MICHIGAN COTTAGE COOK

MICHIGAN COTTAGE COOK
SUMMER AT THE BEACH

TITLE PICTURES ARCHIVE


IT IS TULIP TIME IN HOLLAND, MICHIGAN.  TWO DUTCH BOYS IN A TULIP FIELD.


A FOGGY MORNING

SUNSET

A LAVENDER EVENING

WHAT A BEAUTIFUL MORNING


ANOTHER FOGGY DAY

BLESSED EASTER


 
COLD FRONT COMING

COLD AND WINDY OUTSIDE BUT IT'S SPRING INSIDE THE COTTAGE

HEADING OUT THE HARBOR

SPRING CLEANING ON THE BEACH

A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD



BUTTRESS OF THE SOUTH PIER

THE GIRLS AT PLAY

TULIP TIME IN HOLLAND MICHIGAN

 
MICHIGAN WEATHER FROM 80°F TO 32° F!

THE TULIPS ARE BLOOMING IN HOLLAND MICHIGAN


WHAT A BEAUTIFUL SPRING DAY

FORSYNTHIA IN BLOOM

HAPPY EARTH DAY


HOLLAND MICHIGAN



WAITING TO UNLOAD

5 DAYS UNTIL HOLLAND MICHIGAN TULIP TIME FESTIVAL

LAKE MICHIGAN SUNSET


LAKE MICHIGAN MOONSET



2 DAYS UNTIL THE TULIP TIME FESTIVAL



1 DAY UNTIL THE TULIP TIME FESTIVAL



THE TULIP TIME FESTIVAL


THE TULIP TIME FESTIVAL

THE TULIP TIME FESTIVAL

DAD AND MY OLDEST SON

THE TULIP TIME FESTIVAL

THE TULIP TIME FESTIVAL

THE TULIP TIME FESTIVAL

THE TULIP TIME FESTIVAL

SOUTH PIER AT DAWN

WE'VE BEEN TO THE VET

JOY OF SPRING

LAKE MICHIGAN SUNSET



MY DAD'S FRENCH LILACS

SOUTH PIER HEAD

PETUNAS IN BLOOM

EIGHTH STREET MARKET
HOLLAND, MICHIGAN

LAKE MICHIGAN SUNSET



LILACS IN THE RAIN

WHERE IS THE LAKE?

WEEKEND AT LAKE MICHIGAN

 KITE FESTIVAL
WEEKEND AT LAKE MICHIGAN



GUARD DOG ON DUTY

SUNSET FLIGHT

ANOTHER LAKE MICHIGAN MOOD

LAKE MICHIGAN SUNSET

HIGHLAND PARK MICHIGAN SIDEWALKS

IN MEMORY
WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN

WE REMEMBER

GRAND HAVEN FARMER'S MARKET

COUNTRYSIDE GREENHOUSE ALLENDALE MICHIGAN

GRAND HAVEN FARMER'S MARKET

41ST ANNUAL GRAND RAPIDS FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS

LAKE MICHIGAN MORNING

RETURNING TO PORT

ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL LAKE MICHIGAN SUNSET

MORNING AT THE SOUTH PIER

PURPLE

MICHIGAN BOUNTY

LAKE MICHIGAN SUNSET

SOUTH PIER

MORNING AT THE BEACH

SUNSET ON THE SOUTH PIER

LAKE MICHIGAN SUNSET

SOUTH PIER

COAST GUARD ON NIGHT MANUVERS

STORM COMING



SUMMER SOFTBALL GAME

LEAVING O'HARE TO DESTINATION UNKNOWN

LOOKING GOOD

FISHING AT DUSK

KITE SURFING ON LAKE MICHIGAN



MICHIGAN MORNING

SCO-OORE

SAND CASTLE CONTEST

Art Festival

SUMMER FUN

GREEN TEAM WON!

LAKE FREIGHTER ARRIVING

INDEPENDENCE HAS A PRICE

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA

SUMMER BEACH

HISTORIC HOUSE

A BIT OF FOG

CONCERT ABOARD LST 393

FREIGHTER DEPARTING

ORANJE BOVEN (ORANGE ON TOP)

"HUP HOLLAND HUP"

ABOARD THE SCHOONER WIND DANCER

STORM COMING

OFFLOADING COAL AT THE POWER PLANT

PASSING THE PIERHEAD TO LAKE MICHIGAN

HEADING INTO THE STORM

DECK BOX FLOWERS

STORMS TO THE WEST

DECK FLOWERS

DECK FLOWERS

RETURNING TO PORT

RETURNING TO PORT

SUMMER CLOUDS OVER THE LAKE

SUMMER RAIN ON THE DECK

SAILING ON LAKE MICHIGAN

FROG ON THE TIGER LILIES

"5 MILE HILL" LOOKING EASTWARD


IT'S RAINING
FORMER QUEEN OF THE LAKES. THE ORIGINAL USCG ICEBREAKER MACKINAW
THE ORIGINAL ICEBREAKER MACKINAW LEAVES GRAND HAVEN FOR THE LAST TIME. PHOTO BY BOB PUSHAW
MICHIGAN LIFE-SAVING STATION CIRCA1912. REPRODUCED FROM AN ANTIQUE POSTCARD. RIVER CITY BOOKS, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN
USCG CUTTER ESCANABA FROM VINTAGE POSTCARD.
ICE BREAKER MACINAW AND CUTTER WOODBINE.JULY 9, 1969 POSTCARD. COAST GUARD FESTIVAL AS IT USED TO BE.
USCG CUTTER WOODBINE. OLD POSTCARD PHOTO.
THE USCG CUTTER MACKINAW, LOCKING THROUGH THE MAC ARTHUR LOCK UPBOUND TO LAKE SUPERIOR. VINTAGE POSTCARD
WHAT?
PALM ON THE DECK
THUNDERSTORM FORMING IN THE EAST
HARBOR TRAFFIC
AT THE TOP OF "5 MILE HILL" LOOKING TO THE WEST.
USCG CUTTER BRISTOL BAY
CANNAS ON THE DECK


SUNDAY AT THE BEACH



SUMMIT PARK, NORTH OF PENTWATER, MICHIGAN

LAKE MICHIGAN SUNSET

DECK FLOWER

DECK FLOWERS

NORTH PIER SURF

ROUGH WATER IN THE HARBOR



SOUTH HAVEN, MICHIGAN

CALM WATERS DOWNSTREAM FROM THE HESPERIA, MICHIGAN DAM


SOUTH HAVEN MARINA ON THE RIVER

HESPERIA, MICHIGAN


LAKE MICHIGAN SUNSET

KALAMAZOO RIVER IN SAUGATUCK, MICHIGAN

STORM CLOUDS

THE SURF IS UP

MONARCH BUTTERFLIES ARE FEEDING

ROUGH WATERS

LAKE MICHIGAN SUNSET

FORTEEN FOOT WAVES

ROUGH LAKE WATERS

LAKE MICHIGAN SUNSET

LAKE MICHIGAN SUNSET

LATTICE FLOWER

BIG LAKE SURF

A FEW STEPS UP THE DUNE

DUSK

WIND SURFING

SUNSET OVER LAKE MICHIGAN

LATTICE FLOWERS



DREARY DAY

WINDY DAY
CHOPPY HARBOR

BEAUTIFUL LAKE MICHIGAN

NOT CALM TODAY ON THE LAKE

SABLE POINTS LIGHTHOUSE

FALL FISHING

BEACH DUNE

FALL IN HART, MICHIGAN

FALL IN HART, MICHIGAN

GRAND RIVER IN GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN

STEAM PIG-GRAND RAPIDS ART PRIZE

"A MATTER OF TIME" GRAND RAPIDS ART PRIZE TOP TEN

SUNSET FROM THE DECK

"HELPING MOM ONE PENNY AT A TIME" A TOP TEN ART PRIZE WINNER

FALL BLUEBERRY BUSHES IN MICHIGAN

HOLLAND, MICHIGAN FAMER'S MARKET

GRAND RIVER IN GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN

DOWNTOWN GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN

LUNCH ON THE DECK

FALL CLOUDS OVER LAKE MICHIGAN

70 YEAR WINDSTORM MOVING THRU MICHIGAN

CHOPPY HARBOR

FALL SUN RAYS OVER LAKE MICHIGAN

FALL CLOUDS OVER LAKE MICHIGAN

LAKE MICHIGAN SUNSET

FIRST WINTER SNOW

FALL SUNSET OVER LAKE MICHIGAN

WHERE ARE WE GOING? IT DOESN'T MATTER!

LAKE MICHIGAN SPLENDOR

NOVEMBER AT LAKE MICHIGAN

I GET TO DRIVE!

AMAZING FALL SKY

FALL SUNSET PERFECTION

GULLS IN THE WIND



WE NEED SOME FLOWERS ON THIS GREY FALL DAY

WE NEED SOME BLUE SKIES THIS DREARY LEADEN DAY

COAL DELIVERY AT THE POWER PLANT


MAKING THANKSGIVING PIE

ONE GENERATION TEACHING THE NEXT

DECEMBER 1st SNOW

IZZY HAS A NEW BOYFRIEND

LAKE MICHIGAN ON A WINTER AFTERNOON

SINTERKLAAS IN HOLLAND, MICHIGAN
SINTERKLAAS AND HIS ZWART PIETS AT VANDER VEEN'S OF GRAND RAPIDS AREA OF MICHIGAN

SNOW HEADING IN FROM THE WEST

SNOW IS FALLING

WINTER SUNSET

SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN
CHRISTMAS TREES AROUND THE WORLD, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN

BIRD TREE IN MEIJER GARDENS, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN

WINTER COLOR AT MEIJER GARDENS

COLOR OF THE SEASON

ICE IS COMING

WINTRY SCENE

SOME COLOR FOR A DREARY DAY ON THE LAKESHORE

WINTER SUNSET

I'M READY FOR THE WINTER SOLSTACE. I HAVE MY BLANKET, PILLOW AND A BOOK

A RARE SUNNY WINTER DAY IN WESTERN MICHIGAN
A LITTLE SNOW AT THE BEACH

A CHILD IS BORN IN BETHLEHEM

A SNOWY WALK TO THE BEACH

WE HAVE SUN IN WESTERN MICHIGAN, WHILE THE EASTCOAST OF THE U.S. HAS BLIZZARDS

SNOW FENCES HELP KEEP THE SAND ON THE BEACH, NOT ON THE ROAD

WINTER BEACH SCENE

THE SUN SETS ON THE OLD YEAR. HAPPY NEW YEAR!

NEW YEAR LAKE MICHIGAN

LAKE MICHIGAN IS CHURNING WITH THE WESTERN WIND

CHOPPY HARBOR

HERE COMES THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW

LAKE MICHIGAN ICES UP

THE ICEBURGS KEEP BUILDING UP ALONG THE SHORE OF LAKE MICHIGAN

LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS FALLING

WE NEED SOME ORCHIDS ON THIS WINTRY DAY

A TYPICAL WEST MICHIGAN WINTER GREY DAY

ICEBURGS ARE BUILDING UP IN LAKE MICHIGAN

ICEBERGS OFF OF THE PIER. PACK ICE IS THE BROKEN UP ICE IN THE WATER. WAVE ACTION INCREASES THE ICEBERG'S SIZE.

ICEBERGS ALONG SIDE OF THE SOUTH PIER

PACK ICE MOVES OFF SHORE

A BIT NIPPY ON THE PIER 17 DEGREES F.

A BIT OF SNOW ON OUR DECK

A TYPICAL JANUARY WINTERY DAY IN WESTERN MICHIGAN

ANOTHER WINTER STORM IS COMING OUR WAY IN WEST MICHIGAN. THE LAKE IS BEGINNING TO FREEZE.


BEAUTIFUL JANUARY WINTRY DAY IN WESTERN MICHIGAN

HOORAY-WE HAVE ANOTHER SUNNY DAY IN WESTERN MICHIGAN

THE HARBOR IS ICING UP

WE ARE HAVING ANOTHER SNOW EVENT. BLIZZARD OF FEB 02, 2011.

STRONG WINDS BLOWING THE SNOW

WINTER SUNSET. THE SUN IS MARCHING NORTHWARD.

WHEEEE, MORE SNOW COMING!!!
ICE TO THE HORIZON. 25 DEGREES F. FEB. 11, 2011.

A WONDEROUS WINTER SUNSET

WOW! WHAT PRETTY CLOUDS

HOORAY, A SNOW FREE DAY

CLOUDS LIKE A QUILT BLANKET

A MOURNING DOVE. WE NEVER SEE BIRDS ON THE SWING.THE PHOTO IS TAKEN THROUGH THE DECK WINDOW, IT DIDN'T FLY AWAY WHEN I TOOK THE PICTURE.IT MUST BE MOURNING OUR DEPARTED BLACK GERMAN SHEPHERD, KATRINKA 2.

OH, GOODY. A LITTLE SNOW AFTER OUR BRIEF THAW.

A SNOWY BEACH SCENE

PURPLE SUNSET

I KNOW SPRING IS COMING

I CAN NOT WAIT UNTIL SPRING

LAKE MICHIGAN STILL HAS SHORE ICE

YEARNING  FOR SPRING

 STILLYEARNING  FOR SPRING

SURF IS UP. SHORE ICE HAS MELTED.

WE WILL SEE YOU SOON

 A PREVIEW OF SPRING

SPRING AT THE COTTAGE
HOLLAND, MICHIGAN MARKET

TOM'S BUCKET LIST

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