Regular walks in the Arboretum, easily my favorite place for trail walking, have been missing from my schedule this summer. Bob has made a great recovery from his heart attack and quadruple bypass. He has continued regular walks in our neighborhood park, as well as the shorter evening walks we take with Gulliver around our …
Can you name these birds?
It was a great day for a bird walk, with lots of little birds posing for their portraits. I even captured a couple I had to look up. How many of these birds can you name? All of them are common in northeast Ohio and surrounding states, and some even live here year round. One …
Dreary…AGAIN!
Part one of a two part post in which we continue our Search for Spring in the Arboretum. Thunder, buckets of rain, and puddles deep enough for ducks to take a swim! That's today, drowning in dreariness, but yesterday was beautiful...a great day for a trail walk at Holden Arboretum. That's where we will continue …
A touch of whimsy
On my way down the trail, I had to smile when I saw this miniature snowperson sitting on the bench. That, and the brilliant sunshine, added a very happy note to my day. Hope it made you smile too! Trail Walker
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 …
A rare event
Many years ago, when Bob and I relocated from central Pennsylvania to the south shore of Lake Erie, I was a stay-at-home-mom with three little girls. We moved into our new home in January, and we hadn't been living here for long when I realized that something was missing, something I was accustomed to in my former …
Script Cleveland
A unique Color Me Autumn photoshoot Early in the summer of 2016, when Cleveland was preparing to host the Republican National Convention, "script Cleveland" signs were erected at three different locations in the city. This week I finally made it out to one of the locations and captured these two shots of the sign. I don't know …
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 …
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 …
SEEN ALONG THE TRAIL 