Week 52 in 2013 - My Favourite Shot of 2013

Week 52 in 2013 - My Favourite Shot of 2013, a photo by MichEric248 on Flickr.

Cranbrook Greek Theater bench in winter - taken January 27, 2013

Week 45 in 2013 - Landscape

Week 45 in 2013 - Landscape, a photo by MichEric248 on Flickr.

Week 4 in 2013 - Vanishing Point

Week 4 in 2013 - Vanishing Point, a photo by MichEric248 on Flickr.

Stairs at the Cranbrook Art Mesueum.

Week 45 of 2012 - Landscape

Cranbrook Lake on a sunny fall day.

Week 24 of 2012 - Historic Landmark

Cranbrook house seen from the sunken garden.

Here's another view... just for the blog:

Week 40 of 2011 - Landscape

Rules: only minor human intrusion into the scene will be accepted.

There's a boat house at the shoreline to the right of center so that's my minor human intrusion.


This same landscape was posted 2 years ago as
"More autumn color."

Week 35 of 2011 - Stairs

These are the stairs that lead to week 24.

Week 28 of 2011 - Black & White

A face on an urn.

Eve's feet

Week 24 of 2011 - Emotion

Many emotions in a work of art.

Emotion of the artist.

Emotion of the artist’s subject.

Emotion of the subject.

Shown here is a work by Mario Korbel from 1924.

Cranbrook Gardens, Bloomfield Hills, MI.

Week 16 of 2011 - Reflections

Reflection of the Oriental Garden’s bridge - Cranbrook.

Brrr - finally winter

Suddenly it's winter here complete with snow flurries and single digit wind chills! All summer while biking and hiking and photographing I told myself I would continue doing this all winter no matter what the temperatures (with the proper clothing of course) and maybe even try snow activities like cross county skiing and ice skating. But now that it's here I'm really not so sure anymore. (Brrr)

I guess it will depend on how inside-stir-crazy I get.

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Here's a mid-summer pic of a bird and a boat on Lake St. Clair.

Toasty, like a warm crackling fire.

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Sad Lion

Although this lion should be guarding the entrance
he just heard there is a change coming to
This is Eric's Blog and is somewhat melancholy.

More autumn color

Another picture perfect October afternoon in The D.

Actually 12 miles north of The D - looking across Cranbrook Lake.(As always you can click the pic for a larger view)

The other Ford's place

As I was planning on posting this in the category "How do I not know about these things?" I wondered into the first garden and then remembered that I HAVE been there.

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The Henry Ford Estate, or "Fair Lane". Sitting on the Rouge River this is a modest sized estate in comparison to what I've been visiting.

I once attended a wedding just beyond these garden gates.

Ecolo - Goddess of Earth

Who is this sweet maid who stoops
protectively to save the earth
from man's pernicious tread?

It is the blithe spirit of ecology
by whom all life and natural
things are fed.

Leave the house and forget something again? Never fear! At times a cell phone can take a pretty darn good pic!

Dodge's place

Last week I had two posts under the subject

"How do I not know about these things?"

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In a somewhat similar subject is today's

"Why have I never been here (and I knew about it)?"

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Meadow Brook Hall & Gardens

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There's even a little cottage up on a hill...

Ford's place

More on yesterday's subject:

How do I not know about these things?

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Today it's the Edsel & Eleanor Ford House.

"House" is a bit understated describing this huge estate sitting on Lake St. Clair.

There is also a LOT of grass to mow. I mean A LOT!

Didn't get in the "house" but only toured the grounds which took about 2 hours. What a work out!

More of My Cranbrook Garden Walk

Persephone - Goddess of Spring

Marshall M. Fredericks

In the woods I came across a "What the ?"

My Cranbrook Garden Walk

Today I met up with the RODP MeetUp group at the

Cranbrook Gardens here in Bloomfield Hills, MI.
I found a subject that fit into some of the themes of this summer:

fuzzy and buggy things.

I shall call it Fuzzy Bee Ball.