Category Archives: Hobbies

Absolute Michigan Pool – 15,000 photos and growing

July 3, 2007 – 10:03 am

This morning, practically as I watched, the photodometer on the Absolute Michigan pool on Flickr rolled over to 15,000.
The photo from Detroit International River Days maybe wasn't as dramatic as some of the others Connie (One Foot Over the Moon) added this morning (such as this one of the RenCen). It does however, showcase one [...]

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Five Things you need to know for Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007

July 3, 2007 – 9:54 am

Watch Michael Moore's Sicko online, birdwatch (or apartment hunt) in Detroit's Brush Park, follow the growing Michigan wine industry with a new blog and head over to Fremont, Michigan - baby food capital of the world!

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Kite Cam at the Kite Festival

May 21, 2007 – 8:52 am

DigitalSkyPilot.Com took some great aerial photos taken with a kite-mounted camera at the Grand Haven Kite Festival.
Click to see his photos from the Grand Haven Kite Festival.

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Great Lakes Kite Festival in Grand Haven

May 7, 2007 – 9:22 am

KITES! by yerffej9
(updated April 9, 2008!) The annual Great Lakes Kite Festival will be held May 16-18, 2008 at Grand Haven State Park in Grand Haven, Michigan. The event benefits the Children's Leukemia Foundation and features:

Giant kites including the Giant Octopus and Trilobite kites (over 90 feet long)
Demonstration field featuring kite ballets, performances and stunt [...]

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Blogs We Dig: Bootstrap Analysis

May 2, 2007 – 9:24 am

Today on Michigan in Pictures we have a post on the Michigan Bird Breeding Atlas II, so it probably makes sense to go bird crazy today on Absolute Michigan.
I don't know what to say about Bootstrap Analysis. According to its author, nuthatch, the term came from a German legend of a man who pulled himself [...]

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Will Ferrell Needs A Few Good Michigan Cars

February 14, 2007 – 8:47 am

BuickElectra 225 by upthedubs1
Hollywood stars Will Ferrell and Woody Harrelson will be filming a new movie in Michigan in the coming months, and they are hoping for some Michigan classic car owners to step forward and help out.
The film, Semi-Pro, is due to be shot in parts of Detroit and Flint in late April early [...]

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Blogs We Dig – RedDogKnit

January 31, 2007 – 9:16 am

What happens when you combine a rescued Australian Cattle Dog who models, an avid knitter ala new mom and the ups and downs of life in Mid-Michigan?
You get Red Dog Knits, a heart-warming, often funny, daily glimpse into the life of Kris and her menagerie of adorable pets (count - 2 dogs, 2 cats, 2 [...]

By Jules | Also posted in Animals, Articles, Blogs & Forums, Media, Michigan, Recreation & Sports, SE | Comments (1)

Vol I, No. 1: Introduce Your Michigan Business or Organization!

January 25, 2007 – 9:16 pm

This is a page where we asked folks to say hello. Lots of them did!
The current version of Introduce Your Michigan Business or Organization is right there.

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Michigan Northern Lights Log

December 14, 2006 – 8:30 pm

If anyone happens to see the northern lights in Michigan (or nearby) please post a comment to alert others. Likewise, if you take (or find) photos of Michigan northern lights, post them too! You can subscribe to this post by RSS!
For a lot more on the aurora borealis including photos, links and auroral activity forecasts, [...]

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What DO you do during a Michigan winter?

December 6, 2006 – 10:41 am

Winter Cabin by tgrabb
Kristi Kates of the Northern Express has a column that offers some strategies for surviving winter in Michigan. As the current issue of the Express also dashed my hopes that Sugar Loaf (our local and long-shuttered ski resort) would open this winter, I find that I am more interested in finding ways [...]

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