Eric Seals

2 weeks ago | freep.com | Eric Seals

Sometimes, they’re frighteningly ugly, the things nightmares are made from. Sometimes, they’re angelic or they pay homage to others. And sometimes, “grotesque” can be the most appropriate word for them. Yet a hundred years ago, longer in some cases, the artisans who spent countless days and weeks crafting and chiseling limestone or granite must have seen the absolute beauty in what they were creating, and believed it would last a lifetime. What’s this about? All you need to do is stop and look up.

2 weeks ago | freep.com | Eric Seals

Eric SealsA gargoyle, one of several on the outside of the English Gothic-designed Trinity Episcopal Church (known as the Spirit of Hope) in Detroit, looks down onto traffic at Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Trumbull on Thursday, April 24, 2025. Eric Seal, Detroit Free PressSeven of the 10 angelic statues on the inside of the English Gothic-designed Trinity Episcopal Church (known as the Spirit of Hope) in Detroit on Thursday, April 24, 2025.

Mar 4, 2025 | jonesborosun.com | Eric Seals

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Feb 14, 2025 | yahoo.com | Eric Seals

Birders, using binoculars or their own cameras, focus on the tree line at Plum Creek full of juvenile and mature eagles in the area to feed on fish in the warm waters during a once-yearly bald eagle tour. DTE Energy hosted the event along with the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge on the grounds of its DTE Energy Monroe Power Plant in Monroe on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025. The warm water discharge at the power plant keeps the water from freezing, unlike Lake Erie.

Feb 14, 2025 | monroenews.com | Eric Seals

The saying “money doesn’t grow on trees” is true, but don’t tell that to recent lottery winners dressed for the cold weather of January in Michigan. For them, just looking up to the skies or the nearby tree lines was their payoff, with between 80 and 150 eagles on the grounds of the DTE Energy power plant in Monroe on a recent Saturday.