ROD's Summer Trip To Michigan (2011) - Part VI DAY 7: Sunday Musings / More Detroit Streets / Canton Kids & Detroit Kids Are A Treasure!!!

Okaaayy... this pictorial is the last part of my summer trip to Michigan...

The first 4 pictures were taken Sunday afternoon in Detroit, the day before I left on Monday, August 1st, 2011. We all decided to take a group shot in front of the house, and the rest were other pics of me just doing my thing...

All Photography

Copyright © 2011 ROD PATRICK RISBROOK

Pictured Left To Right, My ADODI Bruthaz & Friends:
Charles, Yes, Calvin (back), Willie (back), Keith (pink shirt),
Steven, Me (BIG ROD - tallest one, LOL!), Nsilo & Sangoma
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Picture By Curtis Lipscomb!
(THANKS CURTIS!)

The Finer Things In Life
And Why I Like Shooting Photography

Calvin's Wrist With African Wrist Beads
From MBAD'S African Bead Museum


MBAD'S African Bead Museum
6559 Grand River Avenue
(between W. Grand Blvd and Dexter Avenue)
Detroit, Michigan 48208
(313) 898-3007
GOOGLE MAPS

Official Website: mbad.org

Bead Gallery Hours: 12pm to 7pm Mon-Sat.

Nsilo LOOKS SO ULTRA-FLY!!
This Brutha Exudes So Much African-ness

A Was Riding In A Car And Was Trying to Get a Good Shot
Of This Train In The Streets of Detroit!
Not Bad For A Shot Through Car Glass

A Kid's Giant Toy Sitting On The Lawn.
How Could I Not Take a Pic Of That? LOL!
That Is So Qool!

I Thought This Brutha Was A Cutie.

I Took This Shot While Parked At A
Gas Station On Livernois Avenue.
I Also Love The Gritty Look I Obtained
On The Pavement In This Black & White Look

One Of Many (Unfortunate) Abandoned Buildings In Detroit

Shots from Canton, Michigan...

Calvin Is So Talented In The Arts!
We Visited His Cousin's House In Canton, Michigan
Before We Hoped On The Greyhound Bus Back To NYC

Calvin Focused On Playing The Piano

Some Beautiful Glasses In Calvin's Cousin's Home

Glasses At The Bar

Outside The House

Kids Always Let You Know Their
Swagger Or How They Feel
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Little Man Was Too Qool!

I LOVE IT! Vintage Kids!

And finally, back In Detroit with the last shots...

Who's This Coming Down The Sidewalk...???

Black Kids In A Pink Cadillac!
I HAD TO GET A SHOT OF THIS!
YOU GOTTA LOVE IT!!

Thanks Detroit!



SEE PREVIOUSLY
ROD's Summer Trip To Michigan (2011) - Part I
DAY 1: 1917 American Bistro /
Dabl's African Bead Gallery / Ruth Ellis Center



SEE PREVIOUSLY
ROD's Summer Trip To Michigan (2011) - Part II
DAY 4: The Charles H. Wright African American Museum /
Traffic Jam Restaurant



SEE PREVIOUSLY
ROD's Summer Trip To Michigan (2011) - Part III
DAY 4: The Charles H. Wright African American Museum /
Traffic Jam Restaurant



SEE PREVIOUSLY
ROD's Summer Trip To Michigan (2011) - Part IV
DAY 5: A Little BBQ / Friday Night Roller Skating



SEE PREVIOUSLY
ROD's Summer Trip To Michigan (2011) - Part V
DAY 6: "Hotter Than July" Black Pride /
An Almost Visit To The Shrine of The Black Madonna Bookstore /
Saturday Nite

A Nubian Knight ... Out In The Snowy Streets of Coney Island Today

ROD, A Nubian Knight Out In Da Snow...

Fine Fare Supermarket Was Open!
You Gotta Eat, Right?

Qool!

Still Looks Like a Oversized Big Ol' Toy Truck I Had As A Kid!
Ulltra-Qool

Snowbound!

Kids On The Snowy Playground

Self-Portrait Of An African Warrior!

Coney Island Street Petals and Knight Skies

I was headed to Fort Greene Park in Downtown Brooklyn for the last in a series of Soul Summit house music gatherings. There was a light drizzle of water drops in my neighborhood (Coney Island) and I was hoping that wasn't a prelude to something worse. Normally, I don't get upset about the weather, because it is what it is, but I'll tell you... this has been a FUCKING TERRIBLE SUMMER WITH ALL THIS RAIN!!!!! I'm a SUMMER BABY and this rain has FUCKED up so many plans or events in general. Never have I seen or can recall this much rain in a whole summer!

Anyway, I got on the "Q" train and by the time I was arriving at the Church Avenue train stop the rain came down big time!! I got off the train, went to the other side of the platform and brought my butt back home to Coney Island. I felt defeated again by the rain, and I know nature is not being personal with me or anyone else. BUT DAMN!!

Well, so much for Soul Summit. I never made it out to any of them this summer! (and the last Soul Summit, which I got an email about, got rained out as well!)

So, I had my camera with me and I decided to walk from the Coney Island train station home. Along the way I saw these rose petals on the ground. It was crazy! They came from around the block and onto Neptune Avenue where I was walking. I mean... where did these petals come from? Who put them there? Did someone get married? Was this a cultural ceremony or ritual? It was astonishing because I've never seen anything like it. I've always said that even though I have been born and raised in New York City,  I still get surprised, astonished and amazed of the things that go on or happen

Well, I pulled out the camera and took some pics...

Literally 10 to 15 minutes later, the sky was darkening and I saw some interesting color from the leftover rays of the sun in the sky. I decided to head over to Kaiser Park so I could find a nice clearing and photograph the sky. It's been a while since I've shot any sky stuff. And truth be told, after seeing BrookLENZ's photography work on his blog (YO! Hit me up BrookLENZ, I wanna talk with U brutha man!), it inspired me to do a little something myself.

Coney Island's Gravesend Bay Facing
The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge

Coney Island Streets

Anyway, as the Johnny Ringo character (played by actor Michael Biehn) said in the spectacular western genre film Tombstone, "I was just foolin' about..."