This is the first in a series of photos documenting the slow but certain coming of spring to Pure Michigan by member innkeepers of the Lake to Lake B&B Association. These photos were shared by Barb and Joe Phillips of Dewey Lake Manor in Brooklyn.

Just weeks ago, Barb and Joe Phillips’ bed and breakfast in Brooklyn looked like this. Dewey Lake Manor has waited months under drifts of snow for the arrival of spring. Officially, that happened March 20. Finally, little by little, tiny promises of life are pushing up and peeking out from under last year’s detrius. Spring may not yet be fully sprung, but Barb’s photos prove the adage that it’s just around the corner.





If you’d like to share your photos of an emerging spring with others, just email in jpeg format to innfo@laketolake.com anytime this month.