Photo of the Week: Wayne County Lightfest 2020

multicolored lights over the highway display stars with the word Time Tunnel over arching red and green lights forming a tunnel.

One of my favorite things during the Christmas season is to visit the Wayne County Lightfest, a 4 1/2 mile magical drive through the holiday light displays on Edward Hines Drive.

This year marks the 27th year for the Wayne County Lightfest, which lights up Hines Drive in the western suburbs of Detroit, Michigan from Westland to Dearborn Heights.

The Lightfest features 47 giant light displays with more than one million lights. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Wayne County Lightfest 2020

My 10 Most Popular Posts in 2020

10 most popular posts of 2020

There’s one thing I can say about 2020, it’s a year we’re all glad to leave behind.

COVID has taken away our friends, family, and colleagues as we struggle to keep ourselves and our families safe and healthy.

It’s hard to focus as the news highlights more cases and deaths in our hometowns and countries.

With news of COVID vaccines in the past few weeks, many people are finally seeing a light at the end of what we can describe as a terrible, horrible, no-good year.

I am looking forward to a better year in 2021.

Reflecting on my most popular published posts in 2020, readers enjoyed posts about accessibility, technology, and web design as well as posts about virtual work.

Continue reading My 10 Most Popular Posts in 2020

Photo of the Week: Lesser Scaup on a Wintry, Snowy Day

Blue-billed blacked-headed duck with grayish-white body lazily swims in the pond.

When it comes to identifying scaup, a common duck seen in winter in southeast Michigan, I’m zero for two in the past two months.

I’ve photographed and identified the duck as a Greater Scaup, only to be gently reminded the bird I found was a Lesser Scaup.

They can be challenging to identify. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Lesser Scaup on a Wintry, Snowy Day