Down a Country Road, photo by gerrybuckel.
“October’s poplars are flaming torches, lighting the way to winter.”
– Nova Bair (via Absolute Michigan October Calendar)
Check this out bigger and in Gerry’s slideshow.
Crane Fest: Sandhill Cranes at Baker Sanctuary
Crane Fest, photo by .jowo..
Joel says that last weekend the Michigan Audubon Society and Battle Creek Kiwanis hosted Crane Fest at Baker Sanctuary, near Bellevue. The event celebrates the annual fall migration of the Sandhill Crane. While we’ve missed that, he writes:
Thousands of Sandhill Cranes gather at Big Marsh Lake every evening in October. Well worth your evening.
What my camera cannot capture is the glorious racket these large birds make. Absolutely incredible.
Shot from the Kiwanis Youth Area, which will be open from 4 to 7 every Saturday and Sunday in October. If you can’t make the festival, you can still see the spectacle. Go. You’ll enjoy!
Check this out background boomtacular and in his Baker Sanctuary slideshow.
10/10/10: Football, Fall and our Future
4th & Goal … photo by NightFox Photography
Tomorrow is 10/10/10. While it could be that something catastrophic or wonderfully amazing happens, if it doesn’t you may be looking for a few things to fill the time.
The Big Ten
The University of Michigan Wolverines meet the Michigan State University Spartans at 3:30 PM today. MSU has won the last two meetings and both teams are undefeated and in the AP Top 25, with the Spartans at #17 and UM ranked #18. Tomorrow, green & white or maize & blue will have something to crow about … and the Paul Bunyan Trophy. While State is my alma mater and 2nd favorite college football team, I’m going to side with my dearly departed grandmother and a childhood of 3 yards and a pile of dust with Bo and say Michigan 35 – State 32 as Denard Robinson continues his campaign for the Heisman right over Greg Jones.
The Tenth Month
October in Michigan means apples and cold nights and fall color and haunted houses. Dig in.
10/10/10
October 10, 2010 is being promoted as a global work party by the 350 Movement. Simply put, 350 is the parts per million of CO2 that science says will roll back global warming. Plant some trees, explore going solar, lay plans for transforming your business to meet the challenges of the future, get out with friends on your bikes or find another way to say “Michigan is in this for the long haul”
Check Cory’s photo out bigger and see this and more in his slideshow.
legends stood here: Exploring Detroit with Absolute Michigan
legends stood here, photo by buckshot.jones
All week on Absolute Michigan we’ve been featuring Detroit with fresh looks at Michigan’s largest city from a wide range of folks including Johnny Knoxville and David Byrne and topics that include Detroit’s art resurgence and movie-making in the Motor City.
About the photo, Scott writes:
At this very spot, some of the greatest to ever play the game, played right here. Under a blue Michigan sky they crafted their legend. From the deadball era of Ty Cobb to the steriod era of “My head didn’t get bigger, my hat shrunk” Barry Bonds, the greats of the game played.
I figure most of us folks in Detroit have a fond memory, or two, of this place. I saw Ron Leflore in the midst of a 30 game hitting streak, sitting down the first base line. Out in the left field stands I watched the Bird win a game sitting next to my brothers and our old man. I took my daughter to her first game in 1982. She was still an infant, it was early June and the old park was still as cold as a meat locker. In the last year of the park, my son and I attended a game. We moved all around the stadium, finishing up in my favorite part, the upper deck bleachers, right to the left of the flag.
I truly loved that place.
Check this out bigger and in his excellent Detroit Journal: Words & Pictures series (view slideshow).
Lots more Detroit Tigers and Detroit photos from Michigan in Pictures.
Full Color in the Keweenaw and at Haven Falls
Haven Falls, photo by dcclark.
This morning the folks at Pasty.com emailed me to say that the Keweenaw doesn’t get much more colorful than this and that they’re:
…hearing that it’s peak or just past-peak with the changing leaves UP North here, but whatever you call it, our surroundings look like someone took out a paintbrush and went to work coloring the Copper Country. If you haven’t already had a chance to go for a color tour, you’d better hurry, because the show won’t last forever.
Click over to Pasty.com to see some photos from Joe Kirkish and check it out every day for great shots from the Pasty Cam!
GoWaterfalling.com says that Haven Falls is
…a very scenic falls located in a small county park near the shores of Lac La Belle. This waterfall is very symetrical. Haven Falls is very similar looking to Jacob’s Falls, but Haven Falls is considerably steeper. It is possible that there are more drops above Haven Falls just as the are additional drops above Jacob’s Falls, but I did not explore.
Visiting this waterfall is very easy. It is visible from the road and the falls is only a few hundred feet from the parking area…
Haven Falls is a bit out of the way. But then again, the entire Keewenaw peninsula is a bit out of the way. The park is on the north side of Lac la Belle Road on the north west shore of Lac la Belle.
David has thoughtfully posted this photo background boomtacular. Check out more photos from David in his Fall slideshow and on his photo-a-day blog, Cliffs and Ruins.
Michigan in Pictures has lots more Fall wallpaper and a sweet fall color tour of the The Keweenaw Peninsula (Houghton, Eagle River, Copper Harbor).
“Autumn Calm” Brockway Lake
“Autumn Calm” Brockway Lake, Lower Michigan (Front page Explore # 33 Sept 28, 2010), photo by Michigan Nut.
John says he saw several nice bass swimming around those lily pads.
Check it out background big or in John’s slideshow (click that link – he has some AMAZING shots of Michigan there!!).
Much more Michigan Fall Wallpaper from Michigan in Pictures!
Red Thread is in the ArtPrize Top Ten…
Red Thread, photo by stevedontsurf.
The Top 10 entries for ArtPrize have been announced! Click that link to see them all on Absolute Michigan and also to check out interviews with the finalists. Voting ends next Thursday and you can still head to ArtPrize in Grand Rapids to see the finalists and 1700+ more works of art!
Here’s the lowdown on Red Thread by Beili Liu (one of my personal favorites):
The ancient Chinese legend of the red thread tells that when children are born, invisible red threads connect them to the ones whom they are fated to be with. Over the years of their lives they come closer and eventually find each other, overcoming the distance between, and cultural and social divides.
Inspired by this legend, the installation makes use of thousands of hand spiraled coils of red thread suspended from the ceiling of the gallery. A disk may be connected to another, as a “couple”, and each pair is made from a single thread. Every coil is pierced in the center by a sewing needle, which enables the suspension of the disks from the ceiling.
Check this photo out background bigtacular and in Steven’s ArtPrize 9/26/10 slideshow.
Tons more ArtPrize on Absolute Michigan!
Fall at Ransom Lake Natural Area
PA223507A, photo by jsorbieus.
As the leaves start to turn in Michigan, I see a steady uptick in the number of people who come to Michigan in Pictures after searching for “Fall” or “Autumn” or “Fall Wallpaper“.For all of you color seekers, I’m sending photo of early fall color from years past at Ransom Lake Natural Area in Benzie County.
You will also like our Michigan Fall Color Tours!
Check this out bigger and in Jim’s My Most Interesting Photos slideshow.
ArtPrize 2010 Flickr Contest
Prizing the art, photo by tinney.
ArtPrize is holding a photo contest for photos added to the ArtPrize Flickr group. Click that link for the details and submit your photos to any or all of the following categories for a chance to win prizes!
- installed art
- public reactions/interaction with art
- venues
- artists
- events (any ArtPrize related event)
- voting (all forms)
Check Dustin’s photo out bigger and check out the ArtPrize 2010 slideshow on Flickr.
Much more ArtPrize on Absolute Michigan!
Would the Loch Ness Monster be considered an invasive species?
The Loch Ness Monster, photo by Eridony.
Because the Emerald Ash Borer isn’t very photogenic, we’re taking a break from Invasive Species Week to bring you a reminder of another kind of invasion that’s about to descend on Michigan: the fabulous Grand Rapids ArtPrize! 2009 brought all kinds of incredible sights to the city, including the Nessie Project. See a bunch of them in our ArtPrize Video from 2009.
ArtPrize starts next Wednesday (September 22) and continues through October 10th. We will once again be On Location with Absolute Michigan, and we encourage you to attend and to share your photos from ArtPrize in the Absolute Michigan pool and also to the ArtPrize Promotion Group for anyone who wants to share their photos & video of ArtPrize installations and the accompanying hoopla with bloggers and online media outlets.
Be sure to check this out monstrously massive and see it and many more in Brandon’s ArtPrize slideshow!
Michigan in Pictures 