Photo of the Week: Autumn Grasses and Weeds

arching light-brown autumn grasses and weeds

For the day after Thanksgiving, our family took a walk in the woods at Kensington Metro Park near Milford, Michigan. It was the perfect way to enjoy the afternoon: relatively warm autumn weather, bright sunshine, and an escape from the constant Black Friday sales promotions. Not many birds to be seen, the regulars for late… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Autumn Grasses and Weeds

Photo of the Week: Eastern Redbud at Lower Huron Metropark

a park bench along the pave trail is surrounded by the blooming purple flowers of the Eastern Redbud and nearby green shrub

While beds of bright yellow daffodils and fiery red tulips are some of my favorite spring memories, the delicate purple color of the flowers on blooming Eastern Redbud trees is what I look forward to every spring. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Eastern Redbud at Lower Huron Metropark

Photo of the Week: Winter Rainbow at Lake Erie Metropark

a green, yellow, and pink half-rainbow lights up the blue morning sky, bare tree branches frame the rainbow

Did you see it? Look in the sky, to the left of the pond.

I was expecting another hawk.

Or perhaps a Great Blue Heron slowly winging its way across the early morning sky at Lake Erie Metropark on the northeastern shore of Lake Erie.

I was surprised by what I saw. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Winter Rainbow at Lake Erie Metropark