Sparky Anderson, a Detroit Tigers Legend

Sparky Anderson, photo by Baseball Images.

Remembering Tiger Manager George “Sparky” Anderson on Absolute Michigan recounts how the Hall of Fame coach who managed the Tigers from 1979-1995 and was the first manager to win a World Series for both a National League and American League team. His 1,331 wins are the most in Tigers’ history

Read on for all kinds of columns and video about this Detroit Tiger legend.

See it bigger in Baseball Images’ Detroit Tigers slideshow.

More Detroit Tigers from Michigan in Pictures.

woolies

woolies, photo by jenny murray.

Check this out bigger and in Jenny’s holga slideshow.

More black & white photography on Michigan in Pictures.

Wind, Water & Light: Turn your photos into energy

Wind on the Water, photo by jimflix!.

GE has an interesting project under their $10 billion dollar Ecoimagination initiative. The Ecoimagination Photo Project lets you upload photos to Flickr tagged with “Wind,” “Water,” or “Light”. For each photo, they donate a certain amount to three related charities to help build fresh water wells, donate solar powered lanterns, and build small-scale wind turbines for communities in need.

Click the photo project link above to see the photos and click for the ecomagination photo project group on Flickr.

Jim took this photo at the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in October. He writes:

Late evening light on the bluffs of the Sleeping Bear Sand Dunes. About 30 minutes after a storm, and there’s still lots of wind coming in. At over 400 feet above Lake Michigan, it takes 30 seconds to run down this bluff, but often takes 30 minutes or more to climb back up! Those are the Empire Bluffs down the coast on the left. And the distant point on the right is Point Betsie.

A complement to this photo, and here’s a photo in the middle.

Check it out background bigtacular and in his Sleeping Bear Dunes slideshow.

It’s Election Day, Michigan, so get out and VOTE!

who’s YOUR candidate?, photo by erin MC hammer

Erin had just one thing to post on Flickr, ever. Not a bad choice.

Check it out bigger and get out there and pull some levers, push buttons, fill in the blanks or whatever it takes to get the job done.

If you need any help, head over to Absolute Michigan’s 2010 Michigan Election Resources!

Copper Harbor, Michigan

Copper Harbor, photo by Christopher’s eye.

The Copper Harbor history page from the official website of Copper Harbor says:

When Michigan became a state in 1837, 32-year-old Douglass Houghton was appointed as the first State Geologist. Houghton began a comprehensive geological exploration of the state to determine the extent of its mineral resources, visiting the Upper Peninsula in 1839 and 1840. This report to the Michigan legislature noted the probable extent of copper deposits in the Keweenaw Peninsula and stimulated new interest in Northern Michigan.

Publication of Houghton’s report of the mineral-rich Keweenaw Peninsula awakened the attention of eastern businessmen. The nation’s escalating need for brass (an alloy of copper and zinc) prompted further exploration of the area for exploitable copper resources….

Many of the earliest travelers to Keweenaw Point stayed only until their dreams of quick riches disappeared. But some stayed on to settle the area and a few of the current townfolk and shop owners are descendants of those first rugged settlers. Early Copper Harbor became the administrative center for a group of remote copper mining locations spread through the forst of Keweenaw Point. Later, the Harbor rang to the sound of axes and crosscut saws as the growing region required vast quantities of pine logs to support mine shafts and provide housing for a growing influx of immigrants. Today the Harbor still has the feeling of its frontier origins.

Here’s more about the history of copper mining at Copper Harbor and you can check out the official site for things to see and do around Copper Harbor in the present day.

Check this out bigger in Christopher’s slideshow and also have a look at the Copper Harbor slideshow from the Absolute Michigan pool on Flickr!