Photo of the Week: 18th Century Garden in Philadelphia

18th century garden showing raised beds and white pergola

You might not notice the garden as you walk east on Walnut Street toward the riverfront in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The formal 18th Century Garden (recreated by the National Park Service) is behind six-foot tall wrought-iron fences, and might not catch your attention after you pass the Dolley Todd House on 4th Street. Continue reading Photo of the Week: 18th Century Garden in Philadelphia

Photo of the Week: Migrating Sandhill Cranes

A couple hundred large brown cranes in flight over a harvested cornfield, gray skies in the background.

You would think that the first major cold spell in November, with snow squalls and temperatures in the mid-twenties, would keep most people inside enjoying a hot beverage on a gray, fall cloudy day.

Not me!

I was out searching for Sandhill Cranes browsing the cornfields in southeast Michigan before they migrate south for the winter. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Migrating Sandhill Cranes