Photo of the Week: Seed Savers Exchange Catalog

Brightly colored orange, pink, and gold multi-layered zinnia flower blooms decorate the front cover of the green Seed Savers Exchange seed catalog.

On a cold, wintry Sunday morning in southeast Michigan where it’s been snowing for the past two hours, browsing the bright flower and delicious looking vegetable photos in this year’s Seed Savers Exchange seed catalog brightens my day.

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Photo of the Week: Detroit River Hawk Watch

Blue and black horizontal banner with brown and white Sharp-shinned hawk with outstretched wings flying in a blue sky hangs on two poles. In the background is the boat channel to Lake Erie with trees on the shoreline.

Each fall, starting in early September I make almost weekly treks to Lake Erie Metropark on the western shore of Lake Erie to view one of the most impressive fall hawk migrations in North America.

This year marks the 43rd year of the Detroit River Hawk Watch (DRHW), where thousands of raptors can be seen streaming over the Lake Erie Metropark boat launch during fall migration.

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Photo of the Week: Northville Road State Reward Bridge

Rectangular plaque on concrete with the words, State Reward Bridge Northville 1921 Road 06. Built jointly by State Highway Department Frank F Rogers -Commissioner and Board of Wayne County Road Commissioners Edward N. Hines Chairman, John S. Haggerty Commissioner, and W. F. Butler Commissioner. Constructed by Wayne County Road Comm'n.

I’ve driven, bicycled, and walked across the Northville Road bridge in Plymouth, Michigan along the Middle River Rouge for years.

As a teenager, I bicycled from my home to Cloverdale Dairy in downtown Plymouth for ice cream in the summer.

What fun memories!

In recent years, I’ve walked over the bridge dozens of times to look for birds on the west side of Wilcox Lake.

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