Thanksgiving – 2025

Here we are at another Thanksgiving. I can remember as a child having a house filled with family and friends. How many times did Uncle Ralph and Aunty Carmela bring us a large turkey – too many to count. There would be a lot of laughing, a Lions football game then dinner followed by numerousContinue reading “Thanksgiving – 2025”

Brazil: Birds, Food and People

I’m sitting here writing this on Halloween in Ann Arbor, but thinking about the last days in Brazil which was two weeks ago. Surucua Tanager. on our final day of birding before heading back to the USA. Sayaca Tanager. White-winged Becard. Fawn-breasted Tanager. Golden-crowned Warbler. Pinnated Bittern – our last bird of the trip. OverContinue reading “Brazil: Birds, Food and People”

A new restaurant and some humor to start the week

A new café, bakery, restaurant has opened in Westgate, on the west side of Ann Arbor – Tous les Jours café. We visited it the other day when shopping at Kroger. Then on Sunday walked over for breakfast. The café is next to Lewis Jeweler, and quite easy to find. The place is friendly andContinue reading “A new restaurant and some humor to start the week”