Babs writes: It was a beautiful day here and I caught this Bluejay just outside my back door. I didn’t realize that the maple trees had these big buds until I looked at this photo. Spring may come to northern Michigan yet.
Every week photographer Babs Young captures moments in northern Michigan, and every week she sends one—and sometimes more than one!—to Torch Lake Views just for you. You can find more of her photos by following the Babs Young Photos link in the Categories list over in the right column, or by going to her Michigan Pictures Archives: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008.
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p.j. grath
March 23, 2009
Maple buds–a hopeful sign! Any wild leeks yet? Any spring peepers? I mean, should we come home???
Gerry
March 23, 2009
Over here in the drumlins there’s still a lot of snow on the ground. No wild leeks. The swamp ponds thawed a bit, froze a bit, thawed a bit – no peepers. But, um, we hope you’ll come home anyway.
(Last year I heard the first peepers on March 19: Springsounds)
Leslie
March 24, 2009
What a wonderful photo!