Wednesday, July 7, 2010

176/365 - Raincoat Abstract

A yellow coat with a reflective line.
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An abstract shot of my bike shell -- safe, waterproof, and photogenic!

Monday, July 5, 2010

173, 174, 175/365 - Keweenaw Mishmash

An old house in black and white.
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An old house at the Quincy mine -- currently being restored as a historical exhibit.

Cattail leaves.
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A close-up of cattails. Amusingly, they were happily growing in the cement foundation of a steam hoist. No, not in the gaps between the cement parts -- in a cut-out spot right in the foundation itself!

Close up of a bike's rear gears.
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My newly cleaned bike gears.

Thursday, July 1, 2010

171, 172/365 - Welcome to Michigan!

A Pure Michigan sign surrounded by orange construction barrels.
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Red and green plants, divided along the diagonal.
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And finally, two last photos from my travels back to Michigan -- from a roadside park, and from the Michigan-Wisconsin state line. Pure Michigan, indeed!

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

169, 170/365 - Sun worship!

A sunblock bottle and its shadow.
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An umbrella against the blue sky.
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Two photos from my wonderful (but brief) bit of sun worship last weekend. The lovely Sarah and I visited the Clark family cottage in southern Michigan and enjoyed several days of sun, swimming, and wonderful weather!

Monday, June 28, 2010

167, 168/365 - Light and Leaves

Picnic tables in a light grassy patch.
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Light on beech leaves.
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165, 166/365 - Wind and Rust

Old rust and iron on a Quincy engine.
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A weather station spinning in the wind.
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Wednesday, June 23, 2010

164/365 - Quincy Dredge

An old decaying dredge, leaning and sinking into the water.
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Here be ye olde Quincy Dredge: a veritable floating factory, whose purpose was to (literally) vacuum old processed sands off of the floor of Torch Lake, and send them back to the mill to be reprocessed for copper.

This photo has a fun story behind it. The dredge is beached at the shore of Torch Lake, not too far from the highway. I parked near it and walked in, where I met two kayakers who had just come to shore after looking around the water side of the dredge. We chatted, and not five minutes after I'd met them, they offered to let me take a kayak out and see it for myself! -- Which I did, of course. I love the UP!