Pictured Rocks Waterfall by ER Post
There's so much that I want to say about the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore that I have no idea where to start. Maybe all I need to say is that it's my favorite place on earth, and that I really hope you get a chance to visit there soon. That [...]
By farlane
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April 30, 2008 – 10:05 am
It's probably fitting that we close out Garden Month with the largest lifeform in Michigan: The Humongous Fungus. According to the Crystal Falls, Michigan web site (which also provided the photo):
Crystal Falls is "Home of the Humungous Fungus", perhaps the world's largest and oldest living organism. It covers 38 acres beneath an Iron County [...]
April 18, 2008 – 11:16 am
Peter writes that this was a huge eagle, and he doesn't think it could have possibly offered him a better display of its beauty. It's a crop of this photo and part of an amazing set of photos taken of bald eagles in the Eastern UP (see them bigger in the slideshow).
He has some neat [...]
Eben6119 by ETCphoto
The Chicago Sun-Times has a cool feature on ice climbing and the annual Michigan Ice Fest by Felicia Schneiderhan. The Ice Fest is held in Munising (home to over 100 climbable waterfalls) and celebrated its 25th anniversary this year. Schneiderhan says:
Ice festivals are great for beginners since the cost of admission -- $25 [...]
By farlane
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Pickle Barrel House by agilitynut
Here's a fun one!
Two huge barrels make up this unique and much-loved landmark that has been restored and opened back up as a museum. The house was built for William Donahey creator of the Teenie Weenie comic cartoon feature by a grocery distributor grateful for the attention that the Teenie [...]
February 12, 2008 – 12:31 pm
Good service, outstanding and imaginative food, and a fabulous view of the harbor from all tables make the Harbor Haus in Copper Harbor one of Michigan's most memorable restaurants - "in a class by itself," as one fan says.
Owner-chef Ron Waara is a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America and started out as a [...]
January 25, 2008 – 10:39 am
The Sound the Stars Make Rushing Through the Sky: The Writings of Jane Johnston Schoolcraft edited by Robert Dale Parker (University of Pennsylvania Press) brings to the public for the first time the complete writings of the first known American Indian literary writer, Jane Johnston Schoolcraft (her English name) or Bamewawagezhikaquay (her Ojibwe name), Woman [...]
January 23, 2008 – 9:17 am
Returning to Earth by Jim Harrison (Grove Press) is Harrison's ninth novel. It's the tale of Donald Burkett, a 45-year-old, terminally ill Chippewa-Finnish man who is determined to chronicle his family's history before he dies. An excellent review of Returning to Earth in the New York Times says that:
..."Returning to Earth" represents an interesting new [...]
