Photo of the Week: Magnolias in Bloom at Nichols Arboretum

Gorgeous canary yellow flowers with long petals in a cup-like shape with a lemony scent bloom from brown tree branches.

Last week, when my husband noticed magnolias were blooming in our neighborhood, he asked about the flower colors.

He commented the magnolia flowers he had seen were mostly pink and white. I replied I had also seen purple magnolia flowers.

And said I didn’t think magnolia flowers were yellow.

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Photo of the Week: An Unexpected Snowy Owl

White owl with dark barring across the underbelly, white face with yellow eyes peers down from a post.

I never would imagine I would find an Eastern Meadowlark, one of the signs of spring in southeast Michigan at a nearby birding site this week, only to find a sign of winter at the same location the next day.

But that’s exactly what happened when an unexpected Snowy Owl appeared at a local airport.

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