Local Tourist -- India Day

The Local Tourist and his Mrs went to the Suburban Collection Showplace for India Day which celebrates India's independence.  This festival had eluded us for years because we were enrolling our children at Michigan Lutheran Seminary on the same weekend in past years.  This year, these events are a week apart, so we went.

Other than $10 for parking, the event was free.  There was lots of food, music, and cultural dancing, and LOTS of clothing for sale.

We also saw various paintings, prints, and statues, mostly religious in nature.  I never bothered to ask much about them, so I remain ignorant. I hope to improve on that.

Here are a few photos.

Good Shepherd Tree Removal

Due to a virus which has been killing off blue spruce trees in the city of Novi, we were instructed by city officials to remove all our blue spruces which were on the church property.  The result: 28 trees were taken down on Monday, July 10 and Tuesday, July 11.

While the berm looks rather barren, it will not remain so for long.  City of Novi officials have given us a list of suggested replacements for the felled trees.  City regulations require the trees which provide a degree of privacy between us and our neighbors (not that we despise our neighbors).

Later this year, we will be adding quite a few bushes and trees to the property.  Sadly, it will be many years before they achieve the kind of growth we had with the trees that came down.

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