Photo of the Week: Murals in the Market 2017

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Last year, fall took on a different meaning for me beyond enjoying local apple cider, viewing gorgeous falls colors, and gathering the last vegetables from the garden.

That’s when I first visited the Murals in the Market international mural festival at Eastern Market in Detroit. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Murals in the Market 2017

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!