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

Photo of the Week: Winter Has Arrived in Southeast Michigan

snow drapes over bare arching shrub branches

It’s more than a month before the official start of winter on December 21 in our area, but winter has definitely arrived in southeast Michigan. Snow showers came down in our area more than a week ago, but didn’t stick. The ground was too warm and the snow slowly melted away. Not the case this… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Winter Has Arrived in Southeast Michigan

Photo of the Week: Spotted Redshank, Rare Bird in Michigan

large shorebird with orange bill and reddish-orange legs wading through mudflat

The birding community in Michigan and beyond is abuzz with the news that a rare sandpiper for North America was seen this weekend in southeast Michigan.

I should know, I’m as excited as everyone else who heard about it!

Along with hundreds of other birdwatchers, I made the journey early this morning to Washtenaw County in search of the reddish-legged Spotted Redshank.

Isn’t it a beauty? Continue reading Photo of the Week: Spotted Redshank, Rare Bird in Michigan