Mott Farms' Christmas Barn
After a 2 year break, Mott Farms, in Vicksburg is back for Christmas. It was worth the wait. The farm is a local favorite with christmas trees grown on site, “Michigan Holly” winterberries and the Christmas barn as shown here. Here’s a link to their website.
The Frederik Meijer Gardens at Christmas
No one does Christmas quite like the Frederik Meijer Gardens. Their Christmas & Holiday Traditions from Around the World exhibition features over 300,000 lights, strolling carolers, horse drawn carriage rides, and more than 40 international trees and displays. Create some memories and check it out with someone you enjoy!
The New DeVos Children's Hospital Will be Incredible
What you see here is a night shot of the construction site for the DeVos Children’s Hospital, which is located on the Butterworth campus of Spectrum Health. I had the honor of touring the site earlier this fall and was blown away at the thought and detail that is going into the facility. I’ll write more about the 14-story, 440,000 square foot, $286 million project when it’s closer to completion, but if you want to get the latest, Trillium Hibbein just started a new blog to keep you up to date.
Basically, the concept for the children’s hospital revolves around generating input from the best-of-the-best physicians, architects, and other experts related to healthcare and then creating a hospital based on delivering the ultimate in care for children. No detail was spared, and it’s going to be so much more than the incredibly cool building that is well underway.
The promise is to transform children’s healthcare in West Michigan, and it will.
Chris Robinson of the Black Crowes at Rothbury 2009
Chris Robinson of the Black Crowes sure does know how to rock. I saw him at Rothbury this year. It was the second time I saw them in concert and the festive summer atmosphere at Rothbury made a great backdrop for the performance.
The Black Crowes’ producer Paul Stacey, who was also the interim guitar replacement for Marc Ford, uses the guitar effect pedals that my brother Jon Gundry makes at his company ThroBak Electronics, based right here in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Happy Halloween
It seems appropriate to feature a picture from my friends’ Jon and Peggy’s house. They REALLY get into Halloween. I had a hint this was the case when Peggy told me in mid-August she couldn’t wait for Labor Day to be over so she could start putting out her Halloween decorations that she had been unpacking.
Each day new evidence of the impending holiday would show up. Ghosts dancing in a circle in the front yard, a dummy hanging by a rope from a tree, wanted signs as you wind your way up the drive, Get OUT!, No Tresspassing signs in front of the house, crime scene tape and a chalked off body in the driveway, spider webs… and that is just what’s in the front yard.
As Peggy was making preparations, sometimes Jon was unsettled with the process. Like the time he was getting ready for work during early morning hours and walked in on the Angel of Death shown in this picture. Peggy had stashed him away in the upstairs bathroom and hadn’t mentioned it to Jon. I can understand why he admits to screaming when he was confronted with this in his half-awake state.
This photo is the entry way to their home, welcome to the Frights. And, Happy Halloween!
This may be my favorite time of the year in Michigan.
Everywhere you look, this is a beautiful time of the year in Michigan.
The perfect place to visit in October, as long as you are living!
Here you go, another is on the way tomorrow. I’m making up for neglecting ya’ll while I was occupied with ArtPrize!
Greenville Forest Home Cemetery
The Greenville Forest Home Cemetery isn’t very big, so it’s easy to see the highlights there. I’ll be posting photos from my trip there all week. This HDR photo is of the Middleton family mausoleum, one of several at this location
It's not a house... for the living.
Seeing as how Halloween is nearing I thought I’d share some pics from my favorite cemetery, not that I like frequenting cemeteries. But my friend Peggy does, so I stopped by here with Peggy. She actually noticed this hidden away in the shadows and pointed it out to me. Stay tuned, there’s more of this coming your way.
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