September 2009
Monthly Archive
Tuesday 29 Sep 2009
Photo-A-Day #218 – 224
Photo-A-Day #218: Lined Up
All the strollers lined up for the race onto the ferry at the end of the day at the Magic Kingdom
Photo-A-Day #219: Stackin’ Up
Smoke stack for one of the kilns at the Kresge Art Center on the campus of Michigan State University.
Photo-A-Day #220: Dibs!
A feral kitten at my parents house lays claim to the food bowl.
Photo-A-Day #221: Me too.
Some stencil graffiti on the campus of Michigan State University.
Photo-A-Day #222: Smoke and Fire (and Magic)
Fireworks over Cinderella’s Castle at the Magic Kingdom.
Photo-A-Day #223: 5:03
A clock on the street outside the Frankenmuth Historical Museum.
Photo-A-Day #224: Hi Dear
Sara getting ready to look a some menus while we were bumming around Frankenmuth, MI.
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Tuesday 22 Sep 2009
Photo-A-Day #211 – 217
Photo-A-Day #211: Monorail
The Disney Monorail and the Moon.
Photo-A-Day #212: Arches
Some very colorful graffiti under a bridge on the campus of Michigan State University. Shot with the Lensbaby.
Photo-A-Day #213: Foretold?
Did this stencil foretell this picture?
Photo-A-Day #214: See the Magic
Comet trail firework over Cinderella’s Castle.
Photo-A-Day #215: Post
An overflowing retaining pond just after some massive rain storms passed through the area.
Photo-A-Day #216: Light Curtain
I was taking some pictures around MSU – this one with the Lensbaby. When I got back and looked at them, this one had an interesting light curtain effect going on.
Photo-A-Day #217: All Tuckered Out
The two daughters of my cousin Mike in their stroller, after a long day at the Magic Kingdom
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Tuesday 15 Sep 2009
Photo-A-Day #204 – 210
Photo-A-Day #204: Fly Away
A hot air balloon takes of from the 2009 Michigan Challenge Balloonfest.
Photo-A-Day #205: Queen Anne
The statue of Queen Anne outside St Paul’s Cathedral in London, England. I wish the focus was better on this image 
Photo-A-Day #206: Brick Cross
A church at the corner of Eaton and Meyers, in Detroit.
Photo-A-Day #207: Just Warmin’
The Northern Leopard Frog at the Detroit Zoo warming themselves in the light. These frogs are native to Michigan.
Photo-A-Day #208: OU Rally 2
Faculty strike protest rally at Oakland University
Photo-A-Day #209: Double
A double rainbow seen from outside the front our house.
Photo-A-Day #210: Cultivation
At the Kensington Metro Park farm/zoo.
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Tuesday 08 Sep 2009
Photo-A-Day #197 – 203
Photo-A-Day #197: Snack Break
A squirrel grabbing a snack in our front yard.
Photo-A-Day #198: Defying Gravity
A squirrel just hanging around…
Photo-A-Day #199: ANDY
Photo-A-Day #200: No Pictures!
My sister-in-law trying to block her face before I can get a picture off. FAIL!
Photo-A-Day #201: OU Rally
The faculty at Oakland University at a protest rally. They shut down the first two days of classes with a strike.
Photo-A-Day #202: Yard Trash?
Nope, they are the real thing – at the Detroit Zoo.
Photo-A-Day #203: Abandoned
A part of the Quincy Smelting site in Hancock, MI. This site has now been fenced off for asbestos and just the general danger of the site.
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Tuesday 01 Sep 2009
Photo-A-Day #190 – 196
Photo-A-Day #190: Coming Out
A fire fighter exiting a smoke filled lumber mill next to Sawyer International Airport in Marquette, Michigan
Photo-A-Day #191: All Exposed
Space Shuttle Discovery (OV-103) sits exposed on pad LC-39B awaiting launch. The Rotating Service Structure had just been moved away. They were running 3 hours late, but luckily it occurred just before they closed the pad viewing tower, so I was able to get this shot.
Photo-A-Day #192: Holy Toledo!
My first iPhone Photo-A-Day! This was taken of a cable-stay bridge in Toledo, Ohio, on our way to Washington, DC. No, I wasn’t driving 
Photo-A-Day #193: I Miss My ATV
Back when I lived up in Houghton, MI, I had a ATV to explore the Keweenaw peninsula. The area was the center of copper mining in the late 1800’s. Now all the railroad lines have been removed and converted to trails – snowmobile in the winter, off-road in the summer. I loved exploring all the old, long abandoned mining sites.
Photo-A-Day #194: Uncle
My Uncle Rick at his daughters graduation party.
Photo-A-Day #195: More Horns
The horn section of Hot Cottage playing at the 2009 Canadian Moodle Moot.
Photo-A-Day #196: What You Lookn’ At?
A Giraffe munching on some vine at the Detroit Zoo.
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