If you love basking in the sun by aqua blue waters on sugar sand beaches, maybe you should check out Charlevoix. It’s a beautiful seaside town along the shores of Lake Michigan. I took this photo in Boulder Park, please click here for a Google map link.
There is so much cottonwood tree fluff flying around Ada right now, this is what I saw when I looked at the sun today. All those white specs are from our cottonwood trees. Whenever the wind blew today it literally looked like it was snowing.
It was cold, it was raining, and it was still beautiful in Petoskey. If you look closely, can you see the lighthouse? By the way, I took this a couple of weeks ago. We’re having perfect weather this Memorial Day weekend so it’s going to be incredible up there right about now.
Here we go! It’s Memorial Day weekend and the smart folks are heading north. I was up in Petoskey a couple of weeks ago and took this photo at the Perry Hotel, a local landmark. The place is loaded with history and first class all the way. I loved it.
This bronze statue of the founder of Peoskey stands on a limestone pedestal on a hill over US-31 looking out towards the bay. Philanthropist Robert Jensen Dau commissioned the statue to honor Petoskey who moved here to save his children.
I think it says so much about a community when it features art as part of the public landscape. That’s one thing that a lot of the cities in northern Michigan have in common.
The above poster features my “Essence Series” creative body of work. You can see more at www.Anntopia.com.This is not HDR photography it’s a technique I’ve innovated using live plants, a flatbed scanner, archival inks and papers, and minerals. The limited edition prints range in size from 12″ x 18″ to 40″ x 40″ with larger sizes available for custom orders.
I’ll be at Arts in Ada on Saturday, May 17, from 9am – 4pm where much of my work will be available. This is a wonderful art show in quaint downtown Ada and if you love art in a casual outdoor atmosphere, you’ll be glad you stopped by. There is a wide variety of great artists who will be participating in the show. Here’s a link with the exact location.
Traverse City is known as the Cherry Capital and if you were to drive around farmland up there right about now you would see and smell all the fragrant fruit trees adorning the sweeping landscape. I took this photo just a couple of days ago.
I took this photo at a roadside park along M-31 in Petoskey. It’s still pretty early in the season there so the trees and grass haven’t totally greened up yet. But wow is it ever beautiful. More to come!
This was one of those “perfect moment” scenes where I was forced by circumstances to slam on my brakes, throw the car into reverse and get the shot. (FYI mom, there were no other cars around.)
I took this photo of an old, old barn on my mid Michigan road trip. Usually when I’m going somewhere, I just want to blast over there in the straightest, fastest route possible. But, ever since Captain Cutie Pie gave me a Garmon GPS, I try to take some extra time and choose the scenic route on the back roads. Why? It’s more fun and now I know I won’t get lost.
Here’s a great drive that I discovered on my way up North, there’s lots of old barns, and beautiful, beautiful farmland. I highly recommend it. Take a look at this Google map I made special for you, it shows the drive, I stopped about 1/2 way up 66, but you just might want to keep going. And for you guys up north, take the drive down to see us here in lower Michigan! More pics of my trip coming next week.