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Ranch

The "Ranch" consists of a house and several outbuildings on an eighty acre hardwood forest located in the western portion of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The house was built by my parents 70 years ago. It is still rustic, lacking electrical service, running water, or indoor plumbing. Now used as a weekend retreat its beauty provides connections to my parents and to a relatively unspoiled area of second growth forest.
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House viewed from the south field
House viewed from the south field		 Kitchen Range
Kitchen Range		 House from east field
House from east field		 Autumn Leaves
Autumn Leaves
South Walking Trail
South Walking Trail		 South Woods
South Woods		 Winter Wood
Winter Wood		 Bird Feeding Station
Bird Feeding Station
Bird Feeder
Bird Feeder		 Ranch Visitor
Ranch Visitor		 Stacked Wood
Stacked Wood		 Northern Red Oak
Northern Red Oak
Wood Production
Wood Production		 Apples
Apples		 Autumn Gold
Autumn Gold		 Ranch Entry
Ranch Entry
Fall Color
Fall Color		 Garden
Garden		 Ice on Trees
Ice on Trees		 Water Pump
Water Pump
Ranch Snow
Ranch Snow		 Snow
Snow		 Winter Scene
Winter Scene		 Winter Wood
Winter Wood
Stump
Stump		 Trail Bridge
Trail Bridge		 Winter Woods
Winter Woods		 Outhouse
Outhouse
Kerosene Lamp (Primary Light Source)
Kerosene Lamp (Primary Light Source)		 Chipmunk
Chipmunk		 Eastern Swallowtail
Eastern Swallowtail		 Fern Fiddlehead
Fern Fiddlehead
Full Moon
Full Moon		 Marsh Marigold
Marsh Marigold		 Porcupine
Porcupine		 Spring Green
Spring Green
Trillium
Trillium		 Red Squirrel
Red Squirrel		 Deer Protection
Deer Protection		 Dining Room
Dining Room
Kitchen
Kitchen		 Kitchen north
Kitchen north		 Kitchen Entry
Kitchen Entry		 Pond
Pond
Porch
Porch		 Basement View
Basement View		 Before the drain repair
Before the drain repair		 Digging is complete
Digging is complete
Heating water
Heating water		 Underground repair complete
Underground repair complete		 Forest Floor
Forest Floor		 New Fence
New Fence
New Fence
New Fence 		Green Frog in pond
Green Frog in pond		 Brooder House (scanned from old photo)
Brooder House (scanned from old photo)		 Grandfather and grandson (Scanned from old photo)
Grandfather and grandson (Scanned from old photo)
Grandma (Scanned from photo)
Grandma (Scanned from photo)		 Grandma Verch (Scanned from photo)
Grandma Verch (Scanned from photo)		 Grandma, grandsons, and Ranch dog (Scanned from old photo)
Grandma, grandsons, and Ranch dog (Scanned from old photo)		 Grandpa (Scanned from old photo)
Grandpa (Scanned from old photo)
Grandpa with a portion of the harvest (Scanned from old photo)
Grandpa with a portion of the harvest (Scanned from old photo)		 Old Ranch Barn (Scanned from old photo)
Old Ranch Barn (Scanned from old photo)		 Ranch Chickens 1951 (Scanned from old photo)
Ranch Chickens 1951 (Scanned from old photo)		 Ranch hay barn 1950s (Scanned from old photo)
Ranch hay barn 1950s (Scanned from old photo)
Ranch Pigs 1951 (Scanned from old photo)
Ranch Pigs 1951 (Scanned from old photo)		 Family Gathering
Family Gathering		 Family Gathering
Family Gathering 		Summer Kitchen
Summer Kitchen
Outhouse Interior
Outhouse Interior		 Flower Garden
Flower Garden		 Wood Production
Wood Production		 Fall Mowing
Fall Mowing
Pond in spring
Pond in spring		 Vernal Creek
Vernal Creek		 Ash Blowdown
Ash Blowdown		 Spring '08 garden
Spring '08 garden
Storm Damage 07-07-12
Storm Damage 07-07-12		 Storm Damage 07-07-12
Storm Damage 07-07-12		 07-07-12 027.JPG
07-07-12 027.JPG		 Clean-up 07-22-12
Clean-up 07-22-12
Clean-up 07-22-12
Clean-up 07-22-12
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Guest 19-Jul-2007 04:56
The 'love' in these pictures jumps right off the pages. I second the previous comments about how good it is to know the story behind the photos.
Thanks for sharing these treasures with the rest of us.
Bill
Herndon, VA
dond19-Jun-2007 00:59
How nice that you can record for yourself and others this meaningful property including the house built by your parents. Wonderful and just what photography is all about. I enjoyed seeing it, but it would not have been as enjoyable had I not known the story behind it.
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