After three years of virtually no blueberries, Mother Nature made up for it this summer. We discovered a new picking spot that was just load...

My youngest has managed to "tame" some of our new chickens.  Every day she spends thirty minutes or so with "The Girls" ...

I have spent my entire life living within walking distance of one of Michigan's Great Lakes. During my 53 years I have visited countries...

I was in Petoskey shopping the other day, and I noticed this sign.  Was the sign shop out of lower case W s? Did the sign maker really want ...

Earlier this month the Mackinac Arts Council held the annual Poetic Vision of Mackinac art show. Adults and Mackinac Island students enter a...

As I was out walking this afternoon I noticed this tree next to the road. I've walked past this tree hundreds of times, but I'd neve...

There were multiple water spouts spotted near Mackinac Island today! I was home cleaning out the chicken coop so I had no idea until my husb...

Nothing to see here. Just two people, who have never met in real life, meeting in the Fort Michilimackinac parking lot. What, you ask, could...

As I was walking home the other day I passed by these two Island workers. I'm not sure where they work, but I have no doubt the party is...

When I am out walking I try to notice things. Today it was this hawkweed . It grows wild on Mackinac, and at at the end of June / the beginn...

Over the past few days my life has gone all kinds of sideways. Things zigged when they should have zagged and I'm not even sure which wa...

A few of us from the Little Shop cast created Mackinac Island Community Theater's first Lilac Parade float. We had a blast singing our h...

The 2023 lilacs are looking a bit bedraggled, but that's OK as we've had three weeks full weeks to enjoy them. They're actually ...

On rainy days, the lilacs tend to droop and they just seem a little sad. Maybe they just know Lilac Festival is almost over.

We've gotten some much needed rain this week. Most of the flowers are loving it, but the lilacs are getting a little waterlogged.

 Lilacs, the Lake Huron shoreline, and a seagull - Pure Mackinac.

I think my favorite lilac pictures are the ones where I get multiple shades of lilacs in the same image.

There's just something about lilacs and a bright blue sky that puts me in a good mood. Well, it might also have something to do with not...

Literally, almost everywhere you look on Mackinac right now, there are lilacs. I was worried they'd all be gone before the Lilac Festiva...

Last night we crowned the 2023 Lilac Queen. (Her name is everywhere on the web and in the newspaper,  but since she is a former student of m...