Grand Traverse Bay Region

Lake Michigan shoreline from Sleeping Bear Dunes, near Empire, MI, on December 26, 1995.

North Bar Lake and dunes, near Empire, MI, on December 26, 1995. I fiddled with the curves on this one and got a rather dramatic result.

North Bar Lake and dunes, near Empire, MI, on December 26, 1995.

Lake Michigan shoreline near Empire, MI, on December 26, 1995.

An experiment with black and white film, the last roll I ever shot with the camera. Taken July 1996, finally developed December 2005.

Lake Michigan near North Bar Lake. September 1999. The shading comes from an underwater dropoff - the water gets deeper to the right.

Lake Michigan near North Bar Lake. September 1999. The shading comes from an underwater dropoff - the water gets deeper to the left.

Grand Traverse Bay, from the northern tip of the Old Mission Peninsula. September 1999.

The main house (my grandmother's place), with "Doug" cabin behind it to the right, August 1999. The faux stone, gutters, and flower boxes were added by subsequent owners. Everything else is original to the house from when it was rebuilt from one of the 1940s cabins circa 1963. Particularly amusing is that there is still a yellow bug-bulb in the light over the front door, twenty years after the place was sold.