Tag Archives: ann arbor

Aug28

forts.

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bird hills park

dolph park

dhu varen park

eberwhite woods park

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loving all the forts, both big and small that i’ve discovered as i continue my journey through the ann arbor parks. forts are very sacred places. lots of heart and hard work go into the making of them – special spaces to meet and hang out with your gang.

(i’m about half way through the parks now -through the letter ‘i’)

– 80 down and 80-ish to go!  –

onward.

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“i have a lot of growing up to do. i realized that the other day inside my fort. “

-zach galifianakis

 

Aug14

solidarity.

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 spent tonight at a rally

on the diag at the university of michigan

with mayor chris taylor addressing our city

as we stand in solidarity with charlottesville

and for all those who continue to stand against

 racism, hate, violence, and inequality 

organized in 10 hours

through grass roots movements

 and a lot of heart and passion

a police officer, a mayor, a photographer, a bagpiper, a retiree

and hundreds of others

all different

yet all here for the same reason

kindness.

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“it is the kindness …that finally decides our fate.”
— barack obama

Aug10

land as community.

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 a beautiful morning walk

sharing earhart park with this lovely creature

an evening spent at the first and second sister lakes in dolph nature area

“when we begin to see land as a community to which we belong, 

we may begin to use it with love and respect.”

– aldo leopold

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*i’ve now walked 60 of the ann arbor parks,

(all of the way through the letter ‘e’), only 100ish more to go-

i hope to have found and walked all of them by halloween, october 31

as i look forward to the beauty to be found in the change of seasons.

Aug9

hope and audacity.

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on my way to vote in the primary election yesterday

in the midst of many signs

one stood out.

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“in an election, one needs both hope and audacity.”

francois hollande

Aug8

a point of light.

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’twas fairy day at the artisan’s market

and soon they came around

lots of them of ev’ry kind

and treasures to be found.

“the fairy poet takes a sheet o
f moonbeam, silver white;


his ink is dew from daisies sweet,


his pen a point of light.


~joyce kilmer

Aug1

almost home.

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and upon happening behind

this van covered in peace and love

and words galore

complete with notes

“listen to your mother” – love, mom

   “make good choices” – love, dad

 and a peace sign and a smile

flashed to me by the driver

when finally side by side 

i knew i was at my exit

and almost home. 

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“there are a thousand thoughts lying within a man

that he does not know till he takes up a pen to write. ”

-william makepeace thackeray

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Jul21

magic place.

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Magic Place

see the mermaid bathing in her pool,
as fairies scamper through the woods.

-jack horne







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*still walking the 150 parks, 
into the b parks on the list now
more beautiful discoveries every day
shot above taken in bird hills park, ann arbor
Jul20

“art is not a thing. it is a way.”-elbert hubbard

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ann arbor art fair – july 1978

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it began in 1960 

when

 132 artists (99 of them local)

 strung their artwork between parking meters

and locals came by

curious to see if artists

would really put their work on display in the street. 

  it now hosts over 1,000 artists and 500,000 + visitors

from near and far each year.

the ann arbor art fairs

(actually now a group of four)

will kick off today and take over the city

for what always promises to be four days

of creative display, talks with artists,

bargaining, excitement.

music, children’s activities,

and always, always

lots of surprises. 

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“the art world is filled with vibrancy.”

-rachel kushner

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image credit: ann arbor news archives, ann arbor public library old news, m live. com

 

Jul14

parks – a

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and so –

my ann arbor parks walk (150+) has begun

here are the ‘a’s

#1 – Allmendinger Park

 old school merry go round, in neighborhood in town, near the stadium, got really lost walking home from there and doubled my walk, picnic spots with grills, volleyball, old trees, basketball, tennis, baseball diamonds, ice skating in winter

– 8 acres

#2 – arbor hills nature area

between neighborhoods, ponds, loud frogs, birds, picnic spots in sweeping expanses under trees, wooded trails, scared a woman when i emerged from the woods who was shocked that i had found it

– 6 acres

#3 –  Arbor Oaks

neighborhood park, basketball, open pergolas, open fields, picnic area, pirate themed playground, rain garden, baseball, i was the only person there on the day i visited

-8 acres

#4 –  Argo Nature Area

– unpaved trails with beautiful views of the river, livery with canoes/kayak/paddle board rentals,  river cascades, long, narrow park, large variety of trees, wildflowers, very quiet in the woods

-22 acres 

and onward……many more to follow

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“i believe that there is a subtle magnetism in nature,

which, if we unconsciously yield to it,

will direct us aright.”

―henry david thoreau

Jul11

smile of light.

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“oh, the summer night, has a smile of light,

and she sits on a sapphire throne.”

-bryan procter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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huron river, ann arbor, michigan, usa