Photo of the Week: Gravity-defying White-breasted Nuthatch

small gray and white bird perched upright at the bottom of bird feeder.

One of the most common winter birds you’ll find at feeders in southeast Michigan in the winter is the White-breasted Nuthatch, an acrobatic bird that defies gravity as it walks head down, spiraling a tree trunk. Or it perches perilously from a feeder as this White-breasted Nuthatch was doing at my feeder this weekend. It… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Gravity-defying White-breasted Nuthatch

Photo of the Week: Canstruction at Noel Night 2018

art sculpture made of different colored cans

Did you recognize the character?

I admit I had to look at in my smart phone camera before I could identify who it was: Kevin from the Home Alone Christmas comedy movie.

Built entirely of canned goods, the sculpture was one of several canstructions I saw at the Wayne State University Welcome Center this weekend as part of Detroit’s annual Noel Night celebration.

The sculptures were made entirely of unopened canned goods. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Canstruction at Noel Night 2018

Photo of the Week: Colorful Lighting at The Blue Nile

red, green, and yellow woven squares cover a white overhead light with centered circle of multiple brilliant colors.

Eating out this weekend with my family at The Blue Nile Ethiopian restaurant in Ann Arbor, Michigan transported me back a few decades. I smiled as I remembered the restaurant’s first location in Kerrytown, just north of downtown Ann Arbor. Memories flooded back of eating at the woven mesob tables on the first floor of… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Colorful Lighting at The Blue Nile