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Michigan produces 75% of the United States’ tart cherries, the majority of which are grown on Traverse City’s 3.8 million tart cherry trees.  Traverse City is known nationally as the “Cherry Capital of the World”. The five counties around Traverse City make up the region that produces 40 percent of the annual tart cherry crop in the United States. Orchards line the Lake Michigan coast from Benton Harbor to the Grand Traverse Area.

Montmorency is the primary tart cherry grown in the United States today. It has been grown in this country for more than a century because it’s perfect for pies, preserves, jellies, juices, and other products.  Cherries, tart and sweet, ripen in July. The third week is usually the peak of the harvest.

The Columbine Flower’s Message Is:

Wherever your journey takes you, stay steadfast in your faith, love, and friendships. Believe in things that are not yet seen.

The Columbine Flower Interesting Facts

• Colorado State Flower
• Abundant through the northern hemisphere
• At least sixty different species of Columbine
• Hummingbird attractant, large amounts of nectar in each flower
• Colors include red, white, purple, blue, pink and yellow and many variations of these colors
• Flowers are edible and are sweet, seeds and roots should not be eaten; they are highly toxic

Offer the Columbine Flower on These Occasions

• To welcome spring
• To give fortitude to see a project through
• As a symbol of thanks to a friend or colleague for their unswerving support
• As a birth flower, especially for any birthdays in May or early June

“You dance love, and you dance joy, and you dance dreams. And I know if I can make you smile by jumping over a couple of couches or running through a rainstorm, then I’ll be very glad to be a song and dance man.”  -Gene Kelly

I hate when I think I’m buying organic vegetables and when I get home I discover they’re just regular donuts.

Life is better in flip flops!

(Colors vary.)