The Showcase
23 photos
Twenty or so of my favorite photographs. This set has a handful of "permanent residents," but there's lots of turnover.
This set overlaps, but is not identical to, Flickr's...
Mysterious "Interestingness"
154 photos
Frankly, I don't understand Flickr's Explore. But these pix did well.
I take photographs mainly to satisfy myself, but it's fun when someone else likes my images. I do wish, though, that these pics...
Calendar Photographs
57 photos
I've long created calendars for my family and friends. Here are some of the photographs I've shared with those.
366 in 2024 Revisited
9 photos
On This Date
385 photos
Daily photographs taken on the posting date in some other year. This set was a daily project I posted in 2017.
366 Snaps in 2012
366 photos
Done! This project generated outtakes, of course, which I'm documenting as a separate effort.
The rules: Daily, & black & white. Titles, but no descriptions, except perhaps in the tags. (Or...
366 Snaps Outtakes
513 photos
A year in pictures revisited with different pictures. And commentary--this is sort of a photography blog, with a year's lag.
As I defined my 366/daily photograph project (called 366 Snaps) I...
Birthday to Birthday
366 photos
This project began on my 65th birthday and ended on my 66th. The only plan was to take daily photographs.
There's no system here, and no operating rules. I just took photographs every day and...
365: July to June
76 photos
Bailed after 76 photographs. I expect I'll try again. Or maybe not....
* June: Nikon 1 V2, 6.7-13 mm f/3.5-5.6 lens
* July: Nikon D500; 80-200 mm f/2.8 lens (BW)
* August: Nikon D500; 16-85 mm...
2017: 365
368 photos
A Photo a Day. Two of 'em are here twice, with different treatments.
2019:
181 photos
A photo a day.
Project abandoned as of 7/1/2019. It just stopped being interesting. Thanks for looking in.
365^4 (2021)
365 photos
A Photo a Day
This project generated outtakes. I'm posting some of those every day, with commentaries about the day's photos.
General rules used during this project:
* All photographs were...
2021 Outtakes
438 photos
I'm revisiting my 2021 photo-a-day project in journal format.
366 in 2024
366 photos
The plan is monochrome all year, with occasional exceptions; "monochrome" in my case includes Sepia and similar treatments. I expect to change cameras and/or lenses each month. Which lens,...
9/26/2005
13 photos
My best day as a photographer.
A Day at Brookfield Zoo, 1960
12 photos
A Flower a Day for February (x17)
568 photos
Because January February is dull. These pix were posted in January of 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, and 2013 and in February beginning with 2014.
I moved the project to February on the advice of a...
A Mulliken Walk, 7/12/2020
5 photos
A Mulliken Walk 4/29/2022
5 photos
Things seen on today's daily walk to the Post Office.
A Week of Hummingbirds
8 photos
A Winter Walk in the Woods
21 photos
Twenty slides taken by my father, Roger Dinda, early in 1979. I've no idea where Mom and Dad took this hike....
Affinity Photo Experiments
38 photos
In December, 2016, and January, 2017, I was figuring out Affinity Photo. I still don't fully understand it, but I learned a lot.
After the Rain
9 photos
Aircraft
7 photos
Along the Rail Line
245 photos
Locomotives, trains, and other things along the rails. Or former rails, in some cases.
I often describe myself as a recovering railfan. Make of that what you will.
An "Old Pictures" Album
174 photos
I've been sorting through my photographs lately, and thought I'd share some favorites. Seems worth creating an album just for these.
While some of these are quite old, not all are. The selection...
Another Grand Ledge Walk
6 photos
Another Week of Sandhills
9 photos, 1 video
On Saturday, November 3, my sister (Debbie) met us at Big Marsh Lake and we watched the cranes fly in. 'Twas glorious.
Asylum
18 photos
Photographs of The Village at Grand Traverse Commons--long the Traverse City State Hospital complex.
At the End of Main
15 photos
One of my regular photo subjects is this field at the end of our street.
Babcock State Park
26 photos
Above the New River Gorge; Clifftop, West Virginia.
Back Yards in Winter: Memories
6 photos
A week of old photographs, apparently.
Baker Sanctuary
108 photos, 3 videos
Michigan Audubon maintains a bird sanctuary around Big Marsh Lake, south of Bellevue, Michigan. Or just north of Turkeyville, if you prefer....
This is our most common venue for an afternoon...
Baker Santuary 9/20/2014
13 photos
Baker Santuary 11/11/2015
8 photos
Baker Sanctuary 4/22/2018
12 photos
The weather was fine. so we went for a walk this afternoon.
Baker Sanctuary 10/11/2020
4 photos
We went for a walk.
Barns and other outbuildings
531 photos
Barry County
42 photos
Barry County Courthouse Complex
9 photos
Baseball
451 photos, 2 videos
The best of my photos with baseball subjects.
This could be considered a sample of my other Flickr stream.
Bathroom Remodel
27 photos
What we did--well, waited out--during the summer of 2024.
Beacon Street
7 photos
Mom and Dad bought a house on Beacon Street in Kalamazoo using GI Bill benefits around 1950.
'Twasn't a fancy place--the walls, as you can see, were plywood--but it was home for several years.
The Bennett Farm
232 photos
Photographs taken at the Bennett place.
Bennett Farm 12/1/2020
14 photos
I wandered around the yard, bearing my Nikon 1. The barn's definitely deteriorating; these pix show that.
Bicycling
66 photos
Bicycle photos, old and new.
Birds
893 photos, 6 videos
I am not a birder. But I often photograph birds.
Blue Water
269 photos, 1 video
Photographs taken in or near Port Huron, Michigan. Many include glimpses of Sarnia, Ontario.
Borgess Hospital
23 photos
Photographs taken at or near Kalamazoo's Borgess Hospital.
Borucki's Lakers
63 photos
Photographs by Ray Borucki. These were given to me by his son Rick, who was my boss for many years.
Rick's father had planned to work on the Lakes, but things didn't work out. The pictures document...
Brickwork
45 photos
Bridges
276 photos
Photographs with large (or sometimes small) bridges in them.
Bright Walls Jackson
31 photos
Photographs of murals in Jackson, Michigan, created for an annual event called Bright Walls.
As is often the case with my albums, the photo captions tell a story.
Brittany Lane
30 photos
Mulliken, Michigan.
Buildings
762 photos
Interiors and exteriors.
A Butterfly Excursion
8 photos
Just some random "butterfly" photos, posted in December of 2023.
C&H
8 photos
Calumet, Michigan, was built around the mining complex of the Calumet and Hecla Mining Company. C&H is gone, but the buildings remain, and are now one of the core sites in the Keweenaw National...
Cameras
20 photos
Sometimes I take pictures of my gear....
Cars (neat & otherwise)
199 photos
Automobiles, trucks, &c
A Celebration of Joan
6 photos
It's our anniversary. We've been married for four years, but we've been a couple for a long time. Thought I'd post a few pictures.
Champion Mine
16 photos
Photographs taken at Champion Mine Rockhouse #4, Painesdale, Michigan.
Mining closed in the late 1960s. Now a restoration project for Painsedale Mine & Shaft, who intend to make a museum. It...
Charlotte, Michigan
52 photos
Charlotte Bluegrass Festival 2006
2 photos
Charlotte Bluegrass Festival 2007
34 photos
Charlotte Bluegrass Festival 2011
1 photo
Charlotte Bluegrass Festival 2012
157 photos
Charlotte Bluegrass Festival 2013
14 photos
Charlotte Bluegrass Festival 2014
96 photos
Band and player photographs taken at the Charlotte Bluegrass Festival in June of 2014.
Charlotte Bluegrass Festival 2015
131 photos
Charlotte, Michigan, that is, at the Eaton County Fairgrounds.
I shot Thursday's photographs with my longest lens, which made it difficult to get pix of entire bands. So two of these are panoramic...
Charlotte Bluegrass Festival 2016
163 photos
Photographs of the bands, musicians, and other activities at the 44th Charlotte festival.
It typically takes me about a week to get these posted after the festival ends; please bear with me. Thanks.
Charlotte Bluegrass Festival 2017
127 photos
The 45th annual festival, at the Eaton County Fairgrounds in Charlotte, Michigan.
Charlotte Bluegrass Festival 2018
129 photos
* Wednesday eve: 33 photos (Saturday bands)
* Wednesday: 22 photos (random pix)
* Tuesday: 33 photos (Friday bands)
* Monday: 11 photos (banjos)
* Uploaded late Sunday: 25 photos (Thursday bands)
As...
Charlotte Bluegrass Festival 2019
136 photos
My comments mostly identify musicians and bands. Occasionally there's other information.
Thanks for looking; please point out errors.
Charlotte Bluegrass Festival 2021
138 photos
Photographs taken at the 2021 Charlotte Bluegrass Festival in Charlotte, Michigan. With a couple exceptions, these were taken at the Eaton County Fairgrounds.
The weather was against us, and got...
50th Charlotte Bluegrass Festival Preview 2022
8 photos
The Charlotte Bluegrass Festival will celebrate its 50th season later this week, beginning Thursday, June 23 and ending on Saturday, the 25th.
See you there!
50th Charlotte Bluegrass Festival 2022
61 photos
Since I was (am) recovering from a broken elbow I was only able to use my Nikon 1 for during this festival. While I'm satisfied with these photos, I'm sure I'd have gotten better pix with my good...
Charlotte Bluegrass Festival Preview 2023
9 photos
Charlotte Bluegrass Festival 2023
103 photos
June 22 through 24. A fun weekend at the Eaton County Fairgrounds in Charlotte, Michigan.
Charlotte Bluegrass Festival Preview 2024
20 photos
Festival Information
Charlotte Bluegrass Festival 2024
59 photos
Photos taken at the June, 2024, Charlotte (Michigan) Bluegrass Festival.
Each photo has identification information. Some also include comments.
Cheboygan
123 photos, 1 video
Photos taken at Cheboygan State Park, in Cheboygan, or in that vicinity. Lower Michigan, along the Straits of Mackinac.
Cheboygan Vacation 2017
26 photos
Quite honestly we didn't do much. About half of these are campground photographs.
Cheboygan Vacation 2018
21 photos
Mostly taken in or near the State Park's campground. A few have notes.
Cheboygan Vacation 2019
13 photos
We spent a week at Cheboygan State Park in July of 2019. Didn't do much....
Cheboygan 2022
25 photos, 1 video
A week in August at Cheboygan State Park. And thereabouts.
Churches
79 photos
Photographs of churches.
Cincinnati
4 photos
I once spent a long weekend in Cincinnati. Looked at the bridges, took in a ballgame, went to a convention. Had a good time.
Here's the evidence.
My original plan was to add several more photos...
Cole Wright and Helms Drain
1 photo
Color Remnant Variants
8 photos
Variations on a single photograph....
Colorado Vacation 1994
2 photos
August of 1994. We watched the Braves clobber the Rockies, then explored the real Rockies for a few days.
Construction Zone: Repaving Potter Street
7 photos
Cooper's Glen
16 photos, 2 videos
Photographs taken at Kalamazoo's Cooper's Glen Music Festival, put on by the Great Lakes Acoustic Music Association.
Cooper's Glen 2017
14 photos
At the Kalamazoo Radisson Hotel, hosted by the Great Lakes Acoustic Music Association (GLAMA). A fine weekend with excellent music.
Cooper's Glen 2018
24 photos
A music festival, with workshops, in Kalamazoo, Michigan; February 3, 2018.
Brought my cameras along, but mostly listened to the music. And (not that it matters) this is my first (mostly) monochrome...
Copper Country
42 photos
Keweenaw and vicinity.
Crane Viewing at Big Marsh Lake 10/16/2022
8 photos
Crane Viewing at Big Marsh Lake 11/11/2023
4 photos, 2 videos
Cranefest
75 photos, 1 video
Every autumn, thousands of Sandhill Cranes descend on Big Marsh Lake, an Audubon property overseen by the Battle Creek Chapter of the Audubon Society.
Creeks and Rivers
268 photos, 1 video
Pictures of creeks and rivers.
Critters
114 photos, 1 video
Daily Flower Census, 7/22/2017
5 photos
I shot today's yard walkabout using my new camera. These pix seem to have come out well.
Not everything worked, though. Always stuff to learn.
Daily Flower Census, 5/26/2018
8 photos
Went away for a couple days; came back to a rather different garden.
Daily Flower Census 6/8/2018
8 photos
Every day there's something new to see....
Daily Flower Census 7/2/2018
9 photos
Daily Flower Census, 7/25/2018
10 photos
Daily Flower Census 8/17/2018
8 photos
Daily Flower Census 9/16/2018
3 photos
Daily Flower Census 6/19/2019
4 photos
Daily Flower Census 7/4/2019
9 photos
Daily Flower Census, 8/20/2019
9 photos
Daily Flower Census 4/3/2020
6 photos
Daily Flower Census 4/11/2020
5 photos
Daily Flower Census 5/10/2020
4 photos
Daily Flower Census 5/30/2020
5 photos
Daily Flower Census 6/10/2020
5 photos
Daily Flower Census 6/19/2020
6 photos
Daily Flower Census, 4/8/2021
5 photos
Daily Flower Census 6/4/2021
5 photos
Daily Flower Census 6/12/2021
5 photos
Daily Flower Census, 7/21/2021
5 photos
We got back from our little vacation and found flowers everywhere.
Daily Flower Census 4/21/2022
4 photos
Daily Flower Census 5/20/2022
5 photos
Daily Flower Census 6/20/2022
5 photos
Daily Flower Census 4/9/2023
4 photos
Easter morning's flowers in our yard.
Daily Nature Photo Challenge
7 photos
I was challenged (on Facebook) by my friend Dave Evans to post seven daily nature photographs and challenge other photographers to participate, thereby flooding FB with beautiful pictures. I'm...
Dams
27 photos
A Day at the Farm 10/19/2019
6 photos
Dear Old Macalester, April of 2019
33 photos
Sometimes my pix are an excuse to tell stories...
Spent a couple days in Minnesota in late April. Since I was there for a Macalester College event, most of my pics were taken on the campus.
Deck Replacement Project
13 photos
We had our 30-some year old deck replaced.
Dimondale
40 photos
Photographs taken in or near Dimondale, Michigan.
Disabled Veterans
7 photos
Installation by Kalamazoo sculptor Kirk Newman.
Door County
27 photos
Photos from our visit to Door County, Wisconsin, in August of 2005.
Doris Dinda
24 photos
Pictures at the grave's side, after the ceremonies. Most of these people are my cousins--some more distant than others. We used to be a pretty close-knit bunch.
Since it was Memorial Day weekend,...
Dow Road Abandoned Farmyard
9 photos
I've been watching this house and barn--and the neighboring house--deteriorate for a couple decades. Occasionally I take along a camera....
Dubuque
14 photos
Duluth, Superior, the Arrowhead, the Range
99 photos
I love Duluth. I love the Minnesota Arrowhead. And I love the Iron Range.
DxO OpticsPro Playground
48 photos
These are pretty much random photographs from my collection, processed using OpticsPro during the first few days of November, 2014. (The early-November processing claim is true whatever the posting...
E-M1 Experiments
73 photos
I've bought a new camera.....
From this sample you'd think I mostly photograph Cardinals.
East Lansing Art Fair 2008
12 photos
Mostly the music festival--and mostly Detour at the festival.
Eating Out
63 photos
Eaton County
217 photos
While the bulk of my photographs are taken in or very near Eaton County, Michigan, in some cases it's worth mentioning that we live here.
Eaton County Small Towns
51 photos
I live in a town of about 600 souls. Some of my neighbors live in far smaller places....
Eaton Rapids
71 photos
Engineers Day at Port Huron 2018
61 photos
Properly speaking, Engineers Day is a Sault Ste Marie event. We didn't make it there, but we made it to Port Huron instead.
It was hot. We saw lots of ships.
Maybe next June we'll make it back to...
Entropy Farm
7 photos
Photographs of the collapsed buildings in a farmyard near where I live.
These buildings were all demolished to make room for an expanded corn field in the spring of 2007.
Erie Mining Company
28 photos
LTV's great mine at Hoyt Lakes, Minnesota, now out of service. Photographs taken during the 2006 convention of the Missabe Railroad Historical Society.
Fall Colors
490 photos
Mostly trees.
Family
237 photos
My family.
Fayette
34 photos
Fayette is a state park at the north end of Lake Michigan. It was originally constructed by the Jackson Iron Company in 1867 for the purpose of smelting iron ore.
Jackson Mining abandoned the town...
Fences
93 photos
Fields and Farms
857 photos
Fisheye
13 photos
Fishtown in Winter
16 photos
I'd been to Fishtown in Leland, Michigan, many a time. But never before in winter....
Flowers
1477 photos
Photos of flowers, and gardens. And other growing plants, as they strike my fancy.
Most of these are/were growing in my yard. See the Our Garden Beds set for some comments on what all this means.
Fog & Haze
170 photos
Photographs of foggy days.
Fort Custer
6 photos
Fort Wilkins
8 photos
The end of the world, out at the end of Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula.
Forty Mile Point
16 photos
The lighthouse and grounds at Forty Mile Point--40 miles from Mackinac; 40 miles from Alpena--near Rogers City, Michigan. Now a county park with a pretty good museum.
G9 X II Experiments
15 photos
The Gatherer
4 photos
A sculpture by Kalamazoo's Brent Harris in downtown Hastings, Michigan. I photograph him regularly.
J.R. McMellen also finds him addictive.
Gaze II
5 photos
Sculpture by James Oleson of St Petersburg, Florida. This is one of many sculptures in the central business district of Hastings, Michigan.
Ghost Towns
25 photos
I hang around ghost towns--particularly abandoned mining towns. Here's some evidence.
Gilmore Car Museum 7/3/2022
7 photos
Glen Haven
17 photos
A little tour of Glen Haven, Michigan.
Gone Camping
18 photos, 1 video
The Grackle at the Feeder
6 photos
Grand Haven
26 photos
Grand Ledge
581 photos
Photographs taken in Grand Ledge, Michigan. Our nearest "big town," though it's by no means big.
Grand Marais & Gunflint Trail
11 photos
Minnesota's Grand Marais is an artist colony and a jumping-off point for the Boundary Waters. Gunflint's the road up the hill and into the wilderness.
Both are also remarkably pretty.
Grand Portage National Monument
18 photos
A former North West Company trading post, on Lake Superior in northern Minnesota. Abandoned in 1802; the reconstructed complex dates from the 1950s.
A wonderful place.
Grand River
355 photos, 1 video
Pix taken along Michigan's Grand River.
Great Lakes
510 photos
Photographs taken on the Great Lakes, or the rivers connecting them.
Great Lakes Kite Festival
13 photos
Grand Haven, Michigan, May 16, 2009.
Guinan Drain
13 photos
I've taken to photographing this little contained creek every now and then.
Harbor Springs
9 photos
Houses, buildings, and views at Harbor Springs, Michigan.
Harbors
125 photos
Photos taken at harbors. Mostly, but not entirely, Great Lakes harbors.
Harrisville State Park
15 photos
On the edge of Harrisville, Michigan. Basically a beach park on Lake Huron.
An absolutely gorgeous campground.
Herbert C. Jackson
37 photos
Photos taken on Engineers Day, 2005, at Sault Ste. Marie.
I'm keeping the commentary to a minimum on these. If you really want my comments on Sault Ste. Marie, you can certainly find them elsewhere...
Here Kitty Kitty
453 photos
Peppermint, Butterscotch, Taffy (the Candy kitties)--& Oreo (the Cookie kitty). And Bernie. Now featuring Shadow, Luke, and Sally. And any other kitty who wanders into sight.
Hickory Corners, Michigan
6 photos
Let's just let the pictures speak for themselves....
Hoffmaster State Park
27 photos
Dunes and trails, and a picnic area, on Lake Michigan. And a beach, of course. Norton Shores, Michigan (near Muskegon).
Hoffmaster State Park, 5/24/2024
10 photos
We took a little hike for our anniversary. Of course I brought along a camera.
Home
1239 photos
A Honeymoon, after a fashion
17 photos
We got married a couple weeks back and headed north a few days later. It's pretty difficult to call a vacation we take every June a honeymoon, but we're willing to pretend.
Horner Mill, Eaton Rapids
23 photos
An abandoned woolen mill in Eaton Rapids, Michigan.
Hot Rods and Harleys
9 photos
Hot Rods & Harleys 2024
12 photos
HR&H is an annual event hosted by the Brothers of the Ring MC in downtown Mulliken, Michigan.
Hotel Rooms
2 photos
The House Across the Road
6 photos
A regular, not always deliberate, photo subject. Decided to give 'em their own grouping....
Houses
300 photos
Photographs of houses.
Hoytville
41 photos
I Walked to the Post Office
6 photos
And took a camera....
I'm 'Bout Ready for Baseball
6 photos
Winter's gettin' to me.
Most of these were taken in 2006, in Battle Creek's CO Brown Stadium. All are Midwest League games.
There's no particular reason for these choices except that I liked the...
Ice Storm 12/22/2013
23 photos
In Transit
1 photo
Interlochen, July of 2022
9 photos
Vacation pix.
Into the Woods
395 photos, 2 videos
I've always walked trails.
iPhone 14 Pro Max Experiments
20 photos
I bought a new phone. I'm playing with its camera.
That's what I do.
Jackson, Michigan
26 photos
Joan
267 photos
Pictures of Joan
Joel Through the Ages
101 photos
Pictures of me....
A "year-by-year" sequence, forever being filled in. My thanks to Knautia for inspiring the yearly pix thing. We'll have to see how things work out.....
Jolli-Lodge
17 photos
Jolli-Lodge is a resort on Lake Michigan, near Leland, Michigan. Mom (& Dad, until he passed away) vacationed there annually for a couple decades; we would join her there on Labor Day weekends.
Kalamazoo
105 photos
Kalamazoo Bicycle Club
25 photos
I was KBC's president from 1975 through 1977, and active in the club both before and after my presidency. These photos, by me and by others, date from that time.
Kalamazoo Fire Department, 1950s
22 photos
Photographs by Martin Sernstinger taken around 1955. My father was a Kalamazoo Firefighter at the time.
Brian Stone, whose father's in two of these photos, has a similar picture set. If you like...
Kellogg Bird Sanctuary
20 photos
I've been visiting the Bird Sanctuary as long as I can remember. It's part of Michigan State University's Kellogg Biological Station near Gull Lake, north of both Battle Creek and Kalamazoo.
Keweenaw Vacation 2016
45 photos
Lake Erie
9 photos
Mostly photographs of current and former port facilities in northern Ohio.
Lake Huron
139 photos
Photographs of Lake Huron.
Lake Michigan
429 photos
I've lived my entire life near Lake Michigan. Of course I've got pictures.
Lake Superior
130 photos
Places along Lake Superior's shore.
Lakers
491 photos
Great lakes ships. And an occasional salty, and now and then a tug. Sailing ships. Barges, too. Close up, in the distance, or even hiding in the trees. Or reeds. I do this a lot.
Lakes, Swamps, & Marshes
227 photos
Photographs taken at lakes and ponds.
Landscapes
773 photos, 2 videos
Broad views, usually of "natural" areas.
Lansing, Michigan
81 photos
The Last Show at Zellie's Opry House
28 photos
Terri and Keith Grannis hosted one last show on March 31, 2018. They've sold the building and will be doing other musical things.
I was there. Terri told me to take pictures.
Leaves
158 photos
Leftovers, 2017
194 photos
Every day I sort out two to five photographs for "On This Date," then select one the next morning to post. I typically post another during the day. There's a similar pattern for the...
Lighthouse Cruise 9/1/2012
29 photos
We took a delightful tour on Shepler's ship (ferry) The Hope on Labor Day weekend. The cruise was co-sponsored by Shepler's and the Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Association. Our guides were Terry...
Lighthouse Cruise 6/16/2014
19 photos
Lighthouses
234 photos
Lights, & other aids to navigation.
The Lilac Construction Project 2019
5 photos
We've a lilac hedge at the back of the yard, and a single lilac in the front. This year I'm keeping my eye--and lens--on the isolated bush. Just because.
Lincoln Brick
27 photos
Grand Ledge, Michigan. The county park occupies 90 acres on the Grand River, and has a couple miles of trails through the woods and prairie.
At the heart of the park, though, is a long-abandoned...
Local Backroads
1160 photos
I live in central Michigan's Eaton County, on the edge of Ionia County, in a township called Roxand. Most of these photographs were taken in Roxand; a handful were shot in Ionia County's Danby...
Look! Look at the Sky!
5 photos
Four color photographs taken just as the rain hit this evening.
LS&MS
13 photos
Photographs taken along the former right-of-way of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern between Hillsdale and Lansing, Michigan.
Ludington, Michigan
7 photos
LX10 Experiments
21 photos
Learning my new (rather large) pocket camera, July and August 2017.
M/V Manistee
5 photos
Macalester College
16 photos
Photographs taken at Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota. I entered the college in 1967 with the Class of 1971; after considerable complications in my life I finally graduated with the Class of...
Maple River
70 photos
Every now and then we take a little hike at the Maple River State Game Area, north of St. Johns, Michigan.
Maple River, 9/11/2020
10 photos
We went for a walk....
Maple River SGA 4/27/2013
9 photos
Maple River State Game Area is a nature preserve north of Saint Johns, Michigan.
Marquette
45 photos
And the Marquette Iron Range which constitutes the town's hinterland.
Marietta, Ohio
9 photos
We spent a weekend in Marietta. I brought my camera.
Marshall Bluegrass Festival 2017
39 photos
Joan and I spent Saturday afternoon at the Marshall Bluegrass Festival. Took some pix. bought a couple CDs, said hello to friends, heard some fine music. Went to supper at Schulers.
Our thanks to...
Marshall Bluegrass Festival 2021
35 photos
I'd planned mostly to listen to Saturday afternoon's music at Marshall, with (of course) a few photographs. But then Terri Grannis spotted me and hurried over; it seems the festival needed a...
Marshall Bluegrass Festival Preview 2023
6 photos
Marshall Bluegrass Festival 2023
103 photos, 1 video
Photos taken at Marshall in July of 2023. The festival took place at the Calhoun County Fairgrounds, and was organized by Jeremie Cole.
I was evidently the official photographer. Here's a sampling...
Marshall Bluegrass Festival Preview 2024
4 photos
Marshall Bluegrass Festival 2024
58 photos
Due to a couple conflicting appointments and other circumstances I was only able to see/hear/photograph about half the festival's bands. Nonetheless I had a good time, and got some photographs I'm...
The McCargar Place
14 photos
Meijer Gardens
11 photos
A wonderful place in Grand Rapids.
MHSD Outing, May 28, 1990
7 photos
Photographs taken on a Marine Historical Society of Detroit Memorial Day weekend excursion from downtown Detroit to Port Huron. These were taken with a Minolta point-&-shoot (one of the Freedom...
Michigan Peat Moss Complex
14 photos
North of Eaton Rapids, and built around 1904 on the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad's line. The first photo has some historical information.
Michigan State University
30 photos
Photos taken on the MSU campus in East Lansing.
Michigan's Capitol
24 photos
I had a downtown meeting yesterday afternoon, so I took along my camera and shot a few photographs of the Capitol Complex.
Michigan's government is scattered all over the state, and I work in a...
Michigan's Little Finger
196 photos, 4 videos
Photographs taken around Leelanau County, with a few Traverse City pix thrown in for good measure.
Michilimackinac
9 photos
A reconstructed village--a Michigan State Park at the southern end of the Mackinac Straits Bridge.
Milan Bluegrass Festival 2013
2 photos
Milan Bluegrass Festival 2014
114 photos, 1 video
Milan Bluegrass Festival 2015
174 photos
Photographs--mostly of band members--taken at the 2015 Milan Bluegrass Festival.
The order here is the sequence they were taken. They were originally posted in a somewhat different order.
Milan Bluegrass Festival 2016
193 photos
Milan Bluegrass Festival 2017
143 photos
Photographs of bands and other things at the 20th Milan Bluegrass Festival, hosted by Mark Gaynier and KC Campground.
The musician photographs all identify the player's band. Many also have other...
Milan Bluegrass Festival 2018
212 photos, 1 video
As usual, I'll be uploading band photos for each day of the festival, and I'll post other sorts of photographs between. This should take about a week.
Milan Bluegrass Festival 2019
147 photos
July 31 and August 1 through 3 at KC Campground near Milan, Michigan. This was the 22nd edition of the festival.
Milan (Mini) Bluegrass Festival 2020
30 photos
On September 15, 2020, Mark Gaynier hosted a bluegrass program at KC Campground, near Milan, Michigan. We listened; I took photographs. As is often the case, my captions tell a story.
Much of the...
Milan Bluegrass Festival 2021
106 photos
My usual setup for festival photos: All photos have some identification details; a few have comments or commentary.
Please tell me if I've mis-identified anyone. Thanks.
Milan Music Fest 2022 Preview
9 photos
Minnesota
64 photos
I graduated from a Minnesota college. My sister lived in Minnesota for several years. I've often vacationed in Minnesota....
Mint Festival Parade
14 photos
Photos from several years, taken from my brother-in-law's yard. It's fair to say 2024 is represented. As are Herb Ritter's tractors.
Monochrome
2275 photos
I often shoot black and white.
Morning, Mulliken
5 photos
Mostly Spent Yesterday Afternoon Watching Birds...
8 photos
Mother's Day, 2018
5 photos
We stopped at the farm to visit Joan's Mom.
Mr. Blackbird's Breakfast Party
7 photos
This morning, outside our window.
Mulliken 48861
860 photos
Home to me, and Joan, and our 600 or so neighbors.
Mulliken Road, Looking East
24 photos
Photographs, mostly taken from Mulliken Road just south of St. Joe Highway, mostly of sunrises. I take these a lot; these are just a sample of a large collection.
A couple of these pix were taken...
Mulliken Tractor Pull 7/15/2017
9 photos
My town hosts monthly tractor pulls in what used to be the schoolyard. I stopped by this morning and took some pictures.
I just took pix. Don't know these folks' names, don't know who won the event,...
Murals
6 photos
Paintings on building walls, here and there.
Muskegon
16 photos
Pictures taken around Muskegon, Michigan.
New D500
50 photos
Figuring this camera out.....
New Hampshire
15 photos
New River
41 photos
Photographs taken in or near the New River Gorge, with perhaps a few from elsewhere in West Virginia....
NewTown at Zellie's Opry House, 4/8/2017
7 photos
Howard City, Michigan, on a Saturday afternoon. Excellent show, folks; thanks.
Nikon V2: September 2014
52 photos
I've replaced my Nikon 1 V1 with a V2. I'll be stuffing pix into this folder for a few days, while I figure out the controls. After that the camera will doubtless just become part of my normal...
Northeast Lower Michigan
31 photos
Cheboygan, Rogers City, &c. “The Sunrise Coast."
Not by Me
336 photos
Photographs in my collection from other photographers. All are labelled as best I can manage.
Oak Park is Broken
5 photos
Oak Park in Grand Ledge has a descriptive name: It's a small, cleaned up, Oak forest. Those trees were heavily damaged by last August's wind storm. By the time I noticed they'd mostly cleaned up the...
Old Glory
51 photos
A Liberal, a Democrat, a Patriot.
Old Iowa Pix
7 photos
Mom grew up in western Iowa in the 1930s. I've got a handful of scanned photographs which date from that time and place. Unfortunately, I really don't know much about them.
Old New Bike
20 photos
Photographs of my favorite bicycle to celebrate its restoration. Plus some older pix.
Olympus Teleconverter Test Shots
7 photos
Bought a teleconverter for my OM-D E-M1 II, so I'll be playing with it over the next few days.
On the Waterfront
27 photos
On Wednesday We Went to the Falls
13 photos
Tahquamenon Falls, that is, near Paradise in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Since we hadn't made it to the State Park in June, we bopped over from Cheboygan.
One Sunflower
16 photos
Orbs
6 photos
It's all windsordi's fault.
Ore Docks
33 photos
Travelling the Great Lakes with Joel involves a certain amount of gazing at ore loading facilities.
Our Garden Beds
28 photos
Theresa, who lived next door for many years, once asked if our yard had a plan. I told her it didn't. "It sure looks like it's planned."
Like most yards, ours is mostly lawn--plus some...
Palmer Avenue
16 photos
The home and neighborhood I grew up in. Kalamazoo, Michigan, mostly in the 1960s.
Panoramas
50 photos
I take lots of panoramic photographs. Some are here.
People
535 photos
Pictures of people
Petoskey, Charlevoix, & Vicinity
25 photos
Photographs taken 'round 'bout Petoskey, Michigan. Basically anywhere between Charlevoix and the Straits, except that I've created a separate group for Harbor Springs pix.
Pikes Peak, Iowa
17 photos
The Porch Project
11 photos
February, 2009, in the snow: Our contractors built us a new porch.
Port Crescent Vacation 2015
19 photos
Near the tip of Michigan's thumb.
Don't expect excitement. We mostly just relaxed in the campsite.
A Port Huron Afternoon
15 photos
Port Huron Mini-Vacation, May 2023.
14 photos
We spent a day watching ships, walking the waterfront, and bought the latest (autographed!) edition of Roger LeLievre's Know Your Ships.
Port Huron Mini-Vacation 9/2024
29 photos
We spent a couple days on the St Clair River to celebrate Joan's birthday.
Portland, Michigan
242 photos
Photographs taken in or near Portland, Michigan.
Portland, Michigan; 2/23/2020
7 photos
We went for a walk.
Portland, Michigan, 3/8/2020
5 photos
We went for another walk along the river.
Portland SGA 9/11/2024
9 photos
A quick tour of the Portland (Michigan) State Game Area
Portland State Game Area
21 photos
Photographs taken at the Portland SGA. While the SGA is mostly just south of Portland, Michigan, it also consists of several smaller pieces that follow the Grand River upstream for several miles.
A Portland Walk
9 photos
A Portland Walk, 4/1/2017
5 photos
We went for a walk in Portland this afternoon.
Portland Walk 5/11/2023
5 photos
We walked parts of Portland, Michigan's, river trail on a Thursday afternoon. Variously:
* We needed to get out of the house.
* We needed the exercise.
* I wanted to play with my iPhone's...
Processing Experiments
13 photos
Sometimes I load up my photo processing software and play. A few examples....
Public Art
106 photos
RagFish, Dream Pony, & their Friends
15 photos
Photographs from the 2005 St. Ignace Auto Show. The best vanity plates were on a 'Cuda and a 'Stang, so I've named the set after those cars....
Half of these cars are Mustangs of various vintages. ...
Rain
127 photos, 1 video
And general wet-ness.
Random Stuff
4 photos
Not everything fits my categories....
Republic
6 photos
Photographs taken in and near Republic, Michigan. Mostly of the open pit mine that dominates the landscape.
Restaurant Interiors
43 photos
We eat out. Occasionally I take a photograph.
Richland
7 photos
Roger Blough at the Soo
4 photos
Roger's Slides
82 photos
I'm scanning Dad's slides.
Saint Ignace, Michigan
149 photos
One of my favorite places. An unusual mix of the usual touristy stuff and a genuine-enough small town atmosphere. And some of the best views on the planet.
A Walk Along the Saint Ignace Boardwalk
15 photos
We take this walk every time we visit. Things change, things remain the same. Photos taken 6/16/2015.
Sault Ste. Marie
173 photos
Photographs taken at or near Sault Ste. Marie.
Scotts Mill
11 photos
West of Kalamazoo, there's a county park built around an old mill. The park's been there for thirty years; the mill dates from shortly after the Civil War.
It's been a while since I was last there,...
Seney Wildlife Refuge
30 photos
Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
Sky Shots
966 photos, 1 video
Pictures of sunsets, clouds, and suchlike. I do this a lot.
Soudan Mine
7 photos
Soudan Mine is a wonderful underground state park in northern Minnesota.
South Haven
69 photos
South Haven's a pretty town on the shore of Lake Michigan. Over the years, I've spent many afternoons walking the beaches in or near the town. Here are some pictures.
Spent Yesterday Mostly Watching Birds
2 photos
Springport
10 photos
Photographs taken in Springport, Michigan; summer of 1988.
SS Badger
17 photos
We took the Lake Michigan Carferry, Badger, from Manitowoc (in Wisconsin) to Ludington (in Michigan) to end a rather hectic vacation.
St Patrick's Day Parade 2018
9 photos
Grand Ledge.
Str. Lee Tregurtha
6 photos
My favorite ship.
Includes pictures in previous livery as William Clay Ford (2). I may locate a Sterling pic, as well....
Straits of Mackinac
300 photos
Photos taken near Saint Ignace....
Straits Vacation, June of 2018
52 photos
Saint Ignace and Mackinac Island, this year.
Straits Vacation, 2021
25 photos
We generally visit Saint Ignace in June.
Rather than staying in a hotel, we camped at Straits State Park this year. From there we visited pretty much the usual places.
Straits Vacation 2023
14 photos
Structures on the Beach
9 photos
I've always walked on the beach. Sometimes I find someone's built something in the sand....
Sturgeon Point Lighthouse
11 photos
On Lake Huron, near Harrisville, Michigan.
Sunfield
33 photos
Sunset Cruise
12 photos
Star Lines, out of St. Ignace
Sunrise Sunset
252 photos
Tahquamenon Falls State Park
57 photos, 1 video
I've been visiting the falls at Tahquamenon for over fifty years, and taking photographs of them for nearly that long.
These are photographs taken within the state park, not all of which are of the...
Tahquamenon Vacation, September 2018
30 photos
Tall Grass
117 photos, 1 video
I take a surprising number of photographs of tall grass. Thought I'd put them into a group.
Tawas Point Lighthouse
10 photos
And other photographs from the grounds of Tawas Point State Park.
Texas Vacation 1992
5 photos
Houston to Corpus Christi through San Antonio to Arlington and Dallas.
It started as a ballpark vacation. Then Mom grafted on a visit with her sister, and we got together at the second ballyard with...
That Bleeding Heart Photo
5 photos
The Henry Ford
3 photos
Photographs taken at Greenfield Village and Henry Ford Museum.
The Porches of Mulliken
18 photos
It's really not that Mulliken's porches are special--for the most part, they're pretty ordinary--but they're readily available, and (to my eye) interesting.
The self-inflicted rules are porches (or...
The South Side of Mulliken
6 photos
The houses on the border of my village.
The Journeymen at the Sunfield Farmer's Picnic,...
8 photos
Threatening Skies
17 photos
Before the storm. Sometimes during the storm.
Took a Walk Around Mulliken this Morning
6 photos
Toronto
10 photos
Photographs taken in Toronto.
Tractor Show 2018
13 photos
Traverse Bay Vacation, October 2018
23 photos
Traverse City
130 photos
Photographs taken in Traverse City or around Traverse Bay.
Traverse City, March of 2018
14 photos
My annual birthday vacation....
Traverse City Vacation, March 2024
20 photos
We headed for Traverse City and thereabouts to celebrate my birthday—a few days late.
The Travelin' McCourys at Bell's
12 photos
The McCourys appeared at Bell's Back Room/Bell's Eccentric Cafe in Kalamazoo on March 15, 2023. I enjoyed the concert; I also used it as an opportunity to experiment a bit with my new iPhone 14's...
Trees
1195 photos
Two Droids
53 photos
A few of these were taken with my Original Moto Droid; the rest with the Bionic which replaced it.
Conclusion after working with the Bionic daily for a half-a-month: It takes pictures. You have...
Two Harbors 1990
21 photos
Spent a day in 1990 wandering around the Duluth, Missable, and Iron Range yard in Two Harbors, Minnesota. These photographs were taken during that visit.
The visit was a convention activity for the...
UP Vacation circa 1990
3 photos
A set of photographs from a couple undated rolls of film. 1990's my best guess, but in truth it could be '91, '92, or '93.
Upper Peninsula
449 photos, 1 video
Photographs taken in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. (I'm a troll, but not by design.)
Used to Live Here
7 photos
Photographs of places I used to live.
Valentine 2024
5 photos
Five pix of my valentine named Joan. Just 'cause.
Van Riper Vacation, July of 2023
40 photos
We spent four nights camped at Van Riper State Park, just outside Champion, Michigan. We basically used the park as a base to head for other places.
Vermontville
13 photos
Victorian Days 2017
57 photos
2017 version of an annual event in Grand Ledge, Michigan.
Vietnam 1971
77 photos
Photographs taken in Pleiku, Republic of Vietnam, during my tour of duty.
Some of these photographs were taken by Jim Lovins. I've credited him in appropriate places.
Villa Louis
1 photo
A nineteenth-century estate on the Mississippi River in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin.
A Walk Among the Ledges
11 photos
We wandered along the trails in Grand Ledge. I mostly took pix in monochrome.
A Walk Around Western Michigan University
7 photos
Kalamazoo, Michigan.
I attended classes at Western, off and on, for several years, though I returned to Macalester College to complete my BA. On the whole it was a good experience.
Four decades...
A Walk in Grand Ledge
9 photos
On November 10, 2013, Joan and I went for a walk on the Ledges Trail along the Grand River. The light was just terrific, and the late-autumn colors were quite attractive.
Waterfalls
83 photos, 1 video
I think the title explains it all....
We Watched Birds All Day
5 photos
And I took pictures....
Webber Dam
18 photos
Near Lyons, Michigan, on the Grand River. This is a Consumers Energy power dam and was completed in 1907; most of the energy generated goes to power Grand Rapids.
A Week of Cats
8 photos
Figured I'd post some cat pix between Christmas and New Year's.
Just because.
A Week of Hummers
7 photos
A Week of Soybeans
8 photos
Wellington Road
12 photos
Pictures of our Wellington Road home in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Home to Dad (Roger Dinda) from 1972 to his death in 1991, to Mom (Hatti Dinda) from 1972 through hers in 2003, and to my heart. Debbie...
Wellston Vacation 2013
27 photos
West Virginia
54 photos
Winter
884 photos, 2 videos
Pictures featuring snow.
Winter Storm 2/9/2018
6 photos
Just some pix from our yard on a snowy day.
Winter Storm, January of 2020
10 photos
The forecast was lots of freezing rain, then three inches of snow; thought I'd photograph it as the storm developed.
We got two inches or so of rain, followed by a layer of sleet. Overnight we got a...
Wisconsin
13 photos
Woldumar Jam 4/21/2024
23 photos, 2 videos
I attended a bluegrass jam session/concert at Lansing's Woldumar Nature Center on April 21. Here are a few photos I took that afternoon.
Woldumar Nature Center 11/17/2024
12 photos
Near Lansing; Woldumar was once the location of the home to the daughter of R.E. Olds.
These are mostly photographs from our walk around the grounds. There are a few concert photographs from the...
Work
123 photos
Photographs taken where I (used to) work--Michigan's State Secondary Complex, near Dimondale.
Zero Fahrenheit
4 photos
Some photographs to commemorate a very cold--and sharply edged--morning.
Lost in Space
34 photos
Photographs in no albums (what Flickr used to call "sets").