Monthly Archives: December 2007

Absolute Michigan: The Week for December 30, 2007

The first episode of The Week features the latest ride of the Eleven Seconds to Midnight Gang, the 1913 Massacre at Calumet's Italian Hall, coming events and (of course) a bunch of photos from the Absolute Michigan pool. Read on for all the links!

train

Judy says that this is the Canadian National heading west. She has another shot of the front of the train.
As 2007 winds down, we're hard at work on some new things for Absolute Michigan. Have a great weekend and check in Monday to see one of them!

jack frost was here

Sue says that all the fog and cold made yesterday an interesting day for photos in Southeastern Michigan. This is the latest photo in her Winter Wonderland set (slideshow).
Most mornings you can find a new photo from Sue in the Absolute Michigan pool, many of them as lovely as this one.

Weird Wednesday: Domke's Dinosaur Gardens & Michigan's roadside architecture

The last Wednesday of every month is Weird Wednesday on Absolute Michigan and their are few things weirder than giant dinosaurs you can walk into.
Debra Jane says that her passions in life are her dogs and roadside architecture. Last summer she visited a number of Michigan's roadside attractions, including Domke's Dinosaur Gardens in Ossineke. She [...]

Blessings

smiles7 shared this with us, and on the behalf of all of us at Absolute Michigan I'd like to extend wishes that you receive blessings both great and small in the days ahead.

A is for…

Altitude.
Christina (aka bUnNyLuVeR) posted a fun thread in the Absolute Michigan pool on Flickr taking things from A to Z. If you're a member, play along!

This week on Absolute Michigan

Watch Out! by useful_fiction
This week we're spending some time enjoying the holiday season, some working on new features for Absolute Michigan and some more just enjoying Michigan's snowy fun. While we do that, we'll let a few of the many talented photographers of the Absolute Michigan group on Flickr take us out of 2007 and [...]

Photo Friday: Soft Reflections by David :0)

Dave seems to like to get out and walk, even on frosty mornings like yesterday.
This photo is part of his Nature set (slideshow) which includes some really cool photos of birds. You'll also want to check out his Michigan set that has photos of everything from water monsters to Midland's Santa House bell.

Shop Michigan: Your Downtown

Old Downtown by cmu chem prof
Of course Absolute Michigan is all about buying what gifts you can through the web sites of Michigan's shops, stores and manufacturers. However, as the clock ticks down, shipping times mean you're probably going to have to finish up offline.
Our Michigan shopping section can help there too with hundreds of [...]

Michigan January Event Calendar

Here's a few highlights of the many events being held around Michigan for the month of January. A lot of them are out in the snow for snowmobiles, skates, skis and sled dogs, but there's also a chance to heat up with the Ann Arbor Folk Fest, Ferndale Blues and the Detroit Auto Show. The [...]