I was in the garden today looking at some zucchini when I came across this little green tree frog hiding in the leaves. I ran in and grabbed my camera to take a picture. While I was out there I decided to take a few more and do a quick little post. Elige and I have been truly blessed. This time last year we were living in a terrible little place. This year we have a Nice little house that we are working on buying. We have a yard with the start of a beautiful garden. It wasn`t until I was looking at these few photographs that I realized just how much our life has changed. It`s amazing the difference that a year can make.

We were looking around at the garden today because we had just got back from a farmers market around the State Capitol Building in Lansing. It was a nice collection of fruits and veggies, as well as fresh honey and Maple Syrup. There were some mushroom growers as we as plenty of nuts and baked goods. We stopped at this little booth and bought some Lavender to add to our garden. It was a nice little outing. It`s funny how something like this can remind you just how fortunate you are.

Here are some pictures from my garden. Hope you enjoy.

Well Today was a beautiful day. It could not have been any better for my friend Craig`s Art show in the Cooley Gardens. The Sun was Shining and the People were out to see not only a beautiful garden but Beautiful Glass sculptures against the back drop of summer color. any of you that are familiar with Craigs work will not be surprised by the organic forms and those of you who have never seen Craigs work will hopefully admire how his work blends with the natural surrounding gardens.Craig made the day fun by numbering the Pieces and then passing out pages with the names and no numbers encouraging people to guess the names of the pieces. The show was a one day show 9-5 and was part of a series of grants For artists to do one day shows in various locations around town. If you are interested in any of the work you can Contact Craig Mitchell Smith By Visiting his web site here.

I took these Pictures the other day as Elige and I were walking down the river walk. I thought they turned out nice and wanted to share a little bit of the place we call home with you.
This first Picture is of the Brinkey Fish Ladder on the Grand River This Fish Ladder allows Salmon and other fish that Migrate to breeding grounds navigate past the dam in the River. It is a series of Graduated steps that the water flows down. The fish move against stream and literally climb the ladder.

The river walk has many Walk ways that extend over the water where it crosses under the Roads.

This is a View of the dam and fish ladder from up river. the water was extremely high this day.