My favorite spring tradition! 🌷 I love visiting the tulip fields in Holland, Michigan. This is my 16th year taking photos here! It’s just so magical every year. Elliot and I made the stop here on our way down to Illinois for his sister’s college graduation, and I’m so glad we made the trip. We really lucked out with driving right into the parking lot of Windmill Island Gardens and finding a parking spot right near the entrance. We were in and out basically, snapped our photos, helped a few others snap theirs lol, and then hit the road! Next time maybe I’d stick around longer, but not for Tulip Time. 😂

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One of my favorite trees to visit when I’m in West Michigan in May! (This is at the Monet Garden little pocket park in downtown Muskegon.) I usually come down every time this year, because the Upper Peninsula is slow to bloom and see spring… but everything is in full bloom downstate! I absolutely love coming to downtown Muskegon. Just… the history! The architecture! Things to do! This little park! It’s truly just such a cool downtown. But yeah, an annual must-see for me is this tree. It’s just so pretty! 🌸

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Popping in with a short and sweet blog post today from Bum’s Beach! It’s still been quite chilly here in the Upper Peninsula, so I’ve been layering up a lot, rockin’ this 90s trucker jacket over everything in a pinch, but definitely ready to just wear my spring/summer outfits without always having to layer up! But I mean, it’s pretty much that way until the 4th of July, even beyond. Before I moved here, I used to joke you could still wear your heaviest sweater in summer in the UP. It’s true! 😆

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Ahhhh, lilacs blooming in June in Marquette. 💜✨🌸 One of my favorite times of the year. I mean, fall is still my favorite, but this is definitely a close second. Along with… the end of August warm beach vibes, and the quiet, fresh snowfall-y day in winter. I mean, every season up here is a dream (well except maybe mud/bug season), but once the lilacs pop off… swooooon. You’ll catch your girl going out of her way running on the trail or walking outside to hit a fresh whiff of a lilac bush, that’s for sure.

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Seul Choix Pointe Lighthouse, pronounced Sis-shwa, means "only choice". It was named by the French who found it was the only harbor of refuge in this part of Lake Michigan. This was my first time back here since living in the Upper Peninsula. I love revisiting places up here, I swear it just never gets old, I think it’s a good sign I was meant to live here, and not just be a visitor. So grateful life worked out in a way that one of my biggest life dreams could come true while I’m still young enough to enjoy a lifetime of it. Ugh, did I just tear up?! 🥺

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