Scorpion Hearts Club — Call for Submissions for Protest Art and Writing

Younger son sent this request for submissions from The Scorpion Hearts Club, which is located in Grand Rapids, MI.  I looked up their website and it looks like a neat place.  Did not see anything at the website about this, but it looks like there’s an email address to send submissions, ask questions, etc.  

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.

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.)

Meijer Gardens Michigan All-State Bonsai Show May 10 — May 12, 2024

poster lifted from fmg website As I promised, here are the pics from the bonsai show.  All of them were taken by me, except for the last few, which were taken by “Anonymous,” aka my Daughter In-Law’s Father.  He’s an excellent photographer, and the pics are used with his permission.  I’ll have them as a…

Friday Favorite Feature 2 — hibiscus flowers at Meijer Gardens

Apologies on the late posting, but I forgot about the new feature.  I will try harder for next time.  It’s been a whirlwind week for real-time activities.  I won’t bore/depress you with what many of them were.  On the bright side, younger son and his wife gave us an impromptu invite to Grand Rapids to…

Doodads — visit to Grand Rapids, MI

  Today I learned how to do my own covid test.  The other ones my older son did when I went to his place first before going on to younger son and his wife’s house to visit and see my baby granddaughter.  Somehow I got the times mixed up and showed up at older son’s…

Dahlias!

I’ve been going to Meijer Gardens since it was first created many moons ago in Grand Rapids, MI.  It continues to grow and has sculpture all over the place, both inside and out on the grounds.  Recently Ai WeiWei had an exhibit there, and he left behind a permanent installation called Iron Tree.  I fell…