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 …
Morning in the park
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 …
I love a parade!
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 …
The GIFT of being “present”
(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 …
Lesson learned: the hard way
My goals for today were to make my "about page" more irresistible by trying some of the ideas from Blogging 101, create a custom header, and get to bed before 10 pm so I could read my new mystery book. Unfortunately, none of those items got checked off my to-do list. Nope, none of them. Nada! So …
Recycling a robin
This morning the big blue recycling truck lumbered down our street, stopping at each house to collect the items placed at the curb for recycling. As a result, my post today involves recycling, but not that kind of recycling. Recently I read a suggestion that struck my fancy. The writer was encouraging photographers to search out and recycle old …
Hello Bloggers!
Hello Bloggers. My name is Carolyn aka Skip; I live in northeast Ohio about a mile south of Lake Erie and 20 miles east of Cleveland, Ohio, and I will begin this introduction with a confession. I am both a Blipper and a Blogger, and Seen along the trail is NOT a new blog. I created …
SEEN ALONG THE TRAIL 