Flowers by the Bank in Northport

 

Northport, MICHIGAN - Dog {Parade 2026: "Pawty Like a Rock Star!"

Waiting for the parade to begin!

Color guard

Important local groups

Village Voices

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Pups and music = FUN!

Great Lakes Humane Society

Leelanau Dark Sky needs a Dog star!

Our agility coach!!!

And his Muttley Crew!

The entry that brought me to tears --

David Chrobak award winner

Over for another year!

You Don't Want to Miss This

 

May 2 through May 11, Tuesday-Saturday, 2-4 p.m. Those are the hours you may view this very special multimedia, multigenerational

 exhibit at the Northport Arts Association 

(NAA) building on 3rd Street 

(just west off Mill Street). 

"Origin and Echo," brainchild of Northport art teacher Jenny Evans, paired student artists, from nursery school through high school, with adult artists in the community. The adults were asked to create a work "responding" to the work of a particular student--I think (I need to double-check this) without knowing the identity of the student. Paired student and adult artists met for the first time at Thursday afternoon's opening of the show.

There is no way my brief introduction  and a few photographs can begin to do justice to this show. You need plenty of time to go through at a slow, leisurely pace, looking closely and carefully, because each individual piece, all the "origins and echoes," as well as artists' statements 

are endlessly fascinating. 

Making my way from one part of the exhibit to the next, I was thoroughly engaged, 

mentally and aesthetically, 

and I could not stop smiling.

So give yourself a big helping of joy: Immerse yourself in beauty made by Northport students and adult community members. Do not miss the opportunity!

The sun was shining. I went for a walk.

 

How could I resist leaving a little note on the door and strolling through the village on Friday afternoon? I could not!

Stopped in to say hello to Sally here.

One of my bookstore's former homes --

Made another brief visit in the Pennington --

The library was bustling!

Oh, the piles of snow in the marina parking lot!

On my way back now...

Back on Waukazoo Street, under patches of blue --

Small Town America: Homecoming Parade 2021, Northport, Michigan

 

Dancing Tree, Willcox, Arizona

 

Ready to Welcome You, I'm sure

Volunteers work hard. I'm sure this cowboy earned his little nap in the sun and was ready to jump up and say "Howdy!" the minute someone came in the museum door.

Last Summer Weekend Begins

It's Friday morning of Labor Day weekend. How can it be? There is a nip in the air, but the sun is bright, the sky is blue, and everywhere you look, Northport is beautiful today, from Porcupine ...

to Barb's Bakery on Mill Street ...

to the beautiful library gardens ...

to Ed, singing his heart out down at the south end of the farmers market ... and, last but hardly least, here on Waukazoo Street:

Morning Here Begins in Tranquility

Summer on the Wing

Some Up North summer mornings are magical. Moment by moment, they offer unexpected beauty, whether in the village or out on the back roads of the township. How many days are we fortunate enough to glimpse a great blue heron in flight along the creek? And why should someone have left a colorful bouquet on a country road signpost?

The truth is, though, that on a beautiful morning everything is beautiful -- the most "ordinary," quotidian scenes heartbreaking in their perfection. Ah, life! You shameless seducer, you!