It’s peak summer in Michigan, and we’re heading to the north country for a few days of basking in Michigan’s splendid wilderness. By the time we get back we will be full-speed into August, with back-to-school just around the corner.

We hope you enjoy these photos of sweet summer.

(At top: Queen Anne’s lace blooms in a Detroit sidewalk crack)

Early morning neighborhood deer, Rochester, MI.

First harvest, home garden.

Detroit River

Belle Isle Conservatory, Detroit

Milkweed, Detroit River

Nina Misuraca Ignaczak is an award-winning Metro Detroit-based editor, journalist, and documentary filmmaker. She is the founder, publisher, and editor of Planet Detroit, a digital media startup focused on producing quality climate, health, and environment journalism that holds power accountable, and spotlights solutions. Planet Detroit has received awards and recognition from the Society for Professional Journalists Detroit, the Institute for Nonprofit News, and LION Publishers since its establishment in 2019. Prior to her journalism career, Nina worked in urban planning in local government and nonprofit sectors, holding a Master of Science in Natural Resource Ecology and a Bachelor of Science in Biology from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.