Bad postcard of the week:

Michigan's other sore thumb
From: The Grand Rapids Press

"Michigan Thumb Scenery"

Joyce Kilmer once famously wrote “I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree.”

I’m pretty sure he wasn't referring to this week’s bad postcard.

This tree looks like it was pruned by a chainsaw-wielding Consumers Energy crew looking to clear space around power lines, except I don’t see any power lines.

The back reads: “Michigan Thumb Scenery. A freighter on its way on the St. Clair River between St. Clair and Port Huron, Michigan.”

The back also reveals that Selma was telling Gladys that she’s going to be in St. Clair for a few days and her cousin always makes her feel so welcome. She might be headed up to Manistee.

I can only speculate what Gladys thought when she found this beauty in her mailbox. Nothing says friendship like industrial ships and misshapen trees.

There are a number of things that we almost see in this postcard. We get most of the freighter, some much smaller boats and a bit of the St. Clair River.

But our mystery of the week is why the photographer decided to make this horribly cut tree the focal point of the postcard. What’s not obscured by the tree is blocked by weeds.

Hey, shooter! It’s a big river! Take two steps to the right, please!

Previously we sorted through an identically titled card that showed lots the Blue Water Bridge’s guardrail and precious little scenery. What is it about Michigan’s Thumb that inspires bad postcards?