PONDER • WANDER • MIKEY THYME
Mikey’s MelonsPonder • Wander • Mikey Thyme
THE WALKABOUT · STOP 02 OF 13Find your bearings →
An open old farm gate leading into the flowering Walkabout landscape

The Walkabout

Come a little farther.

The paths begin in familiar places. Follow them long enough and you may find someone familiar, too.

Your next step

Pick a place. See what’s there.

Tap the barn, meadow, or Rock Pile to see the real place behind the map. At the barn, choose “Explore inside” to follow the photographs through its doors.

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 →

A little farther along

A place to stop.

Some marks are made with a pen. Others take a little longer. Around the Giant Rock, the questions begin with what is already there.

Sit with the question

A little farther along

After sunset, someone keeps watch.

Rumpy knows the untidy corners and the places a strange noise might hide. Being quiet enough to listen is still taking practice.

Find Rumpy at The Cove
A small turtle tucked beside the path

Your route through the Walkabout

Follow the path.
See who turns up.

Each stop leads to the next. Take a detour whenever something catches your eye.

  1. 03Meet Mikey G →A new perspective on familiar things
  2. 04Along BJ ST →Stories, satchels and a watermelon hat
  3. 05Rumpy’s watch →The night watchman is nearby
  4. 06A little Hope →Listen for water. Look for green light.
  5. 07A friend along the way →A poet, an artist, a friend
  6. 08Atlas’s old oak →A map and a comfortable place to pause
  7. 09Down to the water →A leaf sail catches the breeze
  8. 10Inside the Gnome Files →Pull open a drawer of possibilities
  9. 11A place to pause →Let the woodland settle around you
  10. 12Stories in motion →A glimpse of adventures still to come
  11. 13Leave a note →Leave a little something at the mailbox
A little farther alongMeet Mikey GContinue down the path →
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