Suburbanites

 

Too busy and too hot to do much around the house lately.

This was the ONLY substantial rain

we have had in the whole summer season.

It happened last week, at one in the morning,

and I tried to get a picture of the flooding street.

 

It dried up within hours, and it hasn't rained again...

 

Ahh, life in the suburbs of Detroit.

 

We had to take Terry's brother to a doctor appointment yesterday,

which meant picking him up downtown,

driving him to Birmingham,

taking him back downtown,

and then returning back to the suburbs.

 

The traffic is so bad,

and the freeway is so congested,

we decided to take Woodward all the way

 from downtown,

 to 14 mile in Royal Oak,

because we had shopping to do for mom too. 

 

Once we got past the "lightrail" project,

it was smooth sailing...

 

and I started noticing churches on every corner.

 

I also noticed some crumbling buildings...

 

One beautiful church after another.

 

I don't even know where we are here...

 

Don't know what this is...

 

Nice one.

 

Trowbridge Street...

 

Are we getting closer to civilization yet?

 

Strange world down here...

New stuff and old stuff

trying to co-mingle.

 

Homeless and hipsters...

 

These old churches are majestic

and it makes me want to go inside... 

 

This old church is now "Soul Harvest Ministries"

whatever that means...

 

More modern,

getting closer to the "mean streets". 

 

Seven Mile.

 

Eight mile.

 

State Fair Apartments.

My grandma used to live there...

 

Nine mile.

 

Jim Fresard,

where we used to frequent.

Used to be Pontiac, where we leased our cars from...

 

Back to civilization,

as we suburbanites call it.

 

Into Ferndale, and Royal Oak,

 

and on to mom's house.

 

This silly, (or smart) Robin has made a nest atop mom's gutter.

 

Ahh, the suburbs.