Photo of the Week: Hiking Leeann Park

With last week’s below zero wind chill temperatures and yesterday’s icy rain, I was glad to finally get outside and do some birding and hiking in our neighborhood park.

Temperatures in the mid-50s and the sun peeking out from the clouds made for an enjoyable, but wet exploration of the woods that line the creek winding through our neighborhood. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Hiking Leeann Park

Photo of the Week: Newburgh Pointe in Autumn

Canoes along Newburgh Pointe lakeshore give way to the reflection of red and gold colors of the trees on the opposite shore

It was a classic sunny autumn day in southeastern Michigan when I stopped at Newburgh Pointe at Edward Hines Park in Livonia, Michigan.

The temperature was cool, skies were blue, and the autumn colors of the sugar maple and hickory trees brilliant as they reflected on the water. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Newburgh Pointe in Autumn