Wind, Snow, Light, photo by dcclark.
David captured blowing snow and light at the Tech Trails at Michigan Tech University. You can see it bigger in his Winter set (slideshow).
Check out David’s blog Cliffs and Ruins for more photos and stories including this cool set of possibly bobcat tracks.
Comerica Park, photo by Mario.Q.
Tickets for the Detroit Tigers’ 2009 regular season home games at Comerica Park go on sale today (March 7) at 10 AM. Opening Day tickets are available – there’s a four ticket per person limit on Opening Day tickets. To get your tickets, head over to the Detroit Tigers web site. There’s a great Tiger highlight video there but I wonder why they’re saying “don’t miss Miguel Cabrera and company in action at Comerica Park” on the site. Placido? Magglio? Carlos? Did I miss something?
Check out Mario’s Detroit Tigers photos (slideshow) – like this one they’re all uploaded wallpapery delicious! Also have a look at the Tigers’ baseball show from the Absolute Michigan pool.
And oh yeah: GO TIGERS!
Ice bridge, photo by Blondieyooper.
Winter at Lake Superior, Marquette, Michigan. Be sure to check it out bigger.
You can see other photos April took on March 3, 2009 and many more great shots in her Winter in the UP set (slideshow).
More great winter pics on our Michigan Winter Wallpaper page!
The trail to Summer, photo by the pentax hammer.
In the depth of winter I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.
~ Albert Camus
A note with these words was the first thing I read this morning. For a few days I’ve been watching a dark wave building, in Michigan and across the country as we realize that our problems are a whole lot more serious than most of us thought.
In times like this, it’s a good thing to have a bit of summer in your heart – is it in you?
This photo can (and should) be seen larger on black or in Gary’s Anywhere but here – The rest of Michigan set (slideshow).
Also be sure to check out the Summer slideshow from the Absolute Michigan pool!
Mackinac Bridge, photo by Ross Nave.
#737 on the list of Fun Things You Could Do in Michigan This Weekend is Boating with the Stempkis!
Be sure to check this photo out bigger and here’s Ross’s Michigan slideshow.
Hope your weekend is great!!
Ignited, photo by Jesse Speelman.
Be sure to check out this photo larger and in Jesse’s Portfolio set (slideshow).
Hope your weekend is at least this much fun.
Fourteen Foot Shoals Cabin, photo by DIsnowshoe
DIsnowshoe has some beautiful photos of this cabin at Cheboygan State Park (slideshow).
The web site for Cheboygan State Park has more about the cabins and also their rustic teepees.
Underscore to Vanish, photo by ramjetgr.
I don’t know what the title means, but I do know that the sun and the green is a welcome sight! Roger says that this west M11 aka 28th street over the Grand River.
Check it out wallpapery big and also in his Redux slideshow.
Your Diet Is About To Meet It’s Nemesis ( or why it’s called Fat Tuesday in Detroit ), photo by Derek Farr ( DetroitDerek ).
Derek was kind enough to basically write Michigan in Pictures for me today. I will use the extra time to eat Paczkis. He writes:
Meet the Paczki, a 400 calorie deep-fried Polish Treat enjoyed in Detroit every year around this time. Much larger than a bismarck or jelly donut (about 2 times the filling), they are filled with fruit or custard and lines for this treat, traditionally sold/eaten on Fat Tuesday, can start 24 hours in advance in Polish suburbs of Detroit such as Hamtramck. Hamtramck is the only city that has a Paczki Day Parade every year, although the day is also celebrated in Chicago, Milwaukee, and South Bend. New Orleans celebrates it on a Thursday.
The good news is I got mine ( some places run out quick ) and they’re Raspberry and they’re delicious. The bad news? I thought TODAY was Fat Tuesday, so now I have to eat 6 of these AND eat some more next week when it’s actually Fat Tuesday. Argh.
Dive into the history of the paczki from the Hamtramck web site and get 1000% of the USRDA of Paczki over at Absolute Michigan … and happy Fat Tuesday to you all!
Petoskey Crucifix, photo by Latitude 45.
Martin says that this beautiful crucifix rests in four fathoms of water (24′) in Little Traverse Bay, near the breakwater beacon. He pointed out this article in the Petoskey News Review about the history of Petoskey’s underwater crucifix and the annual viewing event:
The crucifix is made of white marble from Italy, and was a special order for a family in Rapson, Mich., as a memorial for a son killed in an accident on the farm.
After the structure arrived, it was discovered there had been damage to it. The family sold it as an insurance sale to a southern Michigan diving club, who wanted to place it as a memorial for their friend who died diving at Torch Lake. (ed. Charles Raymond)
The crucifix made its way to Little Traverse Bay, and was first placed by the U.S. Icebreaker Sundew 1,200 feet off the Petoskey breakwall on Aug. 12, 1962.
About 20 years later, the Michigan Skindiving Council tried to salvage what they could of the structure. It was lifted from the water, a new base was built in the Petoskey marina over the course of a day, and it was replaced in the bay.
At the time, Jessick was president of the council, and he proposed a winter viewing. The first was in 1986, affording the community the opportunity to view the statue through a hole made in the ice.
Jessick is Harbor Springs resident Dennis Jessick who helps organize the event. Sorry that I didn’t know about this in advance – I’ll try to keep an eye out next year but it doesn’t sound from the article like there’s a lot of lead time! There’s a little more in this Roadside America article about the Skin Divers Church.
Martin writes that the water seems to be half the actual depth. Be sure to check it out bigger and (probably soon) in his automatically generated Pretty Petoskey set (slideshow).
More great winter pics on our Michigan Winter Wallpaper page!
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