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Photo Friday: With St. Anne, Church People by fotek

fotek is working on a great set of Photomatix HDR photos of St. Anne's Church in Detroit (slideshow). He says that it's such a beautiful church that pictures will never do it justice, but I think he may be wrong.
Some of his other sets include Detroit and Mt. Clemens and you should check out his [...]

When Ice Attacks: Saginaw Bay homes damaged

Embedded video from CNN Video
Weird Wednesday already? Nope. Huge piles of ice were pushed by NE winds into homes along Linwood Beach (just north of Bay City), forcing evacuations and causing damage. Linwood Beach residents return to find ice piled around, inside and atop their homes from the Bay City Times begins:
"I was making a [...]

Photo Friday: Bucket of Sap by Allan L. McFarlane

I actually don't know what my dad would have titled this photo, but I think that because he was a fan of words, he probably would have titled it something. You can check out a few more of his photos (including another shot of this maple tree & bucket from further away) or allow me [...]

Photo Friday: The Grand Traverse Bay by Airplane Lane

Our latest Photo Friday comes to us from above Traverse City and shows the west and east arms of Grand Traverse Bay, divided by the Old Mission Peninsula. Be sure to check this out larger.
Matt (Airplane Lane) has a bunch of sets from all over the world, but if you're specifically focused on Michigan, check [...]

Spring Training with the Detroit Tigers: 2009 Edition

Apparently, the long layoff from baseball has affected our bat speed, and we missed the opening of Spring Training 2009.  In 2008, the Detroit Tigers dropped like a fly ball at a peewee game. They began the long climb back to the top last week with spring training at Joker Marchant Stadium in Lakeland, Florida.

Brandon [...]

Motoring through Michigan's snow

Snow Plow by Seeking Michigan
As the wind howls through the state this morning, I thought it might be a good time to shovel out a few stories - you can see a photo a snowplow in Bessemer from the Archives of Michigan over on Michigan in Pictures this morning!
Last week mLive reported that the Saginaw [...]

Friday night is Geek Night!

Red Alert!

Star Trek: The Experience by Ralph Krawczyk Jr
Ralph's Trek slideshow
David Coates has produced a great preview (be sure to watch in high-quality) of the Star Trek exhibit at the Detroit Science Center. It opens tomorrow (February 14) and runs through Labor Day 2009:
The show will cover about 12,000 square feet on two levels. Visitors [...]

Photo Friday: Two Heart Bridge by digital viking

I solemnly swear that I didn't intend this photo by digital viking to be any kind of commentary on Valentine's Day when I picked it as our this week's Photo Friday. I will, however, roll with it!
Be sure to check out this shot larger. It's from his Cold as Ice set (slideshow), that includes some [...]

Photo Friday: Old Time Hockey by hardyc

I'm pretty sure that this week's Photo Friday would make awesome wallpaper since it's my wallpaper and it does indeed look awesome.
Chris (hardyc) lives downriver and work in Ann Arbor. He says he's a photo hobbyist who is interested in all aspects of photography and finds a good part of his life either taking pictures, [...]

Photo Friday: Take-off by iraceonpedals

Matt (iraceonpedals) says he's a guy who loves to travel, ride bikes, take pictures, be with his dog, girl and finds most things generally interesting.
In addition to his sets like A-Deuce (slideshow) and his collection of photos from Northern Ireland (which I of course can't link to it being all Michigan, all the time and [...]