Joel Dinda's photos with the keyword: steps

Three parallel stairways up the dune, just north of Van Buren State Park on Lake Michigan. Might have thought they could have shared the expense, and only built one set of steps. But I probably don't understand the situation. Joan and I picked up my brother and we spent Veterans Day walking the beaches around South Haven. First time I'd been to this beach in decades, and Joan's first visit ever. I hissed at the power station in honor of mom, who hated the place. Richard shook his fist.

I bought the big planter twenty years ago, and we've had the smaller planters for nineteen. What goes in them depends mostly on what strikes my fancy on Memorial Day or thereabouts. The hanging basket gets selected on similar whims. We also put a container behind the rail; it's (more or less) rectangular, with bright flowers, and clearly designed by the same crew as these. It's there now, but wasn't ready when I took this pic. I suppose we'll put a perennial border around the steps some year, but so far we've been happy with annuals. Cosmos, this summer. The cat? Perhaps it's a memorial for Peppermint.

Hoffmaster State Park, near Muskegon, Michigan.

Forty Mile Point was already a county park when we first visited this light a few years ago, and they were beginning to do the museum thing. But our memory of the trip is the miserable weather: Heavy rain, heavy fog. Much better this time. On Lake Huron, near Rogers City, Michigan.

Another view of the tower stairway at Forty Mile Point Lighthouse, near Rogers City, Michigan.

The light tower at Forty Mile Point Lighthouse, near Rogers City, Michigan. This is an exterior view to go with the interior shots I've been sharing for the past few days.

Our porch. Stone Kitty used to guard the deck, but she moved out front this spring.

Overwhelming the marigolds we evidently could have planted elsewhere. Off to the right, the window garden sneaks into yet another photo.

CN's locked up the viewing tower at the parking lot overlooking Missabe's Duluth Docks. Boo. Hiss. Bah. Rats. And a long string of bad words.

Neat house, no? Took this from a similar stair, in Fitzgerald Park. We walk the Ledges Trail a couple times each year. Since it's in a fairly steep valley/canyon, most of those walks are poorly lit, and difficult to photograph. Our recent walk, on the other hand, had such delightful light that I had to share. One more pic to go, and one I'm saving for some other time. =========== Same view, another season .

And a deck half-way up for those who've grown weary. Near South Haven, Michigan. (Barely north of the state park.) The large view really shows off my camera.

A flower a day for January ....

Entryway to First Methodist Church in Grand Ledge.

A Flower a Day for February .