"I am at home among trees." ~ J.R.R. Tolkien
Hands down, Autumn is my favorite season. The colors, the crisp air, and the blue sky...nothing surpasses an Autumn trail walk. In the past week, I've walked the trail in Chagrin River Park two or three times, soaking up the Autumn beauty. Here are some pictures I captured recently along the river trail. I would …
As I walked the trails in Chagrin River Park this week, I didn't see too many signs of spring; however, I am remaining true to the intentions I wrote about several weeks ago in this blog post. The most interesting thing I spotted today was this bird ... The towhee is not a rare bird, …
My intention for 2019 is to create a blog post at least twice each week. As you can see from my record so far this year, I haven't been very successful despite my good intentions. As I post this, on March 14th, we are much closer to April Fool's Day than to New Year's Eve. …
This little herd of deer was standing near the split rail fence, one of my favorite bird watching locations, when I went to the park with my camera on Sunday evening. They were more interested in browsing than curious about what I was doing, so I decided to take their picture before I headed out …
I spotted this pretty doe standing in the meadow on the other side of the split-rail fence. When she walked in my direction, I decided she should be the featured image for my New Year's Day post, even if she isn't a bird. So here she is! Now on to a few birds. Because the …
My neighbor and I took a short walk along the river trail in Chagrin River Park this evening, the last Sunday evening of 2018. I didn't capture any spectacular pictures, but the light was good, the crisp air was refreshing, and we had a good "chin wag" as my photographer friends from the British Isles …
Nothing quite like what, you ask? Well, to be honest, you may or may not agree with me, but I maintain that there's nothing quite like a trail walk in the first real snow of the season. It isn't even winter yet, just the downhill end of Autumn, but on this December morning we …
I "mined" my recent trail walk album for other pictures I want to share. In yesterday's post, I focused (pun intended) on some deer I saw along the trail; today I want to share a few other pictures from that walk, starting with the group around the fire pit at the top of this post. …
Despite being unseasonably cold, as you can see from the hats, gloves, and winter jackets on these walkers, Sunday afternoon was a good time for a trail walk. After visiting the owl and owlet you can see in my recent post, I strolled on down the trail to see what else was happening on this …
No time for a trail walk today, and to tell the truth, trail walking when the wind is almost strong enough to blow me over (slightly exaggerated, but not much!) is not something I'm likely to do. Here's hoping we will see some serious improvements in the current version of "spring" by this time next …
SEEN ALONG THE TRAIL 