PONDER • WANDER • MIKEY THYME
Mikey’s MelonsPonder • Wander • Mikey Thyme
A LITTLE DETOURBack to the Walkabout →

A map from the satchel

Which way feels interesting?

Choose a landmark. The numbered places open into photographs, stories and a few familiar faces.

Choose a numbered landmark to see the real place behind the map.

Open full map →
Daytime Walkabout map, with the Great Barn, garden paths, and Mikey’s Melons stand4
4 · Biff by BJ ST →

Map markers name four landmarks. The thirteen story stops are listed below.

Another landmark to discover

A place on the map · A place in the world

The Great Barn.

Some places already
hold the story.

The big red barn belongs in the Walkabout just as it is. Its doors, old boards, and familiar shape give the map a real place to lead us.

Start outside. Then follow the doorway toward the next part of the story.

Explore inside →
The real red Great Barn beneath a Michigan sky
Through Mikey’s camera · The real Great Barn.

Look at the place. Look again.

Meadow & Pollinator Pause

A real meadow, a few white hives, and another way to see the same landscape.

White beehives in the actual meadow beneath a blue sky
Through Mikey’s camera · The real meadow.
Walkabout concept of Pollinator Pause, beehives and the Giant Rock Pile
Walkabout concept · Bees, blooms, and a place to pause.
More field observations →

Look at the place. Look again.

The Rock Pile

The actual pile gives the imagined landscape its size, texture, and starting point.

The actual rock pile at the edge of the field
Through Mikey’s camera · The real Rock Pile.

Look at the place. Look again.

The Giant Rock

One great stone, tucked into the living landscape.

The real Giant Rock among grass and trees
Through Mikey’s camera · The Giant Rock.

A surface worth
looking closer at.

Lichen, lines, and natural markings give the Giant Rock the feeling of a message board in the Walkabout. The questions begin with what is already there.

This is the single Giant Rock, a different landmark from the field’s Rock Pile.

Keep looking with Atlas →

Pick a place, or follow the whole path

Where to?

The clearing →Stop 01Through the gate →Stop 02Meet Mikey G →Stop 03Along BJ ST →Stop 04Rumpy’s watch →Stop 05A little Hope →Stop 06A friend along the way →Stop 07Atlas’s old oak →Stop 08Down to the water →Stop 09Inside the Gnome Files →Stop 10A place to pause →Stop 11Stories in motion →Stop 12Leave a note →Stop 13
The WoodsThe shedThe Great BarnNature Journal
The path is still waitingKeep wandering.Return to the Walkabout →