Solar Eclipse in Southeast Michigan: August 2017

shadows of trees leaves on sidewalk with vague crescents from the solar eclipse

Today’s solar eclipse in the United States, as seen through the shadows of the tree leaves.

While watching TV to see the eclipse totality in Madras, Oregon and Carbondale, Illinois was amazing (it was incredible to see how dark it became), there’s nothing like experiencing the eclipse on your own! Continue reading Solar Eclipse in Southeast Michigan: August 2017

Photo of the Week: Lakenenland Sculpture Park

silver metal lion posed on a log as a faced sculpture peers out from a cavity in the log

“Wait. Did you see that entrance sign on the left side of the road? It looks like a bear and a deer cutting a log.

Stop, we have to check this out.”

That’s how we discovered Lakenenland, an outdoor sculpture park east of Marquette in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Lakenenland Sculpture Park

Photo of the Week: Detroit Tigers Win at Comerica Park

Baseball field with fans filling the stands at Comerica Park, gray clouds in a blue sky

It couldn’t have been a better night for a baseball game at Comerica Park in downtown Detroit, Michigan.

The earlier gray clouds that brought light sprinkles in late afternoon had moved east, the sun was shining the sky was turning blue, and the temperatures were in the mid-70’s.

While the Detroit Tigers have had, what should I say, a challenging season, they roared quickly at the beginning of the game with a grand slam home run, and led the Minnesota Twins 5-0. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Detroit Tigers Win at Comerica Park