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

Photo of the Week: Red-tailed Hawk

brown and white hawk perched on the end of bare branch, blue sky in background.

After a week of gray cloudy skies followed by two days of freezing cold weather and snow flurries, it was wonderful to wake up this morning to clear blue skies and a bright shining sun.

Which meant I spent most of my day birdwatching, looking for:

  • Whooping Crane (found it!)
  • Golden Eagle (no luck)
  • Migrating waterfowl
  • Sandhill Cranes (hundreds!)
  • Birds that overwinter in Michigan

I had a successful day! Continue reading Photo of the Week: Red-tailed Hawk