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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, The Garden was
purchased by [...]

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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 excess of 1000 [...]

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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.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzQihHiJiho

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Manistee Iron Works, 1907

December 8, 2007 – 3:12 pm

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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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