Joel Dinda's photos with the keyword: 2010s

A flower a day for February (extended edition). I had a request for a white anemone photo yesterday, so I decided to extend the flower pics an extra day.

One of my favorite photos ever, taken on the beach at Empire, Michigan, five years ago today. We were celebrating my birthday by wandering around Michigan's little finger--Leelanau County. Another pic from this year's calendar.

The Lansing Lugnuts were scheduled to open their home season today, against the Dayton Dragons at what they used to call Oldmobile Park. I was planning to be there, in my favorite seat (that would be Section N, Row 4, Seat 8--directly behind the visiting team's dugout). But of course they're not playing, so we'll settle for this photo from a Lansing/Dayton game on 4/23/2013. The batter's Seth Mejias-Brean, and the catcher is Santiago Nessy. (Sorry; haven't got the ump's name at my fingertips; I photographed the game but didn't score it--which is unusual. [Ted Turocy tells me it's Blake Mickelson.]) My next two photos show that this swing resulted in a popup, but I don't know where it landed or whether someone caught it.

Aka Kobs Field. I'd been planning to attend a baseball game today--Toledo at Michigan State. Ain't gonna happen. So here's a photo from the last time the Spartans hosted the Rockets, on 4/26/2017. There's lots of this going around. The other day my brother-in-law posted a similar lament on Facebook about NASCAR's suspended season. March Madness has vanished. The spring concert season's gone away, and summer's festivals may be in jeopardy. Stuck at home, waiting for things to settle down. Joan and I will likely walk around town this afternoon, to pick up the mail. It's also likely we'll stop at the corner store, mostly 'cause Jim needs our business. Take care of yourselves, folks. I want everyone to stay healthy.

My youngest first cousin. It's her birthday; I thought I'd post her photo to celebrate. Photo taken 4/13/2017.

Taffy 'n' Oreo.

M-43, near Ledge Meadows golf course, about a month ago.

Olive Township, Michigan; 12/1/2019. I expect there's more snow today, but not much.

Holland, Michigan, about a month ago.

A story you've heard before: I handed my new camera (actually, phone) to Joe Ross, and Joe took my photo. He does this.

My mother-in-law, enjoying Christmas at her granddaughter's place.

Merry Christmas!

Michigan Audubon's Crane Festival 's this weekend, and as usual we'll be attending this afternoon. But we got a preview of sorts late yesterday when this rather raucous flock passed by. I had the new pocket camera in hand, so I pointed it skyward to capture this less-than-ideal photo. I'll take my Oly E-M1 and its teleconverter to the Big Marsh today, and expect better pix. But this one's kinda fun.