photography – Page 16 – Jennifer Michie

March 3, 2014 / 0 Comments

Good Morning, Good Night!

There was a bit of light this morning when I left for work. I could see the cows lazing in the pasture on the dew laden grass as the train scooted by. The air was chilly, you could see their breath hanging above their soft heads. The fields were covered in mist, that ribboned around the trees, giving the pasture a haunted appearance. All the signs of Spring coming to England.

After rain for much of the day, the skies cleared on my journey home and soft peach and pink and lemon yellow clouds filled the sky.

As the train whirred by I snapped these photos, all in a blur and haze, which is how I mostly see the world on my train travels.

This was my Good Morning.

This was my Good Night.

February 10, 2014 / 0 Comments

Febraury Blossoms

There are a few camellia bushes in bloom that I walk by on my way to school in the morning. This flower was just the perfect shade of Valentine’s pink!

Happy Monday!

August 21, 2013 / 0 Comments

The 50th Annual Blueberry Festival {Part 2}

After exploring the town of South Haven, we had worked up quite an appetite! It looked like everyone was heading toward Clementine’s, so that is the direction we took too!

We were not disappointed! The atmosphere was fun (it was housed inside an old bank), the staff were friendly and the food was GREAT! They even had a special blueberry menu for the Festival.

My Mom and I split a piece of blueberry pie for dessert in honor of the festival. Gigi and Foxy were with us too. Foxy came out of my bag for a piece of pie, the blueberries turned his whiskers a lovely shade of deep blue, he spent the rest of the evening trying to lick it off, while we laughed, he looked quite charming with those blueberry whiskers!

South Haven is an adorable town, I’m putting it on my list of places to visit again! Maybe, I’ll time it just right and there will be another Blueberry Festival! One can always hope!

August 20, 2013 / 0 Comments

The 50th Annual Blueberry Festival {Part 1}

Last weekend, my Parent’s took me to South Haven, Michigan, where the town was holding their 50th Annual Blueberry Festival. It was so much fun!

We walked down the main street, did a little antiquing, wandered into the General Store, went into the official Blueberry Store, where they had made pretty much anything you could imagine out of blueberries and were selling fresh blueberries too, the smell was amazing!

It was here that I spotted an old photocopy of Miss Betty Jones, who won the pie contest in 1970, of course I snapped a few pictures of it, I love old recipes, especially ones that had newspaper writes ups like this one, they are special! I wonder what Miss Betty Jones is doing today? I want to make her pie!

We decided to head down to the riverfront and listened to the Jimmy Buffett cover band and watched the boats come in, it was such a beautiful day! We were truly lucky!

August 19, 2013 / 0 Comments

An Afternoon Treat

What could be better than getting exactly what you want? And how often does that actually happen, when the stars collide and it all turns out perfectly? Not, that often, but it did this particular afternoon with my Mom. We had some errands to run at Target, so I got the Mocha Frappacino’s and she picked up the mini Target cupcakes and the perfect afternoon snack was created! All filled with wonderful, wonderful S-U-G-A-R! After all, we had to keep our shopping energy up!

P.S. I made it home in one piece with a lot of surprises in tow for Mr. Michie. I am going to be spending the next few days, catching up on life here and posting pictures of my trip home, I have cookies and babies and a Blueberry Festival to share with you yet!

August 15, 2013 / 0 Comments

Eddie’s Steak Shed

My family loves cool and unusual places. Last night, my parent’s took me to a very unique place. We went to Eddie’s Steak Shed. This place has A LOT of character. The sign is reminiscent of the 1960’s, with great personality, the place you go to for a good steak and a liquor drink and if it was the 1960s a Mad Men cigarette, I could see Don Draper coming here!

Their road sign is graced with a blue bull, but it reminded me more of Paul Bunyan’s Ox and the size of the steaks reminded me of the “Old 96’er” that John Candy eats in The Great Outdoors. Between all of us last night we might have eaten a mini cow, but it was delicious!

So, if you are ever passing through Granger, Indiana, I would head toward the Shed, because it is an experience not to be missed.

P.S. I am winging my way back across the great pond today, so I might be radio silent for a few days while I get back into my England groove of things. I wish that my time here would just go on forever, because being with my family, makes me more than happy.

August 12, 2013 / 2 Comments

The Road Back Home

We headed back home last week, but this time through Walnut Creek, Ohio. It was beautiful! We stayed in the heart of Amish Country, drove through fields with hay stacked almost as if it had come out of a Monet painting and feasted on cream sticks and cinnamon twists and grape and cherry hand pies. What could be better? Happiness is…

August 8, 2013 / 1 Comment

Pure Bliss

We have spent the past few days in a glorious blissful existence. We sat on the back deck while Milly joined us to sunbathe her golden fur, watched the baby wiggling her adorable twinkle toes and spending our evenings working on First Birthday Party plans. Oh what fun!

August 5, 2013 / 1 Comment

Four Generations

Last night there were four generations of daughters in my sister’s house. What could be more special than that?

As we sat around the kitchen table talking, we saw a mama deer and her fawn come out for a bite of dinner. We just watched them. My Nana loves nature, she has an artist’s eye and for us to see that while we were all together was just magic!

August 3, 2013 / 2 Comments

Road Trip

Well, I’m on a mini road trip down to Virginia to see my sister, her husband, their adorable dogs and of course my GORGEOUS neice!

We headed out from Indiana and made our way through Ohio Amish Country. We drove through Norwalk, snapped a pick of a cute Post Office in Savannah and visited the world’s largest cuckoo clock in Sugarcreek, Ohio.

My Mom and I are having a blast on this mother-daughter road trip. I can’t think of anything better!