Day 357/365

     Every time I walk Kip at night since there's been snow on the ground, I keep noticing the funky shadows that the fencing in my apartment complex casts over everything. I keep telling myself to take a picture next time, so on Monday night/day 357 I finally remembered. Not my best, but there's only so much you can do when you have a leashed energetic mutt vying for your attention.

Day 198/365

     Tonight one of my assignments was covering the preparations being made for a haunted house in Bay City. It's actually supposed to be a pretty decent attraction, it's in the top ten haunted houses in Michigan, so I'm hoping I get to check it out once it's up and running. 

Day 193/365

     One of the assignments I covered today was the scavenging of lumber from the historic Mill End building in Bay City that's scheduled to be torn down in the near future. The lumber from the floors and shelving units are being donated to the local Habitat for Humanity to sell in their resale store. We got to walk around all four floors and the basement of the building, which was cool and sad at the same time. It really is an interesting building, and it's too bad that it's too expensive to refurbish everything that's wrong with it. We had to wear masks and go outside for breaks every once in a while since there was asbestos found in a good amount of the materials, (which is why more can't be donated or saved). I ended up taking the photo from today's post in the basement of the building. The building's owner, the Habitat for Humanity director, an MLive reporter, and a college student that was shadowing me today were standing at the base of the stairs talking, and I liked the way their shadows mixed with the colored reflections from the glass panes in front of the stairs on the floor above.

If you'd like to see other photos I took at the Mill End building today, you can find them on MLive here!