Author: Phil Huhn

  • Bloodroot

    Bloodroot plant

    Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) sounds like a plant from Professor Pomona Sprout’s Herbology class at Hogwarts. It is definitely a real plant. In reading Wikipedia, one learns that the red sap can kill skin cells but may find some use in helping with cancer. This plant was near the entrance where the path branches towards the pond.


  • Springtime on the Pond

    Springtime in the animal kingdom means a time of rebirth. This was evident from this picture taken on April 26, 2024 at the pond by Pat of a mama and her 9 ducklings.


  • Spring 2024 Serendipity Walk – Birding and Mindfulness

    Birding and Mindfulness walk collage

    Thanks so much for attending our Birding and Mindfulness Walk held on Saturday, April 20 – 10:00 am.  Hope you had as good a time as I did! I looked up the swallows that were so gracefully flying over the pond and then, prompted by a list of swallows, clearly remembered that they were Rough-Winged swallows.…


  • Impromptu Garlic Mustard Removal

    Garlic Mustard collage

    On April 18, 2024, Judy had an impromptu an invasive garlic mustard pulling workday event. Thanks to all who heeded the call.


  • FSMW Board Meeting (May 16, 2024)

    Kiosk

    Online Zoom Meeting May 16 7:30, Thursday FSMW is a 501(c)(3) non-profit. In this meeting we will explore what we as a community can do to manage and care for Scarlett Mitchell Woods, the central 40 acres of the Scarlett Mitchell Nature Area. This area contains the heart of the woods and the pond, which…


  • Spring 2024 Serendipity Walk in Scarlett Mitchell Nature Area

    Spring 2024 Cycles of Life & Death Walk

    This was the first of four Serendipity Walks held on Saturday, April 6. These are some of the things we saw:


  • FSMW Board Meeting (April 18, 2024)

    Kiosk

    Online Zoom Meeting April 18 7:30, Thursday FSMW is a 501(c)(3) non-profit. In this meeting we will explore what we as a community can do to manage and care for Scarlett Mitchell Woods, the central 40 acres of the Scarlett Mitchell Nature Area. This area contains the heart of the woods and the pond, which…


  • 2024 Spring Serendipity Walks in Scarlett Mitchell Nature Area

    Field of trillium

    Join us for one or a series of leisurely walks for folks who want to explore this neighborhood treasure – Families welcome, but please leave your pets at home. Meet at the main entrance to the woods: West of Scarlett Middle School; south of the bus turnaround loop. A Spring walk in the woods is…


  • Night Walk in the Woods

    Marsh at night after a snow

    Ann Arbor got four inches of snow on January 30, 2024.  That night, I went for a night walk in the woods with my family.  We walked the loop trail and then the trail to Turnberry.  One of my favorite spots to see on the Turnberry trail is the view of the marsh from the…


  • The Pond on February 04, 2024

    Pond in Feb 2024

    Picture of the pond on February 4, 2024 taken by Sarah Redman. I love the depth of field in this image. From seeing the leaves in the ice at the bottom to the horizon.