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Five things you need to know for Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Welcome to a special March Madness edition of Five Things you need to know about Michigan. Last weekend featured championships in girls basketball, boys swimming and diving, competitive cheer, gymnastics, wrestling and hockey and you can get…
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Photo Friday: Pier Marquette by robynbird10

Robyn Porteen is a Grand Rapids based photographer. In addition to very cool manipulated photos like her Carnivale and Surreal collections she has some sets of photos of Grand Rapids and the natural world. You can see more of her work…
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Michigan Neighborhoods: Heritage Hills in Grand Rapids

Tower of Power by docksidepress Heritage Hill has 1,300 homes that date from 1848 and representing over 60 architectural styles. To understand just how diverse these styles can be, visit the Voight House Museum, a beautiful example of Queen…
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929 Faces of Michigan Ice

The photo is Holland State Park Sunset by jbatts is one of several she took there on March 1st. It's one of (at least) 929 photos of "ice" that have been added to the Absolute Michigan pool on Flickr. To see more, check out the Ice Slideshow…
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Photo Friday: gold veins by Hooks Pix

Abstract detail of the Amway Grand - be sure to click through and see it bigger. Don says that Michigan is a beautiful state and that he doesn't get enough time to explore it. He has managed to get out enough to cool photos from Grand…
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He Is "The Spirit"

He Is "The Spirit" by One Foot Over The Moon was taken Memorial Day Weekend 2007 in Detroit, Michigan. More about The Spirit of Detroit by sculptor Marshall Fredericks on Michigan in Pictures.
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The Lunar Eclipse in Michigan

Erich titled this photo Sparty and the Moon. There's a number of great photos of last night's lunar eclipse at the eclipse tag in the Absolute Michigan pool and many more at Total Lunar Eclipse of February 20, 2008 on Michigan in Pict…
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Windows + Grids

Ralph says (with tongue firmly in cheek) that words cannot express his love for this building. Proof, I think, that you need not love something to see its beauty.
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Photo Friday: Michigan Regional Ski Championships by FB Photography

John has several photos from yesterday's Michigan Regional Ski Championships at Alpine Valley in White Lake. He's a professional photographer and his FrawgByte Photography site has probably the best frog-based logo animation ever. His…
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Happy Valentine's Day, Michigan!

The photo above is georgia | graffiti alley 2 by nicole, finder of Georgia the duck and founder of the detroit ducks & beyond group on Flickr are getting into the spirit Clouds, leaves and even the deer are getting into the holiday…
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One Thousand ... and beyond

Suzy (taylorcraft75) was the 1000th photographer to join the Absolute Michigan photo group on Flickr. It's impossible to do justice to the impact all of these photographers have on Absolute Michigan. All I can say is thank you all for…