanctuary
Crane Fest, photo by .jowo..
Joel says that last weekend the Michigan Audubon Society and Battle Creek Kiwanis hosted Crane Fest at Baker Sanctuary, near Bellevue. The event celebrates the annual fall migration of the Sandhill Crane. While we’ve missed that, he writes:
Thousands of Sandhill Cranes gather at Big Marsh Lake every evening in October. Well worth your evening.
What my camera cannot capture is the glorious racket these large birds make. Absolutely incredible.
Shot from the Kiwanis Youth Area, which will be open from 4 to 7 every Saturday and Sunday in October. If you can’t make the festival, you can still see the spectacle. Go. You’ll enjoy!
Check this out background boomtacular and in his Baker Sanctuary slideshow.
10/10/10: Football, Fall and our Future
4th & Goal … photo by NightFox Photography
Tomorrow is 10/10/10. While it could be that something catastrophic or wonderfully amazing happens, if it doesn’t you may be looking for a few things to fill the time.
The Big Ten
The University of Michigan Wolverines meet the Michigan State University Spartans at 3:30 PM today. MSU has won the last two meetings and both teams are undefeated and in the AP Top 25, with the Spartans at #17 and UM ranked #18. Tomorrow, green & white or maize & blue will have something to crow about … and the Paul Bunyan Trophy. While State is my alma mater and 2nd favorite college football team, I’m going to side with my dearly departed grandmother and a childhood of 3 yards and a pile of dust with Bo and say Michigan 35 – State 32 as Denard Robinson continues his campaign for the Heisman right over Greg Jones.
The Tenth Month
October in Michigan means apples and cold nights and fall color and haunted houses. Dig in.
10/10/10
October 10, 2010 is being promoted as a global work party by the 350 Movement. Simply put, 350 is the parts per million of CO2 that science says will roll back global warming. Plant some trees, explore going solar, lay plans for transforming your business to meet the challenges of the future, get out with friends on your bikes or find another way to say “Michigan is in this for the long haul”
Check Cory’s photo out bigger and see this and more in his slideshow.
2010 ArtPrize Winners!
The winners of ArtPrize 2010 were announced last night in Grand Rapids. Grand Rapids resident Chris LaPorte took top honors and $250,000 for his work Cavalry, American Officers, 1921, a phenomenally detailed work in pencil. Svelata by Mia Tavonatti and Lure/Wave, Grand Rapids (Lure/Forest) by Beili Liu rounded out the top 3.
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 Svelata by Mia Tavonatti |
Check out WOOD-TV’s interview with the winner.
Photo Credits:
legends stood here: Exploring Detroit with Absolute Michigan
legends stood here, photo by buckshot.jones
All week on Absolute Michigan we’ve been featuring Detroit with fresh looks at Michigan’s largest city from a wide range of folks including Johnny Knoxville and David Byrne and topics that include Detroit’s art resurgence and movie-making in the Motor City.
About the photo, Scott writes:
At this very spot, some of the greatest to ever play the game, played right here. Under a blue Michigan sky they crafted their legend. From the deadball era of Ty Cobb to the steriod era of “My head didn’t get bigger, my hat shrunk” Barry Bonds, the greats of the game played.
I figure most of us folks in Detroit have a fond memory, or two, of this place. I saw Ron Leflore in the midst of a 30 game hitting streak, sitting down the first base line. Out in the left field stands I watched the Bird win a game sitting next to my brothers and our old man. I took my daughter to her first game in 1982. She was still an infant, it was early June and the old park was still as cold as a meat locker. In the last year of the park, my son and I attended a game. We moved all around the stadium, finishing up in my favorite part, the upper deck bleachers, right to the left of the flag.
I truly loved that place.
Check this out bigger and in his excellent Detroit Journal: Words & Pictures series (view slideshow).
Lots more Detroit Tigers and Detroit photos from Michigan in Pictures.
UM vs MSU: Wolverines and Spartans Play Saturday!
Vincent Smith – TD! by SDJ~Photography and msuVwmu1 by M.Hallowell
This Saturday at 3:30 PM the Michigan State University Spartans travel to the Big House for a date with the University of Michigan Wolverines. Our Michigan vs Michigan State Football Rivalry page on Absolute Michigan says:
The Paul Bunyan-Governor of Michigan Trophy is awarded to the winner of the game between the Wolverines and the Spartans. U of M holds the series edge at 67-30-5, but the Spartans have held the trophy for the past 2 years. Right now both teams are in the AP Top 25, with the Spartans at #17 and UM ranked #18.
If you’re looking for tickets, stubhub has them for $175 – $1422. If you can’t swing that, it’s on ABC with the pre-game at 2:45 PM. The .00007% of Lions fans who are missing Matt Millen will be happy to learn that Millen has been picked as an analyst for the game by ABC. Millen won’t be the only coach in the press box because MSU coach Mark Dantonio (recovering from a heart attack) will be in the box as well.
Click through for more on the game including videos highlighting both programs.
You can see more of the Wolverines in Steve’s Michigan Football 2010 slideshow and get your Spartan on with State News photographer Matt Hallowell’s football slideshow!
There’s more University of Michigan and Michigan State University posts on Michigan in Pictures!
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