Photo of the Week: Snow Puffs

Chain link fence covered in a thick layer of white fresh snow against snow-covered ground in the background. On a cold winter day in January.

Last week’s seven-inch snowfall in southeast Michigan brought a heavy layer of snow to our neighborhood. The kind of snow you want to get shoveling early, while it’s still falling. Because if you wait until it stops snowing, the snow it so heavy you can barely pick it up with a shovel. Though it’s perfect… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Snow Puffs

Photo of the Week: Welcome to Trenton Mural

Young man rids his red bike along the path, as two other bicyclists follow behind him. A family sits at a picnic table in the background, set among green-leafed trees and a couple walks hand-in-hand on the trail.

On my way to the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge this weekend, my eyes caught a glimpse of a brightly colored mural at the West Jefferson and King Road intersection in Trenton, Michigan. I had to turn around and go back to the intersection to get a better look at the mural. And, of course,… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Welcome to Trenton Mural

Photo of the Week: Brilliant Winter Sunset in Michigan

Bright gold and deep salmon colors streak across the sky at dusk, lighting up the gray clouds in the sky. Snow-covered harvested cornfields in the foreground.

Late afternoon and early evening in winter often finds me on dirt backroads in southeast Michigan, peering over snow-covered fields for the moth-like flapping of the Short-eared Owl. And I’m not always successful finding the owl. A few seconds before I took this photo a flock of about 40 American Tree Sparrows flew off toward… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Brilliant Winter Sunset in Michigan