Category Archives: Ships

20 Minutes at the Dossin Great Lakes Museum

Posted on February 26, 2018 by

Funday Sunday in the city on the straits.Here’s 20 minutes worth in the maritime museum located on Belle Isle State Park, Detroit, Michigan. Open photo gallery. Timing is everything. Advertisements

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Before the fall

Posted on February 9, 2017 by

A Throw-Back-Thursday gallery of photos from a car camping trip around Michigan’s Upper Peninsula that I took in August 2001. I started at the Cabin with my Valley Canoe Products Skerray kayak strapped to the top of the Ford Taurus … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Astronomy, Boats, Cheesy Headline, Clouds, Fayette State Park, Fishing, Good, clean fun, History, Kayaking, Lake Michigan, Lake Superior, Lighthouse, Michigan, Photoblog Updates, Photography, Politics, seek a pleasant peninsula, Ships, Trees, Upper Peninsula, Valley Canoe Products Skerray RMX | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Love what you do and you won’t work a day blah blah blah

Posted on January 20, 2017 by

Things I do when I’m not watching ice melt in the January thaw. A collection of my 3D modeling and rendering. My program of choice is trueSpace.Here are some of the things that didn’t fit in the ‘Cabin’ section of … Continue reading →

Posted in 3D, 3D Render, Art, Boats, Cheesy Headline, Good, clean fun, Illustration, Kodak Six-20 Hawk-Eye Junior, Models, Name Check, Old Gas Pump, Ships, Space, The Cabin | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Day-Trip to Day-Twah

Posted on December 27, 2015 by

In which we visit the Detroit Institute Of Arts, Belle Isle, The Guardian Building, the Ren Cen, and Hart Plaza in downtown Detroit, Michigan. More info for locations visited:The DIA | Belle Isle Park | Dossin Great Lakes Museum | … Continue reading →

Posted in Aircraft, Architecture, Art, Automobiles, Birds, Boats, Canada, Ceramics, Cheesy Headline, Detroit, Detroit Institute Of Arts, Detroit River, Dogs, Flowers, Good, clean fun, Great Lakes, History, Illustration, iPhone Photography, Michigan, Ontario, Panorama, Pentax, Photoblog Updates, Photography, seek a pleasant peninsula, Ships | Leave a comment

These pictures rock.

Posted on August 5, 2015 by

To paraphrase Frank Zappa, I’m not dead, I just smell funny. Part of the reason is that I took one of my nephews on a backpacking trip to Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, located in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The weather was … Continue reading →

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