Photo of the Week: Christmas Day Hike at Kensington Metro Park

looking up into the oak trees with rust-colored leaves

Our family has a tradition of hiking the trails at Kensington Metro Park, near Milford, Michigan, on New Year’s Day. We spend our time birdwatching, looking for tracks in the snow, and taking in the beauty of the winter woods. This year, since we couldn’t all be together on New Year’s Day 2017, we moved… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Christmas Day Hike at Kensington Metro Park

Photo of the Week: Holiday Windows at Macy’s

young girl holding her brother's hand placing a Santa letter in the mail box

When I was a young child, one of our family traditions was to visit the downtown Detroit J.L. Hudson’s department store to see their holiday windows on Woodward Avenue.

The windows were decorated with Christmas themes, toys, gifts, and figures dressed up for the holidays.

We would ooh and aah over the displays and secretly hope we would find some of the toys under the tree Christmas morning. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Holiday Windows at Macy’s

Photo of the Week: First Major Snow of the Season

snow covered gazebo with trees in the background

The snow has been coming down steadily since I woke up this morning, a light snow that’s covering everything white in a winter wonderland in southeast Michigan. I took this photo on the south side of Canton, Michigan, near Michigan Avenue. The trail  behind the gazebo was inviting for a hike, but today’s winter storm warning… Continue reading Photo of the Week: First Major Snow of the Season