09/08/2026
🌺One of the most beautiful Labor Day weekends I can recall brought out lots of wonderful upickers. Thank you for visiting!
🎶Lauren (and her Mom) just moved to Traverse City from Florida so that Lauren can attend Interlochen Arts Academy. She filled 3 bottles and had a French Marigold tucked behind her ear.
📸 I saw Emily in her pretty dress and took this photo from up on our hill. She was with her husband, Zack, and said they were married just 2 weeks ago. And that picking flowers at OCF is her “very favorite thing to do up north.”
🤵♂️Mom Larra and her son, Prospect, picked a bucket full of blooms for a wedding. Prospect is the best man for his brother. Mom and son made for a great u-picking team.
🛥️There was a big yacht in Omena Bay last week and staffer Rachel texted to order a bouquet for one of their guests. She and her jet ski driver met me on the dock at Knot Just a Bar. That was a first!
📣 I grew up in downriver Detroit (Trenton). Great to see Michele Sobocinski Barnes who came by with her family to pick. She and I were cheerleaders together, and stay in touch via social media.
🧡Six sisters come by every year to pick flowers. They live all over the country but gather at the Lake Leelanau home of Pam (in orange, far left.) Admire their annual commitment to spend time together!
❓Last photo—lost my info on these three—two in matching white Birkenstocks with lots of Lisianthus!
