Busy weekend

 The weekend started with a concert at Interlochen.  We had 4 tickets to Jackson Brown so Sonja and Sue came along with us.  It was a good concert but you can tell that we are bundled up for the colder weather since the concert was outside.  It was just him singing along with his guitar or keyboard.  The music was good and he has still kept his voice even though he has been doing music for a long time.  One interesting thing about the stage was the number of guitars he had lined up on the stage.  He seemed to choose a different guitar based on the song that he sang.  If you are not familiar with this music, I encourage you to check out some of his more famous songs on YouTube.  This post is too long for me to include a clip from his music so you will have to do it on your own if you are interested. 

 Saturday morning I was up early and heading down to Grand Rapids. This weekend was Art Prize in downtown Grand Rapids.  Bud chose to stay home as he really isn't that interested in walking around and checking out the art. Eva, Jessica and I enjoyed it very much.  We met at Jessica's house and then took off downtown for the day.  The weather forecast wasn't that encouraging but it turned out to be a great day.  The rain didn't come until we were too tired and needed to come home anyway. 
YES, this Tonka truck was one of the entries.  Art is Art is Art.  We thought this was fun. 

This piece was all photos of people arranged in this shape.  Interesting!!

 This is photos too but they are of handicapped people. 

 The shape of this sculpture was fantastic. 

 We did a loot of looking and reading the words of the artist.  Eva and Jessica have their "Paris Scarves" on, looking so stylish. 

 You know, I can't remember what the artist used for this piece but it sure looks great. 

 This piece was made from lottery tickets.  That is hard to believe but it was fun to look at. 

 We gave out in the late afternoon and headed home.  We stopped and bought some wine, cheese, crackers and bread.  We headed back to Jessica's house to recover and wait for Doug to come home from his Rugby game and join us for dinner. 

 Sunday morning I went back to Jessica's house for day 2.  Eva went to church and then out with friends for the afternoon so she didn't join us on Day 2.  Jessica and Doug were working on this VERY cool stool that they found on Craig's List.  They repainted it and recovered the back and seat.  It reminds me of the one we had at the farm.  They did a great job with it. 

 It has a wonderful new home in their kitchen.  Jessica is working on painting an old window frame to hang above it.  The kitchen looks great. 

Then Jessica and I went back out for a couple of hours to see some more art.  This is a display that was outside the Gerald Ford Museum.  The sunflowers are made from recycled water bottles. 

SO, you can see that I was busy.  Bud worked on chores around the house and getting the boat ready for the winter. Fall has arrived, the days are shorter, the leaves are turning and the air is colder.