MICHIGAN Michigan state bird: American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
Michigan state coat-of-arms: Coat-of-Arms of the State of Michigan
Michigan state fish: Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis)
Michigan state flag: Flag of the State of Michigan
Michigan state flower: Apple blossom (Malus domestica)
Michigan state fossil: Mastodon (Mammut americanum)
Michigan state game animal: White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
Michigan state gem: Isle Royale greenstone or Chlorastrolite
Michigan state mammal: [White-tailed deer] (Odocoileus virginianus)
Michigan state motto: Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspect (Latin for If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you) [1]
Michigan state nicknames: Great Lakes State, Wolverine State, Mitten State, Water-Winter Wonderland
Michigan state reptile: Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta)
Michigan state seal: Great Seal of the State of Michigan
Michigan state soil: Kalkaska Sand
Michigan state song: My Michigan website
Michigan state stone: Petoskey stone
Michigan state tree: Eastern White Pine (Pinus strobus)
Michigan state wildflower: Dwarf Lake Iris (Iris lacustris)
What surprises me is that you will always be a Michigan boy, no matter where you live.
-That will never go away. To say that I'm not a Michigander is to say that I'm not a Clausnitzer. I may at times get fed up with my home state, as I do my family, but it is what it is. There are really wonderful things about both. You take the good, you take the bad, you take them both and there you have the.....
An Ode To Michigan [Roughly composed and really, two poems that I should flesh out separately.] through whipping, blinding snow. 'The winter's really not so bad' muttered at 12 below. ___________________
Clear water, green trees and a gentle lake breeze to this day bring me to my knees. And when the winter ends it's squeeze, I'll love the life spring guarantees. 'It's gorgeous here!' the locals cry