The summer sunshine is inviting you to explore a woodland trail…

Huron National Forest, Michigan to
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to listen to the whisper of a pristine brook

Corsair Creek
Huron National Forest, Michigan to
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Corsair Creek
testing the waters of Lake Huron
–Henry David Thoreau
On the 200th anniversary of Thoreau’s birth, this view from northern Michigan’s forest primeval.
Pigeon River Forest, Michigan
–John Keats
Newburgh Lake, Michigan
—Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Newburgh Lake, Michigan
A post-election comment, courtesy of Shakespeare. And with a pic from the oldest undisturbed forest in Michigan, where the trees started growing about the time that the French explorers founded the tiny fort of Detroit in the early 18th century.
And, as I am an honest Puck,
If we have unearnèd luck
Now to ’scape the serpent’s tongue,
We will make amends ere long.
—Shakespeare, Midsummer Night’s Dream
Hartwick Pines, Michigan
“I raise my wine cup and drink to the roaring river,
My heart as full as the rising waters.”
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Tacquahmenon Falls, Michigan
Tacquahmenon Falls, Michigan
There is a local park that I often visit, in all four of Michigan’s seasons. As “the home should be the treasure chest of living,” I have received many gifts among these woods and lakes on sunlight-dappled afternoons.
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Kensington Park, Michigan
In autumn, as in summer.
Kensington Park, Michigan
A sentinel watching for the approach of fall.
The road less traveled by…
And what would a home-away-from-home be without friends and acquaintances?