© 2014 Michael Fiveson
In a small town in Michigan there are many such homes to be found. This one was dressed for July 4th, and is available for purchase.
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Mike's Look at Life
Photography, memoirs, random thoughts.
© 2014 Michael Fiveson
In a small town in Michigan there are many such homes to be found. This one was dressed for July 4th, and is available for purchase.
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Mike's Look at Life 
Don’t you just love the lush vegetation? The title fits the photo perfectly. How long you staying in MI?
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We were there for 3 weeks. Returned home yesterday. VERY nice to be home again.
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Welcome back. I do occasionally help Al drive WHEN we aren’t driving two vehicles around. We’ll leave my Tacoma either here with daughter or in Phoenix with son. Between CO & AZ we drive separately. Having two vehicles has it’s pluses and minuses.
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And to answer your question……the lush vegetation and woods on one side, dotted with farm property. On the other side is lake Huron with Canada north and east. Immensely gorgeous and it was the first time for Judy and Pumpkin. But the drive…..oh man did it kick my ass. Do you help Al drive?
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We drove through Lyons yesterday and I thought of you and your lovely photography. Once you’re settled in and recovered from the drive, if you and Judy feel like meeting for lunch or drinks, let me know. We’re hanging around Westminster for a while 🙂
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We do lunch regularly. How long do you imagine you’ll be in Westminster? And if you head north again, tell me. Nice Indian buffet in Longmont. I also have a real bar and serve up some nice things in Greeley.
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Hope you had a good and fine vacation Mike . What a nice house !
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I had both a good and fine vacation. Thanks, Marylou.
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Glad you are home safe and sound. Your photo definitely fits ‘Americana. I’m with Ingrid. So lush. Love the green of summer.
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I’m with Ingrid too. Hard to go wrong there.
Thanks for being glad I’m OK. Dodging 18 wheelers with he and I both kind of weaving some, with maybe a foot of clearance. For 2700 miles. Scratch that off my to do list.
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That is a brutally long drive. I’m headed back to Sask next week but nothing like that kind of mileage and not much traffic. Just have to watch out for gophers. 🙂
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Well we did the first half in 4 days, stayed 2 weeks, and then did the return in four days. Still hard.
You go for it. (get it?)
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Haha very clever. Still lots of distance even at half.
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I’ll take it — but w/o mosquitoes.
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They have flies that bite there. Everyone drinks beer.
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Hate beer; hate flies. I went to college in Spring Arbor, MI. It is nice and green, though.
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It’s a beautiful home.
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I think so too. Hi Pat.
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Such a beautiful home. Glad you survived the drive.
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Barely survived, David. I keep forgetting I am as old as I am.
Came home to a massive sprinkler system break….under heavy brick pavers. That repair will bring into focus my age.
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Hi Mike!
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‘Ello, my pretty.
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NICE 🙂 There are many of these around New England too. I think of them as classic farmhouses, but my cousin lives in one built 20 years ago in a subdivision in Maryland. I guess you can’t beat a classic design.
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I love the classic design and there were many great homes there. If it wasn’t for the winter Michigan would be close to perfect.
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I happily sit on that porch and watch the evening go by.
In reading the comments, it sounds like the drive was tough … I hope the trip was worth it!!
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Judy and Pumpkin loved it there. We survived the trip and tough things seem to take on a certain status as time moves on. Would I do it again? No.
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Really like this shot of Americana… It is a sight that brings feelings of what it is like to truly love a community and country. Cheers!
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Thanks. Cheers.
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