Ice in the Sky
March 5, 2010
Ice in the Sky, photo by evenstar22.
X marks the spot … where winter is weakening.
Check this out bigger in Kate’s Michigan slideshow and I hope you have a springlike weekend!
First Bloom of Spring, 2010
March 4, 2010
First Bloom of Spring, photo by Kevin’s Stuff
While Northern Michigan still has lots of snow, Kevin says that with the over 40 degree temperatures of the past few days, the snow has been melting pretty steadily in West Michigan and the crocus have been coming up, presenting actual flowers yesterday afternoon!
Check it out bigger in his slideshow.
See more crocus on Michigan in Pictures and if you want to go all spring on your desktop, we have that too!
US Coast Guard Cutter Bramble: A Ramblin’ Gal
March 3, 2010
USCGC Bramble, photo by k.l.macke.
Wikipedia says that the USCGC Bramble (WLB-392) is one of the 39 original 180-foot seagoing buoy tenders built between 1942-1944 for the United States Coast Guard. Bramble is currently a museum ship, part of Port Huron Museum. The museum’s page on the USCG Cutter Bramble says:
The Coast Guard Cutter Bramble was commissioned in 1944 at a cost of just over $925,000. Following World War II, the Bramble participated in “Operation Crossroads,” the first test of an atomic bomb’s effect on surface ships, at Bikini Island. In 1957, along with the cutters Spar and Storis, it headed for the Northwest Passage, traveling through the Bering Straits and Arctic Ocean. Traveling for 64 days through 4,500 miles of partially uncharted waters, the vessels finally reached the Atlantic Ocean. These three surface vessels were the first to circumnavigate the North American Continent, an ambition mariners have had for more than 400 years.
In 1962, the Bramble transferred to Detroit to perform the missions of search and rescue, icebreaking, and law enforcement throughout the Great Lakes, in addition to aids to navigation. In 1975, the Bramble reported to Port Huron. The cutter’s areas of responsibility included eastern Lake Erie, southern Lake Huron and Saginaw Bay, and maintaining 187 buoys, one NOAA weather buoy, and three fog signals. During winter months, its capabilities as an icebreaker enabled it to escort ships through ice and assist ships in distress. The Bramble was decommissioned in 2003 to be used as a museum.
Check this out bigger and in Keith’s Ships, Boats & Water Toys set (slideshow).
March in Michigan
March 2, 2010
“Springtime is the land awakening. The March winds are the morning yawn.” – Lewis Grizzard
Every month we post an event calendar on Absolute Michigan that highlights some events from all over the state of Michigan. Our Michigan March Event Calendar features music & entertainment including the Metro Times Blowout in Hamtramck, the Ann Arbor Film Festival and the Brew-Ski Festival in Harbor Springs, celebrations of spring like Foremost’s Butterflies Are Blooming in Grand Rapids, reminders that winter isn’t quite over including the Annual Great Bear Chase Ski Marathon in Calumet and (of course) the Detroit St. Patrick’s Day Parade. March is also the season for shows, including the West Michigan Home & Garden Show in Grand Rapids and the Lansing Home & Garden Show and the The Michigan Golf Show in Novi.
Jim took this shot of an ice formation on Lake Superior taken near Little Girl’s Point in the far western end of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. He says to check it out bigger, so do, and also see it in his Winter slideshow.
bright
March 1, 2010
bright, photo by smartee_martee.
This is about the time of year when you need a little shot of summer.
Marty found this old farmhouse in July of 2009 on Kinde Rd. in the heart of the “Thumb” on the edge of Huron Township in Huron County. See more in his Kinde Rd set (slideshow). If you want to widen the frame a bit, check out his Huron County or Broken Souls sets!
