When I learned the Tall Ships Challenge would be visiting Detroit, Michigan this month, I was thrilled!
And thought I would go on a tour of a tall ship and possibly a cruise down the Detroit River.
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Photo of the Week: Colorful Lilliput Zinnias
When I visited our local farm nursery last summer to order some compost to be delivered, the owner saw me browsing through their seed packets.
And told me to take one of the packets home with me, free of charge.
I had already planted my vegetables and many flowers (other than native plants going in the new composted beds), so I picked a packet of zinnias I never heard of before: Lilliput zinnias.
And they’ve become one of my favorite flowers to grow!
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With a view of the Ambassador Bridge spanning the international waters of the Detroit River in the background, you might overlook the brightly colored mural on the narrow one-story building in Riverside Park.
Created by artist Jake Dwyer, the mural is at the entrance of the far east parking lot. It depicts almost a dozen indigenous animals swimming in the blue-green waters of the river.
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