Photo of the Week: Red Fox at the Cemetery

A beautiful fox with red fur across the face, back, sides, and white-tipped tail sits on the green grass, small green-leaved shrubs in the background. The fox has a grayish-white throat, chin, and belly as well as black feet, large and pointy black-tipped ears.

It was a sunny, cool autumn day when I visited Highland Cemetery in Ypsilanti this week. The recent colder weather in southeast Michigan finally turned the 100+ year old sugar maple and hickory tree leaves brilliant shades of red, gold, and orange. A beautiful view against the clear blue sky as I travelled through the… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Red Fox at the Cemetery

Photo of the Week: Telephone of the Wind

A green wall rotary phone installed on a weathered brown horizontal board between two thick tree trunks. On the board is a dedication inscription. Blue sky and green leaved tree branches fill the background.

Overlooking Nankin Lake in Westland, Michigan, on a hill west of the trail entrance, I found something unusual for Wayne County Parks.

Installed sometime in 2023 during the Covid pandemic, a wind phone dedicated to a young Dearborn Heights, Michigan man nestles between the sturdy trunks of two hardwood trees.

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