90 degrees, mellowed by a stiff breeze, BBQ smoke and aromas, it's the 4th of July on Belle Isle.

High rise apartments in Windsor form a backdrop for boaters.


Water lilies blossom in Lake Okonoka...


...and swan hatchlings glide by with their parents.


Water intake tower, Grosse Pointe and Lake St. Clair fade into the summer haze.


The Roostertail -- famed locus of Detroit's recreational and speed boating scene. Behind it can be seen the massive water works building on Jefferson..


Lazy days of summer beneath Belle Isles' spreading trees.


Masts of sailing yachts at the Detroit Yacht Club frame the Renaissance Center in downtown Detroit.


A police patrol boat drifts past the "Two Brothers" power plant -- a landmark for sailors approaching Detroit from Lake St. Clair but weak siblings to their mighty "Seven Sisters" that once stood before them. The Seven Sisters were detonated in 1996.


Picnics sprout across the shady lawns.


Summer in Detroit is here.