Photo of the Week: Evening Stroll at the Peony Garden

Pink peony bush

For the past several years, I do my best to visit the Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum on the campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor to see the blooming historic peonies.

With 27 beds that can contain 30 peony bushes each, exploring the Peony Garden is one of my favorite things to do in the spring. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Evening Stroll at the Peony Garden

Photo of the Week: Canoe Fan in Ann Arbor

Canoe Fan sculpture - a half-circle of fans forming an upright sculpture

I was on my way home from visiting the Peony Garden at the University of Michigan Nichols Arboretum this weekend when I decided to stop at Gallup Park.

It’s been a couple months since I last visited Gallup, and I wanted to see waterbirds on the Huron River.

Close to dusk, I pulled into the parking lot of the small craft boat launch east of Huron Parkway. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Canoe Fan in Ann Arbor

Photo of the Week: Fox Theatre in Detroit

Blue ceiling with ornate artwork of the Fox Theatre lobby

I remember when I first visited Detroit’s historic Fox Theatre in 1989, after it had been restored.

My friends and I were going to watch the film “Lawrence of Arabia.”

I was as excited to see the film on the big screen as I was to see what the restored theatre looked like inside. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Fox Theatre in Detroit