Photo of the Week: My Garden Today, Coreopsis in Bloom

Red-centered yellow petaled flowers against a sea of green leaves.

With the cool weather and heavy spring rains ending (we hope!) in southeast Michigan, my early summer flowers are finally in bloom. Including one of my favorites, the yellow-petaled Coreopsis that blooms in my front courtyard. I believe the blooms in this post are a hybrid between the Field Coreopsis I’ve had for years (with… Continue reading Photo of the Week: My Garden Today, Coreopsis in Bloom

Photo of the Week: Canton Liberty Fest 2019 Car Show

champaign-colored car with white convertible top, with trunk hood up.

It’s back! I didn’t go to last year’s car show at the Canton Liberty Fest, after the car club closed down that had traditionally hosted the show.

But this year, I decided to return to check out the classic cars and trucks.

Glad I did! Continue reading Photo of the Week: Canton Liberty Fest 2019 Car Show

Photo of the Week: First Monarch Butterfly of the Year

orange and black butterfly with white spots on the wing edges pauses on young sapling.

It might be late for other people in Michigan, but I was thrilled this weekend to have my first sighting of a monarch butterfly of the year. In the cool shade under the towering canopy of the maple trees at Maybury State Park, I was gazing at an overgrown field of grass. A fluttering movement… Continue reading Photo of the Week: First Monarch Butterfly of the Year