Hickory Corners

My brother had a noonish Doctor appointment a year ago. I left in mid-morning and just kind of wandered the backroads. I had a sort-of specific idea for a photo--I'll discuss that momentarily--but mostly I just wanted to take photographs in random places.

Hickory Corners is a little burgh near Gull Lake, famous mostly for a car museum. I've photographed this building before; it looked better six years ago.

Oh, by the way, this doctor appointment was key to addressing some of my brother's health problems. A good day on that front, though it would be some weeks before that became clear.

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My photo idea, such as it was, was "Get something in Prairieville." Prairieville's like no town I know--everything's arrayed along the town's main street, with no side streets. Well, more accurately, I know a number of "towns" like this, but none of the others have names.

Prairieville's near Delton, and over the years I've been through a few times. I had a vague memory of what the place looked like but those were unspecific, and I certainly no particular photographic intention. So I looked, found the old store I used for the 366 Snaps pic, then took a couple shots in town and a few more nearby.

Here's an 1895 map of Prairieville. It really hasn't changed much.

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This photograph is an outtake from my 2012 photo-a-day project, 366 Snaps.

Number of project photos taken: 59
Title of "roll:" SW Michigan Wander
Other photos taken on 11/27/2012: I continued my FujiFilm F10 experiments. The results were decidedly mixed.