of Pumpkins & Pistons
October 30, 2009
pumpkins on the porch, photo by Bean in Sylvan Lake
Haven’t carved your pumpkins yet? One of the things at absolutemichigan.com/Pumpkin are Detroit Pistons Pumpkin Stencils. The almost completely revamped Pistons open the season tonight with a benefit for the Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit and upper level seats are just $15! If you’re wondering who is who, check out our 2009-2010 Detroit Pistons Season Preview.
Be sure to check this out bigger and seem more fall shots in Aline’s Autumn in Michigan set (slideshow).
Fall colors over Mound Road
October 26, 2009
Mound Road., photo by John Levanen.
Washington, Michigan. Almost like a wave breaking, don’t you think?
This photo is best viewed large or in John’s Washington, MI slideshow (set).
Fall Color on the High Rollaways
October 23, 2009
color @ the high rollaways, photo by tbug2.
Tenille writes that she took this:
Standing on the railing at the 250′ bluff overlooking the manistee river valley. Locals know the area by the name “high rollaways,” a term born during the lumber boom around the turn of the last century. Lumberjacks used to roll logs, destined for mills in Manistee, down the hills into the river.
You can read and account of a winter hike at the Rollaways and view a map of the High Rollaways.
Be sure to check this out bigger or in her landscapes set (slideshow).
View more fall wallpaper on Michigan in Pictures
A Late October Walk In The Woods
October 22, 2009
A Walk In The Woods (4), photo by siskokid.
Last year at about this time Jim took this shot in the woods behind his cottage near Lake Superior and Little Girl’s Point in the Upper Peninsula, a good reminder that even as the leaves are leaving, Michigan’s woods are still a magical place at this time of year.
Be sure to check this out bigger or in his Fall Colors set (slideshow).
Check out more fall wallpaper on Michigan in Pictures
Fall Colors on Winona Lake in Houghton County
October 20, 2009
Winona Lake, photo by smartee_martee.
Just about a month ago I used Marty’s photo of Camp 5 Lake to say that fall color was on the way. As his photo from a visit last week to the Copper Country shows, it has most splendidly arrived.
If you are interested in taking your own fall color tour of the Keweenaw Peninsula, click that link. For more about the Keweenaw, click this one!
Check this out background bigtacular or in Marty’s Houghton County or Michigan Fall Colors set (slideshow).
View more photos by Marty and more Michigan autumn backgrounds on Michigan in Pictures.
Red, Gold & Green … Upper Peninsula Style
September 30, 2009
DSC00561, photo by ansonredford.
I know that we were just in the Porcupine Mountains, but if you’re looking for fall color in Michigan, there’s simply no better place in September! See Fall Color Tours: The Western Upper Peninsula from Michigan in Pictures for a great color tour suggestion from Travel Michigan.
Be sure to check out this photo bigger and also in Donald’s Porcupine Mountains set (slideshow).
Road to the Sun: 2009 Autumn Equinox
September 22, 2009
Road to the Sun, photo by Hooks Pix.
Bill Steffen at WOOD-TV says that the autumnal equinox – the starter pistol shot of fall – officially occurs at 5:18 PM today. For much more equinoxical goodness, check out Autumnal Equinox: the start of fall from last year’s Michigan in Pictures.
Be sure to check this photo out bigger and also Don’s fall slideshow. It’s from the famed Tunnel of Trees between Harbor Springs and Cross Village (see this post from the State of Michigan).
Here comes fall color!
September 19, 2009
Camp 5 Lake 01.jpg, photo by smartee_martee
My stats page says that people are starting to think about autumn and fall color. If you’re one of those folks, have a look at the Michigan Autumn slideshow from the Absolute Michigan pool and also the Michigan Fall wallpaper page!
Be sure to see this photo by Marty bigger and in his Michigan Fall Colors set (slideshow).
Holy Spring, Batman!
March 28, 2009
Holy Spring, Batman!, photo by Rudy Malmquist.
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, Bokeh!
Be sure to and get yourself a Bokehlicious Background from Michigan’s Perspicacious Prince of Pictoral Presentment.
There’s music on the Spring Wind
March 20, 2009
Love calls like the wild birds, it’s another day.
A Spring wind blew my list of things to do … away.
~Greg Brown, Spring Wind
In celebration of the first day of spring and the vernal equinox, I went looking for a photo of “spring” in the Absolute Michigan pool. With almost 2000 photos, it’s practically a synaesthesia inducing experience. It also shows the riotous glory that is Michigan in springtime: flowers, flowing water, new shoots covered with snow and people who don’t care that the water is too cold for sensible folk to wade in.
Be sure to check this photo out bigger and in Yolanda’s Nature sideshow.
Check out one of my very favorite songs, Spring Wind by Greg Brown on YouTube and enjoy the return of spring.
