Photo of the Week: Wayne County Lightfest 2020

multicolored lights over the highway display stars with the word Time Tunnel over arching red and green lights forming a tunnel.

One of my favorite things during the Christmas season is to visit the Wayne County Lightfest, a 4 1/2 mile magical drive through the holiday light displays on Edward Hines Drive.

This year marks the 27th year for the Wayne County Lightfest, which lights up Hines Drive in the western suburbs of Detroit, Michigan from Westland to Dearborn Heights.

The Lightfest features 47 giant light displays with more than one million lights. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Wayne County Lightfest 2020

Wishing You a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays

Hanging from the Christmas tree, colored lights light up the gold-trimmed flat glass ornament etched with the words Peace on Earth.

I hope you are safe and warm on this Christmas Day. Praying for peace this Christmas, especially for everyone struggling to find joy and cause for celebration in a year that has brought so much darkness, loss, and pain. May the light of love shine upon you and yours and bring you hope of better… Continue reading Wishing You a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays

Photo of the Week: Lesser Scaup on a Wintry, Snowy Day

Blue-billed blacked-headed duck with grayish-white body lazily swims in the pond.

When it comes to identifying scaup, a common duck seen in winter in southeast Michigan, I’m zero for two in the past two months.

I’ve photographed and identified the duck as a Greater Scaup, only to be gently reminded the bird I found was a Lesser Scaup.

They can be challenging to identify. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Lesser Scaup on a Wintry, Snowy Day