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Frankfort’s Garden Theater – reopening July 5, 2008 (or so)

June 25, 2008 – 10:41 pm

garden opening, photo by kenlake The Garden Theater is under new ownership and said to be opening July 5th! From the Garden Theater web site: The Garden Theater located in downtown Frankfort Michigan was built in 1924 and with a few small exceptions has been in continuous operation since that time. In June this year, [...]

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Manistee River Looking West by photoshoparama

June 8, 2008 – 10:48 am

Manistee River Looking West, photo by photoshoparama This is a 3-exposure HDR photo (High Dynamic Range). Wikipedia’s entry on the Manistee River says: The river’s name comes from the Ojibwa word Manistiqweita, meaning “Crooked River”.[1] Historically, the upper river was renowned for its outstanding grayling fishery, among the finest in the world, as catches in [...]

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Walking the Old Indian Trail

May 22, 2008 – 10:29 am

A video tour of the Old Indian Trail in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzQihHiJiho[/youtube]

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Manistee Iron Works, 1907

December 8, 2007 – 3:12 pm

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Manistee Iron Works, photo by farlane I’ve never seen that many glass block windows.

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Daffodils

April 26, 2007 – 5:22 pm

Daffodils by Andy

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