A day truly does make a difference. Here in northeast Ohio we have been blessed with a succession of delightful days that drew this nature-loving photographer outdoors to walk the trails, ignoring anything indoors that may be calling for my attention. Dusting, vacuuming, reading, and more have received scant attention during these glorious autumn days as I answered the clarion …
Covered bridge tour (part two)
A Color Me Autumn blog post From my point of view, little could be better on a gorgeous Fall day than a tour of Ashtabula County, highlighting several iconic covered bridges. In my previous post, I mentioned the tour I took this week with my friend Lorna who lives in this far northeastern Ohio county, bordered on the east by Pennsylvania and …
A day at the beach
My destination for today's trail walk was Headlands State Nature Preserve, a unique combination of beach, dunes, and water, with a lighthouse thrown in as a bonus. I hadn't visited Headlands for the better part of a year (that's an estimate). As this was a beautiful fall day, with plenty of sunshine and blue skies, …
Autumn in the Arboretum
"Color Me Autumn" Autumn is my favorite season and October is my favorite month. Throughout this season, most of my blog posts, as well as my daily posts in my Blipfoto journal, will focus on variations of "Color Me Autumn." When I visit the Arboretum, I almost always pass by the Golden Willow next to Lotus …
Color me Autumn
Sitting in front of my computer screen looking at photos of fall scenes posted on several other blogs propelled me out of my chair and out on the trail with my camera. The weather couldn't have been better for a walk in the park, so here are a few pictures from my very short walk. …
CROP walk
Fighting hunger one step at a time! Every year in October our church participates in the annual CROP WALK, sponsored by Church World Service. People of all ages invite their friends and neighbors to sponsor them for the walk and the money collected is distributed where it is needed to fight hunger in our local …
Saturday stroll in the park
Saturday chores finished, it was time to take a little break, so Bob snapped the leash on Gulliver and we all went to the park to see what was happening along the river. Except for several wedding parties taking pictures, there wasn't much going on, but, with or without much action, it was a beautiful day for a …
Do you see it?
Do you see the end of summer when you look at the pictures I captured in Holden Arboretum yesterday? The autumnal hues of the vegetation, blooming goldenrod, and drooping rudbeckias are clear-cut clues that summer will soon be a thing of the past. And to tell the truth, I don't mind because it is ushering in my favorite …
To post or not to post?
...That was the question I asked myself when I sat down to write a post about today's trail walk in the Holden Arboretum and discovered that I wasn't able to upload my pictures or type anything on the screen other than a title. There was no bar under that title where I could import my pictures or …
Holden Arboretum
Friday was a beautiful, sunshiny day...a perfect day to visit Holden Arboretum, so I called my neighbor Marti and asked if she was ready to climb the Emergent Tower. She didn't take any persuading, so off we went, and our first stop was the Tower with its wonderful view of Lake Erie. It's a rare …
SEEN ALONG THE TRAIL 