We were honoured to be invited to the wedding of Ericka Patterson and Kenneth Smith. Ken is the older son of a friend from Lisa’s work. In years past (pre digital camera!) we attended many of his sports games. What a GREAT wedding. I’ll let the pictures below speak for themselves.
Lisa noticed this on the outside of one of our UPSTAIRS!! windows this evening. The very cunning frog was hanging out (well was “sticking” out) on the window pane, ambushing bugs attracted to the light inside the window!!! Excuse the apparently dirty window. (click any thumbnail to open a slideshow) A photo gallery of some…
After looking at the petroglyphs, we spent about an hour walking the 1.5 mile track that follows parts of the Cass River through the Historic State Park. It seemed for the most part eerily devoid of wildlife – apart from tiny flies and mosquitos!!!!! The occasional Lobelia cardinalis – the Cardinal Flower – brightened the…
Lisa wanted to visit the Sanilac Petroglyphs Historic State Park, so we set off on Wednesday to go over to the “thumb” area to see the Petroglyphs – quite a drive from Grand Rapids – 200 miles, plus afterwards another 150 miles down to Saline to stay the night with Lisa’s Mum!! I was a…
Amid much publicity and hoopla, Grand Rapids became home to what had been billed as “the world’s largest inflatable water slide” over the weekend of 21 & 22 August 2010. This community event was organised by Rob Bliss and was free, with the costs of setting it up apparently covered by various sponsors. Thanks to…
While watering the garden at the back of the house this morning something caught my eye… In case it’s not obvious in this picture what I saw, here it is again… And a much closer view reveals… A gallery is below.
This quilt was made for Aunt Jean’s 70th birthday. It was a collaborative effort. Design by Lisa Some photo scanning by Roger Some photo scanning by Carol Photo work by Roger Printing them on fabric by Roger Putting the front panel all together by Lisa Putting the back on it by Aunt Bev
Visitors seen around the yard today include the habitual doe and her 2 bambis, and some “bugs” on the milkweed plants beside the back porch.
Since putting in the ponds nearly 2 years ago it has been a constant battle to keep the water clean. I’d only bought a cheap filter at Menards when first getting this set up, and it became apparent that we needed better to try and keep the water clean. Other measures were needed too, like…
A few shots taken today in the garden this afternoon, and then this evening from the kitchen window. An update to the water garden, and then a visit from bambis Yesterday Lisa and I went to Apols Landscaping and oohed and aahed at the amazing selection of water lilies and other aquatic plants they have…