Downtown Manistee

Downtown Manistee. What great architecture in this small town. The town, like many in the Midwest and around the country, has suffered under hard times but there's a lot to appreciate in this place.

Pyramid Point

An outing on Pyramid Point at Lake Michigan.

E.J. Fire Hall

East Jordan fire hall with a visually interesting apparatus on the top there. It looks like some type of siren.

White Beulah Car

This was taken in Beulah about a month ago.

Bar Harbor

Harbor Springs, MI

Bless America

This is another roadside find which can be spotted along U.S. 31 between Honor and Beulah. This is part of a group of metal creations which include some bugs, this America-themed set as well as some Disney characters like Goofy and Pluto.

Snoopy's Dog House

Check out this great find while driving around today. It's Snoopy's dog house (says "Snoopy" above the doorway) in the back of golf cart #1 as its battery is being charged, complete with a spare battery on the passenger side floor. The cart appears to be equipped with a high and low beam headlight setup. A bit random but the blue of the cart, red of the building and uniqueness of the scene is fun.

Iceman Cometh

The Iceman Cometh arrived this year with actual ice which isn't always the case. Last year had mild temperatures and the year before wasn't too bad either. Every once in a while though the snow seems to arrive especially for this event.

Patterns of Empire

It was a productive day so I spent my small amount of free time during the evening by setting out for the village of Empire. With most of the tourists away it feels like I have the entire Sleeping Bear National Dunes Lakeshore to myself. It's fun exploring these small surrounding areas in a more relaxed atmosphere.

Walking in Fishtown

Walking through Leland's Fishtown.

Telephone Pole

Leelanau County, MI

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ArtPrize Horses

Today I returned from a trip to Grand Rapids to see ArtPrize for the first time. It was such a sight to see an amazingly varied and vast collection of art by such talented artists. This piece by artist Richard Morse was one of many spectacular pieces on display.

Apartments and tree shadow- Petoskey, MI

Fishing ropes on a boat in Fishtown- Leland, MI

Horse sculptures at Fred Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park- Grand Rapids, MI

The General

These are friends here as we were helping my buddy Brent, second from right, put up a fence in his back yard. The 2-person hole digger on the right there, operated by Brent and his father, is the Honda 330- the General. It was the subject of some smirks of amazement by those who weren't operating it, and the object of utmost respect by those who were. Once fired up, the General just wanted to dig. From a spectators point of view, the only thing keeping it from boring a hole to China were the four handles and two people using them and even then a hole to China didn't fully seem out of the question. A shout of "DOWN!," then a shout of "UP!," and then the post. I'm returning this morning to help with round 2. I like it, it reminds me my childhood when my Dad would have people over to help with building our garage. Family and friends helping one another. Like pioneers, except we have the Honda 330 hole digger- the General.

Downtown Traverse City

Northport Place

This is a fun place I saw while walking through Northport today.

Gas Pump

Northport, MI