Searching for Spring series Regular visitors to my blog should recognize this as the golden willow tree next to Lotus Pond in Holden Arboretum. Yesterday, although not as warm as last week's early Spring temperatures, was still a lovely day for a trail walk. As always when at Holden, I made sure to visit one …
A few more orchids and unusual animals
Orchid Mania...Part 2 In my post yesterday, I wrote that there were plenty of colorful sights to see at Orchid Mania. The wonderful display of orchids was probably the most colorful, but there were also some exotic animals. My favorite orchid was the one I posted yesterday and the deep purple one at the top of this …
Faux-Spring 🌤
Anyone who has lived here, on the south shore of Lake Erie, is aware that the sunny warm weather I have written about in my last two posts is far from the norm, and is, in fact, a false spring. Nevertheless, that knowledge shouldn't keep us from enjoying the warm weather. Instead, we should see this for …
Spring arrived in Northeast Ohio today!
Not that we expect it to stay. Real spring doesn't arrive here along the north coast (the south shore of Lake Erie)until around the end of April, but we were loving it today. Hopefully it will linger for a few days at least. Today's high temperature reached 72 degrees. That's practically unheard of, but you …
That’s determination for you!
I think this is the first time I have seen a mourning dove in Chagrin River Park. They are homebodies, usually content to hang around the Backyard Buffet, eating the food I put out for them. A mourning dove in the park was an unusual sight, but then this was an unusual day. After a …
You can set the table, but…
...you don't always get the guests you expected! After breakfast, I cleaned the kitchen and went outside to prepare the backyard buffet with a delicious feast for the birds. Apparently the feast was appealing enough to attract the attention of a little herd of deer that wandered up from nearby Chagrin River Park. After the deer were finished …
Bright spots on a wintry day
Overnight the temperature dropped to single digits and several inches of snow fell. The Backyard Buffet looks much more appealing when the ground is covered with a blanket of white, and because that same blanket had covered over much of their natural food, the birds were looking for food at ALL the feeders. That includes …
Eastern screech owl redux
What should a photographer, who loves trail walks, do on a cold, rainy January morning? She could of course put on rain gear, thumb her nose at the wet weather, and head down the trail. However, this trail walker (me) found a more appealing (and much dryer) activity this morning. Sitting in front of my computer, …
A little bit of water…
...is a very good thing to put out for the birds. Unfortunately we don't have an electric outlet in our back yard buffet, so we can't keep a fountain running throughout the winter. The best I can do is put out a fresh bowl of water in the morning and refill it when it begins to …
Working your subject: a photographic essay
Part two of a three part series from Holden Arboretum When I bought my first digital camera and starting shooting pictures, I didn't have the faintest idea what I was doing. As I look back in my files at pictures I took in those early years, it is painfully obvious I had a lot to …
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SEEN ALONG THE TRAIL 