Photo Almanac-January 16-23, 2016

The best way to describe this week’s Almanac is skimpy. It is  embarrassingly slim. The weather was very cold, which normally doesn’t discourage me from trail walking, but my earache from last week persisted, so I just wimped out. True confession. Here are a few deer pictures and one little titmouse from the park.

A friendly doe

A young buck challenged me on the trail, but ran when I steps forward.

Three does in different sizes.

Snowy nose from looking for food in the snow

A very young one

Piebald deer, so named for the patches of color

Hungry titmouse

Late afternoon light

In addition to these trail walk pictures, I snapped a few other desperation shots with my iPhone, so I will post them here too. Three were taken in the park, but the last was taken when I was downtown for jury duty on a nasty cold morning. The river scene looks rather grim and gritty because it was that kind of day, but it also provides an interesting glimpse of the industrial side of Cleveland.

With snow on the ground, they have a hard time finding food.

Deer browsing for food.

Lone walker

The Cuyahoga River that meanders through downtown Cleveland is named for an American Indian word that means crooked river. As it winds through the city, it is an industrial river rather than a scenic one. Some years ago it figured in the title of a book, actually a very interesting book called Crooked River Burning, a fitting title because many years ago the river really did burn. It took the city a very long time to recover from that infamous incident, but it is a very different city these days. Hopefully, after the Republican National Convention meets here next summer, many visitors will go home and spread the word about all the great things there are to see and do here on the banks of the crooked river.

That’s it for this week’s Almanac. Weather permitting, I expect to take more trail walks, and therefore more photos, next week.

Thanks for joining me on the trail.

See you soon.
Trail Walker