You can’t miss the oversized copper-colored Lincoln penny sculpture outside the First Watch restaurant in Canton Township, Michigan.
The over five-foot tall sculpture installed near the entrance doors captures your attention as you walk along the sidewalk.
You’ll notice the sculptor has made a few changes to the inscription displayed on the edge of the penny, changing it from “In God We Trust” to “In God We Trust, Others Pay Cash.”
Continue reading Photo of the Week: Big Money, Lincoln Penny
When I was growing up, seeing a Monarch butterfly was something I took for granted.
I would see the brilliant orange and black butterflies on a daily basis throughout the summer.
Monarchs were common in our yard, stopping on brightly-colored flowers to sip nectar. I remember chasing them with a butterfly net, rarely being to catch one.
Never in my mind would I have thought one day Monarchs would be considered endangered.
Yet, that’s what happened this month when the International Union for the Conservation of Nature added the migratory monarch butterfly to its Red List of threatened species.
The migratory Monarch butterfly is now considered an endangered species.
Continue reading Photo of the Week: The Endangered Migratory Monarch Butterfly
When I planted a packet of native wildflower seeds last year, I was pleasantly surprised by the range of flowers that bloomed throughout the summer and into the fall: blue and pink Bachelor’s Button, yellow-fringed orange-centered Gailliarda, and the white flowers of Sweet Allysum.
But one of my favorites is the long-flowering Plains Coreopsis.
Continue reading Photo of the Week: Native Wildflower, Plains Coreopsis