Photos, videos and docs of Joel Dinda, with the keywords: "dimondale"

Picnic Shelters

nobody@ipernity.com (Joel Dinda) — Sun, 07 Dec 2014 04:12:11 +0000

Lions Park in Dimondale, Michigan, a few weeks back.

Cory Yard

nobody@ipernity.com (Joel Dinda) — Sat, 06 Dec 2014 04:58:27 +0000

Near Dimondale, Michigan. As you might guess from the auto racks parked on the tracks, this yard pretty much exclusively serves a General Motors final assembly plant.

It's also within an easy walk of my former workplace.

The Old Maid

nobody@ipernity.com (Joel Dinda) — Mon, 25 Nov 2013 04:38:17 +0000

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The folks who settled Eaton County, Michigan, called the swamp that covered much of Windsor Township "The Old Maid Swamp." Nowadays, to the extent it's called anything, it's the Secondary Complex Marsh or (if you're an old state employee) Lake Austin. At least in this corner of the bog.

I think we should resurrect the old name....

Photo shot from the parking lot of the Secretary of State building, where I worked more or less forever without knowing the swamp's True Name.

Ducks on the Grand

nobody@ipernity.com (Joel Dinda) — Sat, 25 Oct 2014 03:03:34 +0000

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Color version of the next photo to the right, at Pam J's request. FWIW, I prefer the monochrome.

Ducks on the Grand

nobody@ipernity.com (Joel Dinda) — Fri, 24 Oct 2014 23:18:54 +0000

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One last Dimondale photo. Best if you Lightbox this one by clicking on the picture.

Table and Trees

nobody@ipernity.com (Joel Dinda) — Fri, 24 Oct 2014 21:12:37 +0000

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Danford Island Park, Dimondale, MIchigan.

Picnic Shelters

nobody@ipernity.com (Joel Dinda) — Fri, 24 Oct 2014 18:33:34 +0000

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Lions Community Park, Dimondale, Michigan.

Where the Dimondale Dam Was

nobody@ipernity.com (Joel Dinda) — Fri, 24 Oct 2014 17:44:51 +0000

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Michigan's Grand River was dammed at this location in 1850 by Isaac Dimond, who laid out a village around the dam, called Dimondale, in 1856 (I'm leaving out a lot of complications). Dimond build a sawmill in what's now Lions Community Park, and a grist mill in the present (and brand new) Danford Island Park. This photo was taken from Island; Lions is on the far shore of the river.

After some rebuilds of the dam and both mills the village thrived as a mill town, supporting settlers and farmers in Windsor Township, southwest of Lansing.

The 1880 incarnation of the dam was removed in September of 2006 and replaced with what the village and the state call a "W" weir. Who am I to argue with that description?

I had a Dimondale address for about a dozen years, though I've never lived in the village. It's now pretty much a Lansing suburb, though the town seems to resist the description.

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nobody@ipernity.com (Joel Dinda) — Wed, 01 Oct 2014 16:47:30 +0000

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Near Dimondale, Michigan.

This month's gonna be mostly monochrome--but I won't be able to resist the colorful trees.

Flower and Grass

nobody@ipernity.com (Joel Dinda) — Mon, 24 Jun 2013 01:24:42 +0000

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By the pond outside the building I used to work in.

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nobody@ipernity.com (Joel Dinda) — Wed, 30 Jul 2014 12:20:32 +0000

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Tall Grasses

nobody@ipernity.com (Joel Dinda) — Wed, 30 Jul 2014 02:29:28 +0000

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Beside the pond, outside the building where I used to work near Dimondale, Michigan

The Old Maid's Swamp

nobody@ipernity.com (Joel Dinda) — Sun, 13 Oct 2013 22:26:57 +0000

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Another photo of the wilderness area around the place where I used to work.

St Joseph Melkite Greek Catholic Church, Dimondale

nobody@ipernity.com (Joel Dinda) — Sat, 05 Nov 2005 18:51:26 +0000

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Former church building, near Dimondale, Michigan. The parish has since moved to Lansing. I have no relation to the congregation; I took these photographs because the building is attractive, and because I had a brand-new camera I wanted to try out.

This sign would lead you to think the parish is named St Joseph Melkite, but in truth "Melkite" is the denomination.

St Joseph Melkite Greek Catholic Church, Dimondale

nobody@ipernity.com (Joel Dinda) — Sat, 05 Nov 2005 18:54:55 +0000

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~~Seventeen~~ Three views of St Joseph's. These photos were taken because I had a new camera and thought (& still think) the building was attractive. I have no connection with this congregation.

The church was located near Dimondale, Michigan, when I shot these photos in (I think) late 1988. The parish has moved to Lansing.

This was originally a schoolhouse. When I posted this it housed an antique shop. Now (5/1/13) it's a house.

This set was shot with a point-n-shoot 110 camera. Some of the photos are quite sharp, but most have the characteristic graininess of 110 film. All were scanned from prints, as my scanner cannot handle small negatives.

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nobody@ipernity.com (Joel Dinda) — Sat, 22 May 2010 00:36:30 +0000

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Stopped at the Dimondale post office the other day and found these lovely irises along the wall.

Grand River

nobody@ipernity.com (Joel Dinda) — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 10:31:17 +0000

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And Silver Creek, I think. Dimondale, Michigan, from Lion's Park.

7064 Crowner Drive

nobody@ipernity.com (Joel Dinda) — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 19:06:02 +0000

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My workplace for the past 33 years....

Secretary of State Building

nobody@ipernity.com (Joel Dinda) — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 21:32:51 +0000

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Near Dimondale, Michigan. Same building as yesterday; different side.

Forty years after the building was constructed the trees still look like trees in architect's drawings....

St Joseph Melkite Greek Catholic Church, Dimondale

nobody@ipernity.com (Joel Dinda) — Sat, 05 Nov 2005 18:55:51 +0000

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