Older son and I met up with younger son, his wife, and the grandbaby at Meijer Gardens. A perfect day to spend time with family at a place I never get tired of visiting. It is a jewel of the region. Thank you Meijer Family and all of the donors and members for making it…
Category: Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park
Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park on 021823
Yesterday was one of the happiest days of my life. I met with my sons, daughter in-law, and almost-2-years-old granddaughter at Meijer Gardens where we spent about 3 hours together, wandering around the place. Not only does it have sculpture installed throughout the inside and outside of the place, there are galleries with special guest…
Artist Yinka Shonibare CBE at Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park on 082322
Yinka Shonibare CBE On Sunday, older son and I had planned on traveling to Wheaton, IL to see some giant sculptures of fantastical creatures, but when each of us had nightmares the night before, we decided to postpone the trip. Instead we went to one of our favorite places to walk, Meijer Gardens and Sculpture…
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The image is a picture taken on 2/26/22 of a sculpture, “Circus Acrobats” by George Segal at Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park.
dVerse — Haibun Monday — Cold Mountain
This weekend I met up with my family at Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park in Grand Rapids to walk the indoor gardens. After my younger son, his wife, and their baby daughter left, older son and I took a stroll through the Japanese Gardens outside. As we walked through and around the pond we were…
dVerse — Poetics — Repurposing
“I’m in a glass case of emotion.” -Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, 2004 – Repurposing I’m in a glass case of emotioncasually placed on your shelfa trophy for the world to seeyet suffocating, dessicating,becoming a museum piece;an oddity, an icon of other times,something you visit on “free day” Let me be your Wardian casedeep…
Sculpture Saturday #53 — Iron Tree by Ai Weiwei
This is a new challenge for me. Susan Kelly hosts Sculpture Saturday. Meijer Garden and Sculpture Park is full of sculpture. My favorite sculpture there, by one of my favorite big artists, is Iron Tree by Ai Weiwei. Learn more about Iron Tree here.
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