Weekend Roundup

Welcome to The Weekend Roundup...hosted by Tom The Back Roads Traveler

1. Starts with "G."
2. A Favorite
3.  GRAND 

Starts with "G"
GREEN GRASS GARDEN GRAND (bonus!) Mackinac Island Michigan

FAVOURITE

GIANT Wild GOOSE Pagoda Xian China has a GOLD Buddha.

It was built in 652 during the Tang dynasty and originally had five stories. The structure was rebuilt in 704 during the reign of Empress Wu Zetian, and its exterior brick facade was renovated during the Ming dynasty. One of the pagoda's many functions was to hold sutras and figurines of the Buddha that were brought to China from India by the Buddhist translator and traveler Xuanzang.

GRAND

Weekend Roundup

 Welcome to The Weekend Roundup...hosted by Tom The Back Roads Traveller

Starts with "S"  
2. A Favorite
3. SHORT - chosen by Tom

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We'll take a road trip this round.

SOCIAL Hill of Hot SPRINGS County Arkansas 

I am sure I have included this one before but I can't resist.

Quebec

FAVOURITE

SCULPTURE SEVEN SINNERS SAINTS by Marshall M. Fredericks

SHORT

Toronto ON

Déjà Brew
A catchall for leftover beer, coffee, food and whatever catches my fancy!

SATAY SATE STREET food - Indonesian festival Dundas Square 2019. Remember street fairs????

WIND

 One Word Sunday

WIND section of an orchestra - Grand Rapids Michigan

Block the WIND Mazatlan Mexico

WIND a watch Grove City PA

PAIR

One Word Sunday


Fort Myers FL

An ODD PAIR in San Diego CA

Grand Rapids MI

Sculpture Saturday

Sculpture Saturday


August 2013 - Holland Michigan

Meijer Gardens has a sculpture called Joy of Music: This collection of five statues includes three musicians and two singing children in the beautiful Alpenrose Park. Artist: George Lundeen. There is music playing in the background.

Fraction

One Word Sunday

Holland MI

I happened to use this a couple of weeks ago in a numbers challenge.

Why such an odd name?

One of the largest banks in the United States, the company was ranked 366th on the Fortune 500 in 2018.The name "Fifth Third" is derived from the names of the bank's two predecessor companies, Third National Bank and Fifth National Bank, which merged in 1909.

Rosa Parks

August 2013 - Grand Rapids Michigan


December 2015 marks the 60th anniversary of Rosa Parks and the Civil Rights Movement.

Source Newsweek
Rosa Parks has gone down in history as an ordinary, elderly black woman who spontaneously kick-started the modern African-American civil rights movement. It all began in December 1955, when Parks was arrested for civil disobedience: She had refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a crowded bus in the racially segregated town of Montgomery, Alabama. Her defiance sparked the push for racial equality, which brought civil rights superstars such as Martin Luther King Jr. into the public eye and changed the world forever.

Saturday Snapshot

Saturday Snapshots is hosted by West Metro Mommy. 

 Las Vegas NV

I've been intrigued by Chihuly glass ever since I saw my first piece at the Meijer Gardens in Grand Rapids MI last summer.

Dale Chihuly (born September 20, 1941), is an American glass sculptor and entrepreneur. His works are considered unique to the field of blown glass, "moving it into the realm of large-scale sculpture," (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston). The technical difficulties of working with glass forms are considerable, yet Chihuly uses it as the primary medium for installations and environmental artwork.

There is a gallery showing/selling his works near the Aria Hotel.

The ceiling at Bellagio is also one of his designs.

Taken in January 2015 at Bellagio.

The Mirage also has some pieces.

I love this royal blue!

JULY RECAP

July 2013


I can't believe July has come and gone. It was a busy month for us. I've added links to more details.

We had planned a driving trip to Calgary and had bought our tickets for the Calgary Stampede when the floods came and we cancelled our trip. Then on impulse on July 3 I was able to cash in some frequent flyer points and we flew out on July 5 to visit our friends.

Our friends took us to Lake Louise.

And a stop in Banff.

Heritage Park and Gasoline Alley

Church

Gasoline Alley

Gasoline Alley

The Stampede

Lots of food available - my hot dog!

Pickles

The Midway

Midway

We visited downtown

The Famous Five

Family of Men

The Bow

We had our two bathroom tub/showers replaced. The installation took three days and the cleanup took us a week and then we had fun decorating the two rooms.

We converted the en-suite tub into a walk-in shower.

We replaced the tub in the main bathroom with a soaker tub.

We visited with friends several times, the guys golfed and the girls shopped and took photos of my GF's grand-daughter.

We added some new touches to our condo. Note to self- do not hang your art immediately after moving as you will decide to change everything out!

Downsizing

Another day of golfing for the guys and we checked out the British shop.

As part of our hunt for the perfect burger we went to Wallace and Company, a great burger and a fun place.

I got a chance to attend the Five Nations Pow Wow in Brantford with my GF and her daughters. The colours and energy was amazing.

More pow wow photos.

We stopped by our old neighbourhood to visit and take a friend to breakfast. This is her garden.

We took her to Rashers, a bacon restaurant.

We paid our first visit to our friend's grand-daughters.

BFF and I went on a photo-shoot in Toronto.

Chinese Zodiacs at City Hall

We visited Campbell House.

We left on July 31 for a short driving trip to Grand Rapids Michigan.