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Photos from the 2008 Rothbury Music Festival

Posted on July 8, 2008July 9, 2008 by farlane

Hey Snoop, Michigan Loves You, photo by Ann Teliczan

Ann was one of the lucky … 35,000 or 40,000 or so … who got to attend what will apparently be the 1st annual Rothbury Music Festival last weekend. She has a bunch more great HDR photos from Rothbury.

For more photos (which obviously come with a “these are pictures from a large & wild music festival” warning), check out Rothbury photos from Flickr (slideshow), the Freep’s Rothbury photo galleries, a large Rothbury gallery (with aerial photos) from mLive. mLive got pretty into the festival and by “pretty” I mean “surprisingly a lot” and they have all kinds of photo and other features like the t-shirts of Rothbury that you can find from their Rothbury wrapup.

Update! David McGowan over at humanfiles.com has a very cool Rothbury 08 gallery with 40 of his favorite shots and a second gallery with tons more!

Update, Part 2 Revolutionary Views Photography has some stunning Rothbury panoramas (and excellent photos too!)

Fiddlehead Forest

Posted on April 28, 2008 by farlane

Fiddlehead Fern Forest, photo by otisourcat

While morels get the most love at this time of year, fiddleheads are another tasty treat that’s popping up in the woods of Michigan. Wikipedia of course has a fiddlehead entry, Michigan-based food grower Earthy Delights has better info. They say:

A Fiddlehead is a fern so young and new that it hasn’t yet “unfurled” and opened its leaves. The end is still curled in a tight spiral, ready to unroll as the sun warms it and it gathers strength and size. This spiral shape reminds many people of the end of a violin, hence the name “Fiddlehead.”

Early Spring signals the arrival of “Fiddlehead season,” when aficionados begin combing the riverbanks and forest floor.

The flavor? It has been described as similar to green beans with a hint of artichoke. But descriptions do not begin to capture the flavor. You must try them to know the wonderful flavor and delightful crunch of Fiddleheads.

Earthy actually grows and ships fiddleheads, and they have several recipes including Sauteed Fiddlehead Ferns with Parsley and Garlic, Steamed Fiddleheads With Wild Leek Greens and (my favorite) Spring Wild Harvest Ragout With Fiddlehead Greens & Morels.

otisourcat took this photo at the Muskegon State Park and got this tasty shot as well!

Spring at Pere Marquette

Posted on April 25, 2008April 25, 2008 by Michigan in Pictures

Spring at Pere Marquette, photo by cabriden.

It’s dredging season in Michigan’s harbors … fishing season too!

NOAA’s nautical chart of the Muskegon Harbor says that the Muskegon South Breakwater light is 70′ tall while the North light is half that and that they’re probably dredging to a depth of 26 feet.

Be sure to check it out bigger.

Summer 2007 … Almost Gone

Posted on August 31, 2007August 31, 2007 by Michigan in Pictures

Skimboard Boogie, photo by eaanderson.

Hope everyone enjoys that last weekend of the summer … and that summery weather continues for a few more weeks!

This photo is part of a nice set of photos from late summer on the Muskegon shore.

Wilfred Sykes

Posted on July 17, 2007July 17, 2007 by Michigan in Pictures

Wilfred Sykes, photo by jowo.

I think that Joel can pretty much handle today’s post:

Pretty boat. Leaving the harbor at Muskegon, Michigan.

While I’ve seen, and photographed, most currently active lakes boats, this one had somehow escaped me until yesterday afternoon. We’d gone to Muskegon to walk the beach, and suddenly there she was, leaving the harbor.

Sykes was the first American lakes boat completed after World War II, and was launched shortly after I was born. In many ways she’s the prototype for a generation of lakers. And just plain gorgeous! Glad I finally found her.

You may enjoy Joel’s Lakers slideshow and you’ll probably also like the Wilfred Sykes photo gallery from boatnerd.com Joel links to above.

Little Foxes

Posted on June 8, 2007August 20, 2008 by Michigan in Pictures

Little Foxes, photo by curlyson.

Red fox cubs exploring the world near their den.

The Michigan DNR’s red fox (Vulpes vulpes fulva) page says that a large fox (14 inches high) will weigh only 12-15 pounds and be able to easily pass through a four inch hole.

The Red fox pages at the UM Animal Diversity web are sleeping late this morning but doubtless have great info, photos and fox barks. Wikipedia’s red fox entry has a lot more about foxes and shows their range as covering most of the northern hemisphere.

A foggy morning along the Muskegon river

Posted on November 4, 2006November 4, 2006 by Michigan in Pictures

The river bank, photo by curlyson.

Do yourself a favor and view it large.

Red Skies over Muskegon

Posted on September 23, 2006September 23, 2006 by Michigan in Pictures

Untitled, photo by EVOgraphy

From the Small World Files: on Monday evening (at just about the time this picture was taken) my wife and I watched small tornados drop from the clouds over Lake Michigan (about 150 miles north of where this photo was taken).

Right Down The Street

Posted on June 23, 2006June 23, 2006 by Michigan in Pictures

Right Down The Street, photo by Just an Idea.

The Lake Michigan beach near (in?) Muskegon.

On a totally unrelated note, Exposure.Detroit has their Premier Opening TONIGHT (June 23, 2006) at Karras Bros. Tavern in Detroit. A number of photographers who have been featured on Michigan in Pictures are in the show and you can get all the details at the link above. Enjoy your weekend!