Photo of the Week: March For Our Lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan

Listening to speeches, a woman and man sit next to each other in lawn chairs. The back of the chairs have handpainted signs saying Enough is Enough and How Many More. In the background, other marchers sit on concrete ledge.

Four years after attending March For Our Lives in Monroe, Michigan, I never dreamed I’d be attending another March For Our Lives event.

The student-led demonstration in support of gun-control legislation was held in March 2018, one month after the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting.

Yet, here we are.

Again.

Four years later.

Gathering together to share our outrage with lack of gun control legislation by our states and Congress.

Yesterday’s March For Our Lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan was one of hundreds of local marches held throughout the United States protesting continuing mass shootings and gun violence in our communities and schools.

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Photo of the Week: Celebrating the Centennial of the University of Michigan Peony Garden

Two white single peony blooms with bold tall yellow stamens, deep green leaves in the background.

Who would have thought 100 years ago that a donation of peonies by Dr. We. E. Upjohn, founder of Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company in Kalamazoo, Michigan, would expand to a 27-bed garden filled with blooming flowers attracting people from all over the Midwest?

This year marks the 100th anniversary of Upjohn’s gift and our recent weather couldn’t be nicer for a visit to the peony garden.

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Photo of the Week: Cliff Swallow

Small blue, white, and gray bird with cinnamon rump, cinnamon face and white distinctive forehead.

When I saw the swallow perched on the barbed wire fence, I thought it was a Tree Swallow.

With their blue body and white underbelly, Tree Swallows are a common sight feeding on the wing as they soar over the airport fields.

Along with the Barn Swallow, Tree Swallows are one of the most common swallows I see at the airport.

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