April 2017
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Michigan Springs: A Feeling of Renewal
Nature photographer and naturalist Mark Carlson often prefers to get close to his subjects. He commonly lies on the ground to set up a shot while birds sing in the trees.
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Festival Celebrates Aldo Leopold
Imagine hiking wooded island trails and paddling the open waters of northern Lake Huron where America’s “father of wildlife ecology” and “founder of the conservation movement” explored as inquisitive youth.
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Bird-Watching Haven
When spring arrives at Whitefish Point, a sandy headland on Lake Superior north of Paradise, a tsunami of birds typically follows.
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Aging Wines Underground
As a child growing up in Iron Mountain, Marty Lagina, owner of Mari Vineyards, remembers the occasional trip to his grandmother’s cellar. She kept cured meats and plants there, as well as wine in production. He called it Nonna Mari’s Cellar.
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Fishin’ for Trout
There are some 12,000 miles of trout streams in Michigan, ranging from narrow creeks to fast-flowing rivers. Some shine more brightly than others.
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Mackinac Island – Sushi?
A space that once served fudge at the base of a hill leading up to the Mackinac Island hotel, Sushi Grand has since summer 2016 presented guests with future island classics like Bento boxes, chicken katsu, California rolls and saki.
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Michigan’s Newest Byway
Last summer, a 184-mile stretch of the West Michigan Pike, from St. Joseph to Silver Lake, became the state’s latest Pure Michigan Byway.
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Tackle Box Treasure
The birth of new fishing lures occurred not only in factory tool rooms but also in basement workshops. Every year, new creations show up at consumer fishing shows throughout the state.
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Great Lake Story 2017: Glen Lake – Chapter Two
For 30 years, the worst that Mike and Molly Beauregard had endured as homeowners was water damage and an ice dam (once).
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Spring Arrives
We step outside hoping to hear the songs of orioles and spring peepers and the bassoon rumble of frogs mating in the neighbor’s pond and, instead, are struck by a cold wind from the north and a rattling of sleet.
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Colorful Outlook
Lee Eiseman, executive director at the Pantone Color Institute, suggests its 2017 Color of the Year, Greenery, for a home’s exterior to emulate the natural environment.
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New Wave Pop-Up Dining
For culinary thrill seekers, the advent of the pop-up dining is akin to an answered prayer. The fleeting meals showcase local talent and agriculture set to a backdrop of community and intrigue.
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Cruise the Great Lakes in Style
Savvy Midwestern travelers who have for years cruised the world’s most exotic locales increasingly are turning to their own neighborhood, so to speak, for a luxury tour by water.
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Let’s Go for a Ride!
Bicycling Magazine calls it “One of the top 10 multi-day rides in America.” And this year when cyclists gather for the 26th annual Michigander Bicycle Tour, they will explore the region ABC’s “Good Morning America” dubbed “The Most Beautiful Place in America.”
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A Yoga Flow
Waves on a glistening lake ripple under the morning sun, as silent yoga practitioners balance on mats laid flat on the grass, arms reaching for an invisible north star.
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Highlighting Michigan’s Beauty
Michigan’s tourist industry is too often taken for granted. Michigan wasn’t always the vacationers’ paradise it is today.
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Spring 2017: Contributors
Contributors, Spring 2017
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Uncovering Yesterday
Built in 1929, the little two-story farmhouse had its charms. But it was the park-like property on which it sat that compelled us to sign the BUYER line, nearly two acres punctuated in front by century-old walnut, oak and hickory trees, a trio of towering evergreens and a fragrant overgrown lilac bush.
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Basking in Revival of Spring
Whether your “spare” time is spent in boatyards or cottage opens or spent on the enjoyment of one’s face to the increasing warmth of the sun, Michigan BLUE assists the visualization and the plans.
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Saving Wood Turtles
To understand turtles, you must dedicate a career to them. That’s the word from Jim Harding, Michigan’s foremost authority on the armor-shelled reptiles he started studying in 1969.
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Queen of the Great Lakes
Michigan’s oldest steam-powered passenger ship has since returned to her home port. She no longer crosses Lake Michigan but does again welcome guests.
