A Little House on the Grand

The road between Mulliken and Portland mostly runs straight, but there's a twisty stretch in the middle where the road has to dodge Michigan's wandering Grand River. This house and its the collapsed barn (see the first comment) were the hub of what appears to have been a very small farm--forty or so oddly-conformed acres bounded on the east and west by the river. That field has been combined with the next farm's field, but the land's apparently been leased or sold to a farmer who lives outside the river's oxbow.

This place was for sale a couple decades back, and was occupied for a time, but it's long been empty. There's a second residence in the yard--an abandoned trailer that's just rotting away.

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A year ago today my photographic objective was this farmyard. I took pix of two other nearby yards, and couple other photos, but those were insurance shots.

I'd post a photo of this house to 366 Snaps on July 21. Over the year I shot pictures in this vicinity quite regularly, but there's enough variety in this stretch of gnarly road that I'd not expect anyone to notice.

And here's a differently-processed version of the July 21 photo, with a rather different commentary

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This photograph is an outtake from my 2012 photo-a-day project, 366 Snaps.

Number of project photos taken: 10
Title of "roll:" Charlotte Highway
Other photos taken on 3/24/2012: I was twice outside shooting flowers using the V1, for a total of 80 pics. I get excited about spring. Wish it was here.