"I am at home among trees." ~ J.R.R. Tolkien
Yesterday I walked a new trail in search of bobolinks, a bird rarely, if ever, seen in my neighborhood park. I found them, but I also found much more, including a new "Face" for my Friday Faces feature that I wrote about here. I have been collecting Friday Faces, off and on, since December 2013, and …
...I went for a photowalk in the Holden Arboretum, one of my favorite places to spend time with (or without) my camera. My chosen destination was the butterfly garden, but once there, I saw very few butterflies. There was a hummingbird flitting around in the colorful flowers, but he wouldn't sit for a photo opp, …
Hello friends. Today's post is the inaugural post of "Skips's Weekly Photo Gallery." With just a few words to summarize the week, I am posting my favorite images. If you enjoy the pictures and like the idea of a weekly summary/gallery, I hope you will let me know, and if you can think of a …
In yesterday's blog post about Friday Faces I mentioned that I saw my very first red-eyed vireo while walking on the trail through the bog. Another blogger commented that s/he had never seen a vireo, so, at that blogger's request, here it is: momma vireo sitting on her nest. It's not a great picture (not even …
Friday Faces is a weekly photo feature that I started in 2013. Because of the extremely cold and icy weather this past winter and early spring, I temporarily retired the feature, which I had been posting on my other blog. This summer seems like a good time to bring it out of retirement, so today I …
In response to The Daily Post's writing prompt: "Snapshot Stories." The prompt instructed me to find a photo album and write a post about the first picture of myself that I found in the album. I don't know if it is cheating or not, but, after looking through some old albums, I amended the prompt to …
I took a break from working on my Blogging 101 assignments and headed for the park to give my camera a workout. Recently I've been spending way more time on the computer than I would like. Along the trail I walked this morning, I passed by this meadow where there are bluebird boxes. I actually …
Caption anyone?I've heard that llamas like to spit and may even spit at you if you get in their space. I'm not sure if that's true because I've never seen it happen. But this did happen in front of me when I was visiting the animals in the FarmPark. Apparently llamas like to roll in the dirt, …
THAT WAS THEN... When I was growing up in the dairy farm country of southeastern Pennsylvania, the annual July Fourth parade was a huge event. Everyone would bring their lawn chairs or blankets and the entire community would gather along the route, visiting with neighbors as they waited for the parade marshall to arrive, signaling the beginning …
(This post was written in response to the Blogging 101 assignment to write a post that builds on one of the comments you left yesterday. Don’t forget to link to the other blog!) Some random, rambling thoughts came to my mind when I read a blog post yesterday titled "Shut Up and Listen" on the blog named Away …
SEEN ALONG THE TRAIL 