My Geo-DiaryAnna DamstraProf. Laninga

SST- 309 Sec 04T @ 6pm

D&N Landscape ManagementOctober 15 @ 9 am, facing South.

D&N Landscape Management is located on 28th Street just west of Byron Center in Wyoming Michigan. I work here in the summer and fall doing landscape jobs and loading the

customers with mulch, dirt, and stone with the VOLVO front end loader. This company is a place with Human

characteristics, it moves goods and services, and has an absolute location.

Rivertown Mall October 17 @ 10am, facing South

Rivertown Mall is on Rivertown parkway in between Ivanrest and Wilson on the South side of the road in Grandville Michigan. I spend a lot of time

at this mall. D&N does all the landscape work at Rivertown Mall and it is my favorite mall to go shopping at. This Mall is an absolute location and

moves goods and services.

US 131October 22 @ 9am

When I lived at my parents house I was on this highway anywhere from two to four times a day. It was and still seems

to be the main road to get to certain places in my daily life. The highway is a relative location that directs people to

certain places. It also helps goods, people, and animals get from place to

place.

Facing North

Facing West

Russo’s Italian Sports Bar and GrillOctober 19 @ 4:50 pm, facing NW

Russo’s is on division in between 60th St. and 56th St. in Cutlerville Michigan. I have been working here since February 2012 on

weekends waitressing and hostessing. Russo’s is an absolute location with an address, is a place with human characteristics, and

moves goods such as food and drink.

Dutton United Reformed ChurchOctober 21 @ 9:15 am, facing SE

Dutton URC is located on Hanna Lake and 68th Street in Dutton Michigan. I have attend Dutton URC my whole life. I am also a youth group leader here to a group of high school students. My church is a also an absolute location with an address. It has cultural

characteristics and the aspect of movement to carry its ideas and information to its congregation.

Stauffer Station Park

October 22 @ 9:15 am

Facing East

Facing North East

When working this is my favorite park to go to with the children I nanny. It is located

on 52nd Street between Breton and Kalamazoo in Kentwood Michigan. Stauffer Park is a

natural region that has natural characteristics.

McDonald’s

October 23 @ 9am, facing North

This McDonald’s is located on 28th Street in between Madison and Eastern. I absolutely hate McDonald’s food

but love their Frappes! It is right by the house I nanny at so I stop there almost every morning. McDonald’s is a

business that would be considered a human region that has an absolute location. It also uses the movement of goods.

Nanny HouseOctober 22 @ 1pm, facing south

The house I nanny at is located in Alger Heights. It is North of 28th street and east of Madison. I spent a lot of my time here because it is my main

part time job and my favorite job. It is an absolute location that moves ideas and information that the family believes and thinks from one

person to the next.

The Wealthy Street BakeryOctober 18 @ 3 pm, facing SEThe Wealthy Street Bakery is located on Wealthy street in

East Grand Rapids. I live about 2 blocks from the bakery and

enjoy walking to it on nice mornings to get breakfast. The bakery is a place with human

characteristics, has an absolute location, and moves goods (the

food).

Degage Ministries December 23 2011 @ 2pm, facing NE

Degage Ministries is located on division in the heart of Downtown Grand Rapids. I volunteered there last winter and loved it. I also

pass it almost every day to get to the highway. Degage is an absolute location with human characteristics and uses human

environment interaction.

My HouseOctober 23 @ 2pm, facing east

My house is located on the east side of downtown in Heritage Hills. I absolutely love living here. It is quiet enough to feel

like you are not in the city but close enough to everything that it is

convenient. My house is an absolute location with an address and has human

and cultural characteristics.