Sleeping Bear Dunes Getaway

07/19/2024

06/27/2024

5352 Birch Trail
Honor , Mi 49640
549,900
Bittersweet.
Will miss her but
Next Chapter can't continue until she's gone.
Hurry if you are looking for a sweet spot in Northern Michigan. She won't last ~

06/22/2024

https://g.page/r/CbyIvu0joNlpEAE/review Please. If you have stayed in one of our vacation homes could you kindly give us a review ? Thank you so much ! Michele

06/21/2024

3 Summer weeks still available ( and 2 night getaways !) Please share !
June 22nd to 29th
July 8th-12th
August 11th to end of month
3 Fall Weekend Color Tours still Open for September / October !
Book direct 810-241-8199
Please share / Thank you !

06/21/2024

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06/20/2024

Clip clop back in time to experience the Port Oneida Rural Historic District the way they did in the late 1800s – early 1900s! Learn about the life of the early pioneers, and their landscape as we travel by horse and wagon through the fields and side roads of this significant agricultural communit...

06/20/2024

06/20/2024

A piece of driftwood rests on the Lake Michigan shore at twilight near South Haven. I liked how the wet rocks filled the foreground, showing all of their beautiful colors.
Thank you for following my work and have a nice evening!

06/07/2024

Life's alot like the Sunset. You get all excited because it looks so promising and you make big plans because you just know its gonna be a big show.
It looked so promising tonight and the sunset gang all agreed it would definately be a stellar show ! We were surprised to watch it sink. We were wrong.
Like the sunset sometimes life can surprise us. When we were sure that the choices we made were putting us on that path to something beautiful and we were sure it would be a fantastic show but in fact often a big ol cloud comes and sinks our show.
What I've learned is you can't get too discouraged because there WILL be another sunset, another opportunity, another reason to get excited about making and sticking to your plans.
When life got tough, mom used to always say,
" Tomorrow's another day."
I'm gonna add to that mom ,
" and there will always be another sunset !
( that wasn't tonight though)

06/06/2024

Beautiful sunset tonight !

05/30/2024

One Prime week July 7th-14th this summer is STILL AVAILABLE !

Sleeping Bear Dunes Getaway

05/27/2024

It’s a tradition! ❤️ Back in 2020, after Covid threw a wrench in their wedding plans, Alex and Camille spent their wedding evening here at Birch & Maple! They’ve come back to celebrate their anniversary with us, at the same table, ever since. 🥰 Cheers to the Boltons and many more anniversary dinners spent with us 😉🥂

05/27/2024

My parents were married for 55 years. One morning, my mom was going downstairs to make dad breakfast, she had a heart attack and fell. My father picked her up as best he could and almost dragged her into the truck. At full speed, without respecting traffic lights, he drove her to the hospital.
When he arrived, unfortunately, she was no longer with us.
During the funeral, my father did not speak.
His gaze was lost. He hardly cried.
That night, his children joined him. In an atmosphere of pain and nostalgia, we remembered beautiful anecdotes and he asked my brother, a theologian, to tell him where Mom would be at that moment. My brother began to talk about life after death, and guesses as to how and where she would be.
My father listened carefully. Suddenly he asked us to take him to the cemetery.
Dad! we replied, "it is 11 at night, we can't go to the cemetery right now!"
He raised his voice, and with a glazed look he said:
"Don't argue with me, please don't argue with the man who just lost his wife of 55 years."
There was a moment of respectful silence, we didn't argue anymore. We went to the cemetery, we asked the night watchman for permission. With a flashlight, we reached the tomb. My father caressed her, prayed, and told his children, who watched the scene moved:
"It was 55 years... you know? No one can talk about true love if they have no idea what it's like to share life with a woman."
He paused and wiped his face. "She and I, we were together in that crisis. I changed jobs ..." he continued. "We packed up when we sold the house and moved out of town. We shared the joy of seeing our children finish their careers, we mourned the departure of loved ones side by side, we prayed together in the waiting room of some hospitals, we support each other in pain, we hug each Christmas, and we forgive our mistakes...
Children, now it is gone, and I'm happy, do you know why?
Because she left before me. She didn't have to go through the agony and pain of burying me, of being left alone after my departure. I will be the one to go through that, and I thank God. I love her so much that I wouldn't have liked her to suffer..."
When my father finished speaking, my brothers and I had tears streaming down our faces. We hugged him, and he comforted us, "It's okay, we can go home, it's been a good day."
That night I understood what true love is; It is far from romanticism, it does not have much to do with eroticism, or with s*x, rather it is linked to work, to complement, to care and, above all, to the true love that two really committed people profess".
Peace in your hearts.

05/03/2024

We have a cement truck coming tomorrow to our home in Frankfort and our worker cancelled.
Anyone know somebody available tomorrow morning ?
Great pay....810 241 8199

04/27/2024

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We still have several prime weeks left to reserve !
Book direct and save 10 % !
810 241 8199 Michele
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04/25/2024

04/21/2024

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Summer is coming ! I promise !

05/18/2023

We Just had a cancellation on prime summer week June 17 to the 25 is open book direct and save hundreds of dollars. Hurry it will not last long on platte river 810 241 8199.

05/05/2023

05/05/2023

Looking for a last minute Northern Michigan Getaway with Mom ? In memory of Mom ? Our beautiful brand new build home(s) is available to stay in ! Half hour from Traverse city and 2 minutes from Lake Michigan !
Traverse City has many special events to celebrate all month long and we have the venues for you and your Family to enjoy .

2 Homes available ! 810-241-8199 Michele Blair

04/21/2023

Tonight on The Platte

04/19/2023

The European migratory bird is a rare sighting in the U.S. and had never been seen in Michigan until this week.

04/19/2023

Cotton candy clouds 🍭 ​​​​​​​​​

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10/04/2022

Good morning from Platte river point🥰

10/04/2022

02/27/2021

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