Joel Dinda's photos with the keyword: fire station

The Roxand Township fire station's door, with an appropriate memorial.

Another view of Kalamazoo Fire Department's Engine 9, still parked in front of old Station 4. Fours has been restored; there's a picture in my brother's Flickr stream . When I was a kid, I knew a lot about these engines; what they were designed to do, and how they differed in detail. I'm afraid that's all gone.... Photo taken around 1955 by Martin Sernstinger.

And the fire station/township hall. Downtown Mulliken, Michigan.

My brother and sister had afternoon appointments a year ago, and I was pretty sure I'd capture my photo-of-the-day on my way to Kalamazoo. That didn't stop me from experimenting with the camera in the day's great light. I got some fine photographs. The photo above shows the outside wall of the Mulliken fire station. It's an interesting building--nothing fancy, but nicely done. This photo kind of turns things into an abstraction, which was my intention. The wall's been painted since I took this photo, and the door repainted. I've shown you this wall before . ========== My Dad's first new car was a 1960 Ford Falcon, in a pale blue, purchased (I think) in January of 1960. His earlier cars had been pretty utilitarian, and perhaps less than trustworthy. This car gave our family wings. The 366 Snaps photo captures a car that looks exactly like Dad's Falcon. It was for sale just south of Hastings, on my usual route to Kalamazoo, last fall. So a year ago I stopped and shot its photo. The car's been sold. I miss seeing it on my drives to visit my siblings. ========== This photograph is an outtake from my 2012 photo-a-day project, 366 Snaps . Number of project photos taken: 27 Title of " roll :" Shadows, mostly Other photos taken on 12/18/2012: none.

Here's an alternate take from last April 20 in a different sense--it's the same photograph as the photo I posted to 366 Snaps , but processed differently. This was the last photo in the set, and I knew when I framed it I'd likely use it as my daily pic. ========== This photograph is an outtake--more precisely, a different version--from my 2012 photo-a-day project, 366 Snaps . 366 Snaps project discussion for April 20 .

Nearly posted this picture last year in place of the BOTR pic (see below)--this remains one of my favorites from the 366 Snaps project. On the left, here, is Mulliken's Masonic Temple; to the right's the Roxand Township Fire Station (& Township Hall). And Ionia Street fading into the still-falling snow. ========== 'Twas still snowing the next morning, so I shot pix at pretty much the same places as the thirteenth. But the mix was different, and this day's pictures were better; in particular, I got some excellent shots of a snow-blanketed downtown Mulliken. The pic-a-day selection was of the local motorcycle club's gorgeous clubhouse. (If you read the tags on that one, you'll see I wanted to post this pic.) ========== This photograph is an outtake from my 2012 photo-a-day project, 366 Snaps . Number of project photos taken: 32 Title of " roll :" Around Mulliken Other photos taken on 1/14/2012: I used my D300 to shoot 4 photos in prep for eBay auctions. That hardly counts, of course.