Photo of the Week: Canstruction at Noel Night 2018

art sculpture made of different colored cans

Did you recognize the character?

I admit I had to look at in my smart phone camera before I could identify who it was: Kevin from the Home Alone Christmas comedy movie.

Built entirely of canned goods, the sculpture was one of several canstructions I saw at the Wayne State University Welcome Center this weekend as part of Detroit’s annual Noel Night celebration.

The sculptures were made entirely of unopened canned goods. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Canstruction at Noel Night 2018

Photo of the Week: Colorful Lighting at The Blue Nile

red, green, and yellow woven squares cover a white overhead light with centered circle of multiple brilliant colors.

Eating out this weekend with my family at The Blue Nile Ethiopian restaurant in Ann Arbor, Michigan transported me back a few decades. I smiled as I remembered the restaurant’s first location in Kerrytown, just north of downtown Ann Arbor. Memories flooded back of eating at the woven mesob tables on the first floor of… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Colorful Lighting at The Blue Nile

Photo of the Week: Winter Has Arrived in Southeast Michigan

snow drapes over bare arching shrub branches

It’s more than a month before the official start of winter on December 21 in our area, but winter has definitely arrived in southeast Michigan. Snow showers came down in our area more than a week ago, but didn’t stick. The ground was too warm and the snow slowly melted away. Not the case this… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Winter Has Arrived in Southeast Michigan