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As always, there’s a lot happening on the Old Mission Peninsula, including a giant sinkhole on Peninsula Drive. Check it out below, along with other recent news and photos. At the top of this story is a photo of Bluff Road, which always gets so lush this time of year.
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The swim buoys are up at Haserot Beach | Jane Boursaw PhotoFresh eggs at Nic and Mikayla Johnson’s farmstand near the corner of the Smokey Hollow and Center Road intersection | Jane Boursaw Photo Fresh strawberries at Wendy Warren’s farmstand, 2705 Island View Road | Warren PhotoEddie Ligon’s colorful and creative signs at their farm on the corner of Peninsula Drive and Old Mission Road | Jane Boursaw PhotoDave and Deb Allen’s Farmstand, 15776 Kroupa Road | Allen PhotoThe Peninsula Drive swans are back! There’s something peculiar about these swans, and I recently spotted two more a short ways down the beach 🙂 | Jane Boursaw PhotoLaura Johnson’s lilacs at the OMP Historical Society potluck | Jane Boursaw PhotoSinkhole on Peninsula Drive; a culvert was installed by the Grand Traverse County Road Commission crew | Jane Boursaw PhotoThe road crew appreciated Kathie Dreier’s delicious cookies (she lives across the road from the sinkhole) | Jane Boursaw PhotoPeonies at Old Mission Flowers, corner of Center Road and Ladd Road; Owner Ginny Coulter said these were picked for a wedding | Ginny Coulter PhotoGeese in the mall parking lot | Jane Boursaw PhotoNewly mowed field at Johnson Farms’ “The Forty,” corner of Peninsula Drive and Kroupa Road. As a kid, Dad always warned us never to go near the pond! | Jane (Johnson) Boursaw PhotoBeautiful flower bed at Old Mission Peninsula United Methodist Church, cared for by Linda and Jim Borowicz (who recently celebrated 51 years of marriage!) | Jane Boursaw PhotoOld Mission Peninsula United Methodist Church – Leave a prayer in the Prayer Box | Jane Boursaw PhotoThe “Cool Bus” at Old Mission Peninsula United Methodist Church is for sale; call (231) 357-8483 | Jane Boursaw PhotoDeer in a vineyard on Tompkins Road | Jane Boursaw Photo