While visiting Ann Arbor, Michigan this past weekend, I did a couple of photography sessions at my favorite local photo spot – Depot Town.

It’s a little old-fashioned strip of street with lots of old-style charm, which I’m totally looking forward to using for lots of shoots in the future.

But this post isn’t exactly about that place – it’s about a park I found hidden just steps from the street in Depot Town – Frog Island.

It was down a shady, tree-lined, secluded path just steps from the street.  You’d never know it was even there.  Honestly, this place is like a little gem – it was so cool to stumble on it while gearing up for my sessions that day.

One reason – check this out – on the edge of the park, tucked in to the tree line, completely unexpectedly, I found this.

A make-shift free library.  With books that looked like they’d been placed there recently.

As in – this thing is in use – it’s not something that has just been sitting there forever ignored.  It’s a functioning community installation.  I was totally impressed.  How cool is this?

Unexpected

Check out some more photography by Appelman Images Photography – like the Oranges photograph, the Drippy child portrait or even the Drinkbox custom kid lifestyle photograph.

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-Kate