past holland fish & game
Speaking
the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into him who is
the Head, that is, Christ.
i thought i might need to buy a new vehicle along the way
good ol' PINE REST CHAPEL..
AND the DUCK POND
COLORFUL refurbishment of the MTC BUILDING
MILLBROOK CRC next to the junior high I attended (which is no longer there; ie the junior high building is still there, see below, but the school moved
lots of recent rain made plaster creek high and brown as I paused briefly by the ken-o-sha area near eastern & 28th
house of good ol' friend, dave dejong , end of blaine
alger crc, despite all the years I lived in grand rapids, and how close it is to where we lived, I've never been inside this church
the steensma home well-kept, not sure if they still live there, but assume so, ...he was our math teacher in junior high and one of his sons was a friend of mine and roommate a few times
next door to the steensmas was another classmate, Amy Scott & her teacher dad (taught at our Christian high school)
alger heights is where I grew up, near alger & eastern
the old Engelhard house...the late Dave Sr was a Hebrew Professor at the seminary, and their 2 kids were friends of our..Dave Jr. my age
and here is our old house on Griswold...wow! so covered up by trees and branches,
the ONLY THING THAT REMAINS the same at alger park is the "ice shack" as I call it..because for many years in the 70's they used to FLOOD the tennis court & basketball court to make one HUGHE ICE RINK for free skating...it was the BEST ! and we warmed up inside the ice shack...; during the summer they also had a kiddie pool and activities (looks like the kiddie pool is gone; probably a legal thing)..the school itself (not shown) has been torn down and re-built
and our OLD HOUSE ON EASTERN AVENUE before we moved to Griswold
this is now in place of where the big catholic seminary was located near burton & eastern
the Byle home...good family, nice to me, their son rick was my age (rest in peace) and they let me stay there for a semester when our family moved...I also was a paperboy on this street (hazen) for a few years
across from the old Koster house, Mineos pizza still doing business, had great pizza subs
ottawa hills high was our local public school and rival of our Christian High School....used to be the EAGLES v INDIANS, but they changed their name to the Bengals
passed by "grandpa's house" on plymouth...where my mom grew up, partially
they added a fountain
nearby spectrum health (blodgett hospital)
Grand Rapids Yacht Club
on Reeds Lake
I LIVED AT THIS HOUSE ON BALTIMORE FOR A FEW YEARS WHEN I RETURNED TO COLLEGE
BEETS DORM WHERE I STAYED AS A FRESHMAN
THE COMMONS WHERE WE ATE OUR 3 MEALS EVERY DAY
SOME OF THE OTHER DORMS
CALVIN SEMINARY WHERE i ATTENDED FOR A WHILE
CALVIN CHAPEL
THIS PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE IS NO LONGER "NEW" BUT IT WAS BUILT AFTER MY COLLEGE DAYS
THEY WERE HAVING THE BIG (HUGE) ANNUAL CAR SHOW THAT RUNS UP & DOWN 28TH STREET ON THE WEEKEND i CAME TO GRAND RAPIDS...fun to see but backed up traffic
i attended saturday evening mass at the catholic church near calvin college
the "sem pond"
i hiked the calvin college ecological reserve trail,...very nice...nobody else out there students not yet arrived at calvin...labor day weekend
a cardinal !
one other person
huge white mushroom
this confused me: our Christian Reformed Church (CRC) headquarters is in grand rapids at 28th & Kalamazoo, and the canadians are a big part of the CRC, but do they deserve such prominence that the Canadian flag is in the middle (usually a symbol of prominence)..., or are they indicating usa prominence by placing ol' glory on the left (as if in "1st" if going from left to right)...normally the center flag is given prominence.. kind of confused me...I know the canadians would like to kick out all the americans in the crc, but still ( ha ha, just kidding, an old insider crc canadian joke )...hey this is STILL AMERICA, isn't it ? !
southern little league: where I played for a team called "Trane" and later for "American Legion"
beltline bar always had great big wet burritos
It is for freedom
that Christ has set us free.
Stand firm, then, & do not
let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. Galatians
5:1
