On Monday, a group of 8 of us, 6 adults and 2 kids, drove out to the farmer’s market I frequent, where a playground and farm animal petting area has been added over the summer. The playground included a giant tractor tire that has been made into a sandbox, with included farm equipment trucks to…
Category: Doodads
Doodads — GRPublicMuseum and yard pics
Instead of going to Meijer Gardens this past week we went to the Grand Rapids Public Museum. We only had 1.5 hours in there so a limited # of pics. Learn more about uranium glass here. The weather has been gorgeous. Here are some pics from around the yard.
(update with Democracy Now! video) Doodads — graffiti and new flora
On the bike ride on Wednesday I took some pics of the graffiti in the tunnel we rode in under the highway. Interested in knowing how you feel about graffiti. Art? Vandalism? Both? I also found a couple of unidentified flora in the yard. The arrowwood berries are enjoyed by critters and are also edible…
Doodads — stragglers from past week
Lots of indoor and outdoor activities are keeping me away from the keyboard. It’s about halfway through the 2024 Poetry Postcard Festival, where I’m writing 33+ poems and mailing them out to the folks on my list, plus sending more out to blogmates. I try to write one every morning with first cuppajoe. Some days…
blossom and moth
The third and final prickly pear cactus blossom. Looks like there might be three pears to harvest this year. Also, there is a new resident living in the carport. Came out one day and she was resting on the car window. I shooed her away. She stayed.
Doodads — bike ride in GR with fam
Transported the bike to GR and took a wonderful bike ride with younger son and my granddaughter yesterday. The weather was perfect. We rode through neighborhoods and ended up on Kent Trails that runs along the Grand River (which empties out into Lake MI in Grand Haven.)
Doodads — pics from past week
Some pics taken last Sunday when the fam and I went to the lake and then for ice cream afterwards. The grandbaby loved “swimming” in Lake Michigan and spent most the time in a shallow pool. The next pic of the kousa dogwood tree in blossom were taken at the dentist. It took some finagling…
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