104, photo by Cara Jo Miller.
Cara Jo explains that this is a double exposure of the same negative – done in the dark room.
She is a photography & web design at Northern Michigan University. You can see a lot more of her work on Flickr and at her web site, cara-jo.net.
When the wind works against us, photo by chinkon.
To this glorious photo of a Lapeer, Michigan barn, chinkon adds an appropriate poem for our chill spring that begins…
When the wind works against us in the dark,
And pelts with snow
The lower chamber window on the east…
Get over there and read the rest of Storm Fear by Robert Frost.
self reflection, photo by Bridget Johnson
Bridget relates that this photo was taken at the Frandor Mall in East Lansing … or Lansing … or right between the two. I am a bit depressed that there is no entry for Frandor at Wikipedia (yet at least). The Lansing entry says that in 1954, Frandor Mall was the first in the area and the second in the state.
On second thought, Joey Harrison’s photo of the old FRANDOR sign on Flickr is lots better than any Wikipedia entry probably would be because it has a bunch of people’s reflections on the history of the mall, including his mom, who says:
What I’m about to say can’t be certified, but this is what I seem to remember: Frandor was developed by Francis and Doreen Corr in 1954 from a former golf course. It was the second outdoor mall, the first being Northland in Southfield.
Bridget Johnson is a Traverse City based photographer who will be among the over 150 women artists of all media whose work will be on display at the 5th annual From Women’s Hands art show, sale and benefit for The Women’s Cancer Fund from April 27-29 at the Hagerty Center in Traverse City.
Untitled, photo by mellowhummer.
There’s a lot that I treasure about this Michigan in Pictures thing, but probably nothing more than finding a lovely photo like this that there is really nothing to say about other than “Here you go”.
Here you go…
Renaissance, photo by irinuchka.
…in the Renaissance Center, Detroit.
Kind of amazing what can be accomplished when you try to accomplish something amazing. More at Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center from SkyscraperPage.com, Renaissance Center from Wikipedia and Flickr’s RenCen slideshow.
roygbiv + icucc, photo by maproomsystems.
I don’t know if there really was a double rainbow over the Immaculate Conception Ukrainian Catholic Church in Hamtramck, Michigan. While the photo wasn’t posted until yesterday, it was taken on April 1st (another photo from Brett posted below says probably so). Who knows! In any case, it makes a perfect photo for today.
Detroit1701.org – a tremendously informative web site I just found – has an entry on Hamtramck’s Immaculate Conception Ukrainian Catholic Church:
Ukrainians began coming to metropolitan Detroit shortly after 1900. A large number settled in southern Hamtramck, especially on Grayling between Lumpkin and Joseph Campau. The first Immaculate Conception Ukrainian Catholic Church was a wooden structure on Grayling opened in 1913. By 1936, this parish operated a complete elementary school. As the congregants prospered, they were able to build the massive church that you see above. The cornerstone for this church was laid in 1942 but it was some years before the building was completed.
Seriously, this is an amazing web site with nearly 100 entries for religious buildings alone as well as hundreds of pages on everything from Detroit statues and public art to noted Detroit-area residences.
Sleeping Bear Dune Rides, 1940, photo by Fred Dickinson
In defiance of the weather we’re featuring a super-cool Michigan travelogue from 1949 on Absolute Michigan that begins in the Sleeping Bear Dunes. In addition to a selected of classic travel destinations, you can see the dunesmobiles in action.
Visit the Dickinson Gallery for many more classic photos and information on ordering and also check out Riding the Dunes from the Northern Michigan Journal for more about the Sleeping Bear Dunesmobiles.
Quite a view from the top of a Michigan–not California–Vineyard, photo by k2tibaldi.
April is Michigan Wine Month, a great time to Celebrate Michigan wine & wineries.
Wineries like this one on the Old Mission Peninsula* are every bit as lovely as those in other great wine regions and Michigan’s vineyards are producing award-winning wines that are the equal of any in the world.
*I am guessing Old Mission. Looks like Power Island in Grand Traverse Bay.
Road to daylight, photo by taterfalls.
In Michigan, we’ve been deluged with negative messages over the last few years.
Does anyone have something positive to share as we head into spring?
lightning rods, photo by dbthayer.
This photo of a Monroe County barn is part of a set of barn photos.
Some of them are in Ohio, but if necessary, we could always take them back in a second Ohio-Michigan War.
Michigan in Pictures 