Photo of the Week: Mourning Doves

A pair of tan-brown birds with black dots on their wings, pink legs, and long pointed tails, the Mourning Doves perch on the edge of the square bird feeder. One bird has its wing slightly outstretched as it lands on the feeder edge.

A bird I see year round in our southeast Michigan area, the slender, graceful Mourning Dove is a bird I see or hear daily. Their coo-coo sound is often the first sound I hear in the morning. This morning, with our constant rainfall, this pair of Mourning Doves joined the local House Wrens, Northern Cardinals,… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Mourning Doves

Photo of the Week: Magnolias in Bloom at Nichols Arboretum

Gorgeous canary yellow flowers with long petals in a cup-like shape with a lemony scent bloom from brown tree branches.

Last week, when my husband noticed magnolias were blooming in our neighborhood, he asked about the flower colors.

He commented the magnolia flowers he had seen were mostly pink and white. I replied I had also seen purple magnolia flowers.

And said I didn’t think magnolia flowers were yellow.

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Photo of the Week: Detroit NFL Draft 2024 Countdown Clock

Silver half-circle arch with Detroit spelled out on the arch has a blue half circle area underneath counting down the days, hours, minutes, and seconds until the NFL Draft. Above the arch you can see several skyscrapers as well as the incomplete Hudson's site skyscraper against the blue sky.

While I’m not a big football fan (I would much rather watch tennis), I am fan of good things that come to or happen in Detroit. The countdown clock for the 2024 National Football League (NFL) Draft in downtown Detroit at Campus Martius has been keeping everyone updated for almost two years on how many… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Detroit NFL Draft 2024 Countdown Clock