Photo of the Week: Fairlane Lake at University of Michigan-Dearborn

white fluffy clouds in the blue sky and green and red trees reflect in the calm waters of Fairlane Lake.

While we haven’t had any frosts yet here in southeast Michigan, I saw my first fall color changes this weekend on a morning hike at the University of Michigan-Dearborn Environmental Interpretive Center. Along with about a dozen other morning risers, we traipsed the Dogwood, Sugar Maple, and Lakeside Trails at the 300-acre center. It wasn’t… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Fairlane Lake at University of Michigan-Dearborn

Photo of the Week: Apples at Plymouth Cider Mill

white bags of Gala and Paula Red apples on the table at the cider mill, wrapped cinnamon rolls and apple bread behind the bagged apples.

white bags of Gala and Paula Red apples on the table at the cider mill, wrapped cinnamon rolls and apple bread behind the bagged apples.

It’s fall in Michigan.

For me and many other Michiganders, that means one of our fall weekend days is spent picking apples and enjoying apple cider with donuts at our local cider mill with family and friends.

Which is what I hoped to do today.

Except Mother Nature had other plans. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Apples at Plymouth Cider Mill