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What’s in a name?

by Mark | 30 Oct 2023 | Rabbit Holes | 13 Comments

Autumn colors are coming to a peak (edit: now past) here in Southeast Michigan, about right on time this year. They dissipated a bit faster than I would have liked. I took an opportunity to visit a nearby 90-acre nature preserve. Places like this are far and few...

Oudolf Garden Detroit

by Mark | 7 Sep 2021 | Explore, Detroit | 6 Comments

Last summer, the area planned for a new "designer garden" on Detroit's Belle Isle didn't look like much. High water levels in the Great Lakes contributed to some significant inland flooding on this island in the Detroit River. This flooding threat actually led to a...