Summertime!

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Warm Summer Evening

Warm Summer Evening, photo by limegreen_kayak

I know that a lot of schools have been out for a while and others are on a year-round schedule, but my school gets out today so I hereby designate today as the official start of summer vacation in Michigan.

As my first act as Summertime Stimulus Czar, I direct everyone to pull out a Michigan map, check out a few likely destinations on Michigan.org & Absolute Michigan and try and create some economic impact for Michigan and fun for yourself!

Check this out bigger in limegreen kayak’s favorites! Here’s Summer in the Absolute Michigan pool.

Jumping into summertime

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Camping - P.J. Hoffmaster State Park

Camping – P.J. Hoffmaster State Park, photo by plounsbury.

Summer is here – jump off!

Memorial Day, Michigan Style on Absolute Michigan has lots of Memorial weekend fun.

Check it out bigger and on the P. J. Hoffmaster State Park entry on the Absolute Michigan map.

Morel Hunting Up North

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Morel Hunting

Morel Hunting, photo by Apocaplops.

Erich says that morels are his favorite part of spring and writes:

I recently spent a long weekend up in northern Michigan looking for the elusive Morel mushroom, guided by some friends. Maeby tagged along too, as you can see.

Turns out spotting the black Morels was much more difficult than I remembered, like a Where’s Waldo hunt that spans many square miles. Still, we found enough to be happy, and I enjoyed the trip up north immensely.

Check it out larger in his Up North slideshow.

If you’re looking for tons of morel fun and are near enough to Boyne City, check out the National Morel Mushroom Festival today & tomorrow or enjoy it through this Absolute Michigan report from the 2009 Morel Fest!

Big Air at the Midwest Super Park

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Midwest Super Park

Midwest Super Park, photo by Hometown Invasion Tour.

This is one of a number of photos from Nick Baumgartner’s cool Big Air Competition slideshow.

You can also see them at 2009 Midwest Super Park – Marquette Mountain at Yooper Steez, where Nick explains that every year some of the Midwest’s best snowboarders and skiers take to Marquette Mountain and showcase some of the best talent around.

watch out for the wee ones

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watch out for the wee ones

watch out for the wee ones, photo by 1ManWithACamera.

Larry writes on the shores of Lake Huron, in the faraway village of Caseville, some of the little people ventured out among us.

He has more fun photos that you might enjoy!

Holy Spring, Batman!

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Holy Spring, Batman!

Holy Spring, Batman!, photo by Rudy Malmquist.

Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, Bokeh!

Be sure to and get yourself a Bokehlicious Background from Michigan’s Perspicacious Prince of Pictoral Presentment.

Biff!, POW!!

More spring wallpaper on Michigan in Pictures

I’ll take the Luck of the Irish over Friday the 13th!

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cheese

cheese, photo by n.elle.

I suppose I should have dug out a photo of a black cat or a broken mirror, but I think that I’d rather rely on a little Leprechaunish luck to carry us through the day.

Play Ball! Detroit Tiger tickets on sale today!

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Comerica Park

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!

Boating the Straits of Mackinac with the Stempkis

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Mackinac Bridge

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!!

I love Michigan in Pictures

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Holga_04_15.jpg, photo by Andy Tanguay

I think that Michigan in Pictures is the best web site that I have ever been involved with. Then again, my response to “You’ve won a trip to Milan!” would probably be “Milan, Michigan?”

One of the happiest parts of my life is that I get to spend some time every day looking at photos about Michigan from some amazing photographers and then learning about the subjects of the photographs and often times the people behind the lens. I’m very grateful for all that the photographers and readers contribute to make Michigan in Pictures what it is. Thanks!

The random background of the day on my computer is this photo from Andy’s Hardcore 313 set. This picture is of an abandoned train station station in Ypsilanti. It might be the same Ypsilanti train station where Presidents Ulysses S. Grant & Martin Van Buren delivered speeches and where Charles J. Guiteau, the assassin of President Garfield, was thrown off the train when the conductor found out he didn’t have a ticket.

Then again, it might be just an abandoned train station. You can view it bigger on white, or in Andy’s photostream.

Edit: Almost forgot! I did this post about Michigan in Pictures so I could link to it from the new Absolute Michigan group on Facebook.