[Scenes from everyday moments of our lives. . .]
The best neighbors you can have are a family of Sand Hill Cranes: Bob, Carol and little Teddie.
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| the Cranes |
The Grilled Cheese Fest, held at Fuller Park in Grand Rapids and sponsored by the Cheese Lady of Grand Rapids, was packed with hungry folks enjoying a gorgeous autumn afternoon.
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| Grilled Cheese Fest 2022 |
Celebrating nephew's Ben's 42nd birthday at the Rainbow Grill in Hudsonville, with his dad and gram, where I had a thoroughly scrumptious chicken salad.
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| a true chicken salad |
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| Ben's birthday |
However, usually it's home cooking for us: here is my marinated pork sirloin steaks ready for the gill and baby potatoes ready for roasting.
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| home cooking |
Back out for dinner with the Galloways where I polished off a tasty Cubano sandwich (
sans pane) at Third Nature Brewery in Rockford.
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| Third Nature Brewery |
An arboreal neighbor who has seen better days.
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| survivor |
Susie and I took her mom to a CRC church in Byron Center one afternoon for a Lucas family reunion luncheon and sing-a-long.
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| songfest at the Lucas reunion |
On a gorgeous September afternoon I came across these three veterans buried in Winchester Cemetery, Byron Center, Michigan. Thought you'd like to meet them.
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| George Otto, 126th Infantry, died in France |
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| Levi Higby, 6th Michigan Heavy Artillery, died in New Orleans, LA |
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| James A. Burwell, 126th Infantry, killed in the Argonne Forest, France, buried in France |
