Photo of the Week: Point Pelee National Park

the wooden boardwalk seems to disappear into the golden cattails shining from the setting sun.

Though the official start of fall is a few days away, the color changes of the marsh plants, and the warm glow of the setting sun made it feel like fall as I peered over the marsh boardwalk last night at Point Pelee National Park in Ontario, Canada.

The southernmost part of continental Canada, Point Pelee juts out into Lake Erie, attracting birds and butterflies before they make their flight over Lake Erie during spring and fall migration. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Point Pelee National Park

Photo of the Week: Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens

White day lily glass art stands out against the dark background, in a pond with faint reflection of the lily below.

While I was in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania this weekend for WordCamp Pittsburgh, I took time to visit Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens near Carnegie Mellon University.

Part of Schenley Park, the steel and glass Victorian greenhouse built in 1892 is a historic landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.Continue reading Photo of the Week: Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens

Photo of the Week: Let’s Fly Away!

Chrome-colored pigeons hang from wires about ten feet above sidewalk as part of an art installation on Woodward Avenue seen during 2017 Detroit Jazz Festival. Skyscrapers and blue sky with white fluffy clouds in the background

As I was walking in the Woodward Esplanade, on my way to the J.P. Morgan Stage at this weekend’s Detroit Jazz Festival, a flash of bright silver caught my eye.

The sun was coming in and out of the fluffy white clouds in the sky.

Perhaps it was a reflection of the sunlight off the metal-trimmed windows of a nearby skyscraper?

I looked up and what I saw made me smile. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Let’s Fly Away!