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Green Apple at the top of the barrel

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

Michigan in Pictures is graciously hosted by WordPress.com. They are a great company who make a great piece of software and if you are looking for a place to host your blog, I strongly urge you to check them out!

Anyway, this morning I decided to check out the WordPress.com photography page and right there at the top, featured out of hundreds of thousands of possible blogs was a familiar face – Vaughn Nelson, a contributing photographer to Absolute Michigan pool.

So check out Vaughn’s photo blog and say hello – I think you’ll like his look at the everyday of southwest Michigan.

Tiger Stadium, in pictures

Posted on August 16, 2007April 20, 2021 by Michigan in Pictures

Tiger Stadium #1, found by m7k7k7

Many folks in Michigan have a piece of their heart stored at the Corner of Michigan & Trumbull. Wikipedia’s Tiger Stadium entry says the ballpark located in the Corktown neighborhood of Detroit hosted the Detroit Tigers Major League Baseball team from April 20, 1912 when it opened as Navin Field, through its expansion in 1938 when it was renamed Briggs Stadium (and began hosting the Detroit Lions as well) through 1961 when John Fetzer took control and renamed it Tiger Stadium. It saw two World Series championships, 1968 and 1984 and was the home of the Tigers until Comerica Park opened in 2000. It was declared a State of Michigan Historic Site in 1975 and has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1989.

And it’s scheduled for demolition in October of 2007.

From honorary bat boys spending a few moments with a player to huge and cheering crowds, this ballpark has made millions of memories.

Now it waits for the wrecking ball, slowly falling to pieces. I don’t think that too many want to remove the Tigers from their palatial new home, but it would (in my opinion at least) be a wonderful thing if Ernie Harwell and his group could succeed in preserving a scaled-down park at the Corner so none of us have to say goodbye to an old friend (and maybe The Last Strike at Tiger Stadium wouldn’t actually be the last).

Here’s a whole lot more photos in the Tiger Stadium group on Flickr. If you have any photos (or memories) to add, post a comment below!

Read Ernie Harwell’s plan for Tiger Stadium on Absolute Michigan.

In the Pigeon River State Forest…

Posted on August 15, 2007January 22, 2008 by Michigan in Pictures

2007_0703July40155, photo by JJ Murletti.

I don’t know the name of this lake but was struck by just how peaceful it looks.

There’s a campground in the Pigeon River State Forest and lots and lots of trails. The DNR says that the Pigeon River Pine area has over 100 acres of white pine (most about 100 years old) and that the Dog Lake area is considered to be one of the most remote and wild areas in the region. Nesting loons, bald eagles, and osprey are a few of the many animals using the lakes.

The International Mountain Biking Association is quite taken with:

An awesome ribbon of trail looping through the heart of elk country, the High Country Pathway (HCP) embodies the classic definition of an IMBA Epic Ride. The first IMBA Epic Ride in Michigan will take you far into the backcountry with beautiful lowlands and panoramas in the highlands.

Be sure to outfit for self-support, as you may not see another human on this 80-mile soul searcher. The trail passes through a variety of woodlands and wetlands containing massive groves of silver beech, tamarack swamp and leather leaf bogs. The area is home to beaver, black bear, bobcat, pine martin, snowshoe hare, wood ducks, bald eagles, deer, wild turkey and the largest elk herd east of the Mississippi River.

Lake St. Clair South Channel Lights

Posted on August 8, 2007 by farlane

Lake St. Clair, Michigan, photo by StormyRed_28

Lakestclair.net’s page on the South Channel Lights off Harsens Island says:

Lake St. Clair has two lighthouse structures built before Abraham Lincoln was President of the United States. They still stand today just off the southeastern tip of Harsens Island.Construction of the Old South Channel Range Lights started in 1855 and finished in 1859. These lights guided ships into the fresh water delta once known as the Venice of America.

Save Our South Channel Lights is trying to save this endangered pair of lighthouses (also see this article in the Freep about them). There’s a map to their location from Lighthouse Friends.

Harrison Farm

Posted on August 6, 2007August 6, 2007 by Michigan in Pictures

Harrison Farm, photo by buckshot.jones.

For anyone who wonders how round bales of hay are made.

King of the Skies at the Selfridge Airshow

Posted on August 3, 2007August 3, 2007 by Michigan in Pictures

King of the Skies, photo by OtisDude.

According to the Selfridge Airshow web site, this show is Southeast Michigan’s largest free air show and is held every year in late July.

Otis has a few more photos from the air show.

North to Point Betsie … and the Traverse City Film Festival

Posted on August 1, 2007February 16, 2017 by Michigan in Pictures

North to Point Betsie, photo by farlane.

The terms of the multi-year deal I signed with Michigan in Pictures allow me to blog one of my own photos every 23 months or so for the purposes of shameless self promotion.

This photo is one of the images we’re using on the new web site betsiebay.net that we launched yesterday. We’ll be doing more photos and video and music. We’re just getting started, but I’m pretty happy with how the site is shaping up!

Speaking of deals and promotion and Michigan in (moving) Pictures, the Traverse City Film Festival is in town this week and we’re covering some Michigan film news including an Absolute Michigan exclusive video with Michigan filmmaker Rich Brauer.

Downtown Grand Rapids

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

Downtown Grand Rapids, photo by DarrinW.

Darrin says that this is one of his favorite vantage points to view downtown GR, and he’s put it up big enough that you can make your desktop another excellent place to view Michigan’s second largest city!

Mighty Mac at 50

Posted on July 30, 2007July 30, 2007 by Michigan in Pictures

Mighty Mac at 50, photo by smiles7.

Here’s a photo from last weekend’s 50th Anniversary Celebration for the Mackinac Bridge. She has another shot of the fireworks on both the Mackinac City and St. Ignace ends of the bridge.

Michphotog has a nice set of photos of the fireworks as well!

Did anyone else make it there? We’d love a report and some more photos.