Doug Murdick’s Fudge
Traverse City Cherry Pie tin
Oh boy, here was an unexpected treat. On the way to Charlevoix to get the Big Cherry Pie with the Davidsons (see Food and Drink) when fate struck and we got this Big Swan. Outside the Elk Rapids Chamber of Commerce building was this Swan (don’t call it a Goose! Right Meg?). It has a history going back to 1966 when it was built to carry Miss Elk Rapids in the Cherry Festival and Harbor Days parades.
Big Swan
Charlevoix Cherry Pie Tin
Limberlost Beer
We were at the Davidsons and were getting ready to go Up North when we spotted this inflatable out with a GTO show. Not exactly one of my best finds but I am addicted to Things Big and couldn’t pass up the shot. We blocked the parking lot at the Starbucks while getting the shot. I was humming a Jan & Dean tune.
GTO Tiger
Comerica Beer Mug
My first trip to the new Comerica Park in Detroit and here were some Big Tigers and Baseball Bats. 2 hours before the game and there were all these people. I may have to come back in February (brrrr!) to get a photo without the fans. The Tigers lost to the Bronx Bombers 5-1 who had 5 hits and 5 home runs. I miss Tiger Stadium where you were so close to the field but I liked the rest of the new ballpark.
Detroit Tiger
Chipotle Burrtto
Bub’s Burger
We were going to the airport to pick Julia up on July 3rd. In case you didn’t know, Indiana is fireworks state. You can buy all sorts of fireworks here. You just have to be careful since you cannot take the fireworks on the plane with you if you are leaving the state on a plane. You would be much better off driving your purchases out of state.
Patriotic Eagle
Keystone Jeans
Keystone Shoe
For Crying Out Loud is the title for this Field Art as we call it in Indiana. My best Birddog, Melynda told me about this Hippo a while ago but I didn’t get it until recently. It’s on a field belonging to a now retired auctioneer. We pulled into the muddy field and finally I found a reason for the 4-wheel drive on my Cherokee. I don’t know if this is larger than life but it’s pretty camp.
For Crying Out Load
Colorado Muffler Man
We were leaving England and had some time at Heathrow before the flight. (I won’t mention how much time Ben and Annie had due to flight delays) but anyway where else is there a store like Harrods in an airport. It would be like having a Neiman-Marcus at Kennedy Airport. At any rate this shop had cavier, chamapign and many of the finer things in life. I went to the 7-11.
Heathrow Bear
We were in England and left our tour group to go to the Tower of London, search you know where Cromwell spent some time enjoying the hospitality of the Crown. As usual we included a trip to the gift shop and right outside was this Bear Guard. What a surprise! Not quite a Beefeater Guard but I did get him to smile.
Tower of London Guard
Shakespeare & Ice Cream
With my update of the website I found some images that go back a way, to 2003, which were never posted. Here are two. We were up in Detroit for Thanksgiving with the Davidsons and instead of shopping on Friday my brother-in law, Greg and niece, Erica ventured out on a cold, rainy day to get some Big Things I had researched around the city. As we were on our way to this mini-golf course to get these Big Animals Erica spotted a Big Apple atop Blake’s Big Apple Orchard. Check out the Erica’s find on the Food and Drink page.
Riverbend Golf Cow
Riverbend Golf Steer
Riverbend Golf Muffler Man
Big Apple Orchard