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Our latest background is a photo of the bow of a beautiful Cris Craft at the annual Wood Boats on the Wall show at the Leelanau Historical Museum on September 16, 2006. This is also the first background with the new Olympus Evolt!
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Wood Boats on the Wall

This background is a photo of a sailboat on Lake Michigan on the afternoon of July 22, 2006.
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Lake Michigan Summer Sail

This background is a photo of a Leelanau cherry orchard near St. Wenceslaus taken on May 10, 2006.
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Cherry Blossoms 2006

This background is a photo of the fishing tug Kathy taken near sunset at Leland Harbor in late February. It's our first black & white background. While we can't promise it will be the last, we can promise that color pics will continue to be the norm!
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The Fishtug Kathy

This background is a photo of a fiery sunrise over partially frozen North Lake Leelanau taken on January 15, 2006.
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Lake Leelanau Sunrise

This background is a group of photos taken of the Leland breakwall on December 8, 2005.
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Snow on the Breakwall

This background is a photo of the beautiful fall color as seen from a ridge overlooking Suttons Bay taken October 17, 2005.
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Overlooking Suttons Bay

This latest background is a pair of photos from a misty, late August day in Chateau Fontaine's beautiful vineyard. For those who prefer just the photo, we have that too.
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Chateau Fontaine Vineyard

This background is a photo of a father and son starting down the Sleeping Bear Dunes on the evening of July 20, 2005 (at the Manitou Music Festival's amazing Dune Concert).
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Dune Silhouette

This background is a photo of sunset on the Manitou Passage (left to right: South Manitou, the Crib, North Manitou) on the evening of June 19, 2005.
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Sunset on the Manitou Passage

This background is a photo of Pyramid Point as seen from the Mishe-Mokwa on a sunset cruise on Lake Michigan's Good Harbor Bay on May 18, 2005.
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Pyramid Point from Good Harbor Bay

In honor of the recent change of ownership of Sugar Loaf, we took a photo of Sugar Loaf Mountain as seen from Port Oneida taken in early April of 2005.
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Sugar Loaf from Port Oneida

This background is a photo of an ice boat on North Lake Leelanau taken in February of 2005. We applied a little Photoshop filtration to it for artistic reasons (and to mask the fact that our digital camera is getting a bit long in the tooth!). There's also a bonus photo of just the boat (149k).
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Ice Boat on North Lake Leelanau

This background is a photo of an old barn on Port Oneida taken in late December of 2004.
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Port Oneida Barn in Winter

This background is a photo of the fall color overlooking Good Harbor Bay (Lake Michigan), Pyramid Point and a freighter taken in October of 2004.
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Looking Over Lake Michigan in the Fall

This background is a photo of a cornfield in early fall taken from Lavassar Road (a neat little dirt road that connects Horn & Popp roads near Lake Leelanau) in late September of 2004.
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Cornfield on Lavassar Road

This background a photo of Sleeping Bear Bay from high atop the Dunes taken in August of 2004.
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Sleeping Bear Bay from the Dunes

This background a photo of Inspiration Point overlooking Glen Lake.
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Inspiration Point overlooking Glen Lake

This background a photo of Pyramid Point from the shore taken in July of 2004.
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Pyramid Point from the Shore

This background a photo of a Leelanau cherry orchard in bloom from May 2004.
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Cherry Orchard in Bloom

This background a photo of boathouses on the Lake Leelanau Narrows on a sunny spring day.
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Boathouses on the Lake Leelanau Narrows

This background is a sunset photo of waves crashing into the icy beach at Leland with Pyramid Point in the distance taken on February 13, 2004. We also have a single bonus background that's pretty nice!
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Waves, Pyramid Point at Sunset

Here is a background with a photo of the Leland Harbor just before sunset taken in January of 2004.
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Leland Harbor at Dusk

Many More Pictures on Backgrounds Page 2 & Backgrounds Page 3
On Page 1...
  • Lake Michigan Summer Sail
  • St. Wenceslaus Cherry Blossoms
  • Lake Leelanau Sunrise
  • Breakwall Snow
  • Overlooking Suttons Bay
  • Chateau Fontaine Vineyard
  • Dune Silhouette
  • Sunset on the Manitou Passage
  • Pyramid Point from Good Harbor Bay
  • Sugar Loaf from Port Oneida
  • Ice Boat on North Lake Leelanau
  • Port Oneida Barn in Winter
  • Looking Over Lake Michigan in the Fall
  • Cornfield on Lavassar Road
  • Sleeping Bear Bay from the Dunes
  • Inspiration Point overlooking Glen Lake
  • Pyramid Point from the Shore
  • Cherry Orchard in Bloom
  • Boathouses on the Lake Leelanau Narrows
  • Waves, Pyramid Point at Sunset
  • Leland Harbor at Dusk
On Page 2...
  • Good Harbor Bay in December
  • Freighter Passing North Manitou Island
  • Fall Color in the Cedar Valley
  • September Waves II (Kiteboarder)
  • Northport Harbor
  • View of Glen Lake
  • North Lake Leelanau Sunrise
  • Cherry Blossom
  • Pyramid Point across Good Harbor Bay
  • Iris in the Rain
  • Spring Dunes
  • Leland River in Winter
  • Ice on Lake Michigan
  • View from Sugar Loaf Mountain
  • Leland Breakwall in Winter
  • Freighter on the Manitou Passage
On Page 3...
  • Empire Bluffs
  • September Waves
  • Antrim Sunflowers
  • Fourth of July Background
  • D.H. Day Barn
  • Storm Over Leland Harbor
  • Frost on the Lake Leelanau Narrows
  • Sleeping Bear Dunes in Winter
  • Northern Lights II!
  • Northern Lights!
  • Pyramid Point Sunset
  • South Manitou Island Screensaver
  • Leelanau Lighthouses
  • South Manitou Island
  • Ice Boating on North Lake Leelanau
  • Leelanau Photo Montage
  • Winter Background
  • Fall Background
  • Summer Background
  • Spring Background

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