My friend Lisa and I took at trail walk in Holden Arboretum today. The morning sky was completely overcast, but as I drove down Sperry Road to the arboretum entrance at about 1 pm, the sun came out. Admittedly it was still only about 50 degrees, and winter hasn't entirely loosened its grip on northeast …
The river runs through it!
Many of my trail walks are centered in Chagrin River Park because it is within walking distance of my home. Not surprisingly, the park is named for the river that runs through it, but there is some uncertainty about where the name of the river originated. Here is what Wikipedia has to say: The Chagrin …
The years fly by!
Today's blog post is the oldest in a series of three visits to Overlook Park on Lake Erie. The first in the series was posted just last week. The second goes back to a summer evening in 2013, and today's pictures were taken on May 5, 2011. One park but three different occasions. Here are a …
Do you know where we are today?
We're at the beach, but it's winter, and we are definitely not at a tropical beach; it is on a large body of water, but it's not salt water. Do you know where we are? Here's another clue: It doesn't look like we're going to get a swim today, nor, unfortunately, any time soon. Erosion has a way of …
Do you know where you are?
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 …
Still searching for Spring!
As I wrote two days ago, our beautiful faux-Spring weather has sent me out on the trail, searching for signs of Spring. In northeast Ohio, the signs aren't usually abundant, or even noticeable, until well into March. That makes the search a bit of a challenge, but interesting nevertheless! The most obvious sign this week has been …
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 …
Searching for Spring
February is a little early to search for signs of spring in northeast Ohio; however, we've had unusually warm temperatures in recent days, so I set out to look for some color in the Arboretum that would hint that spring is in the wings. My most exciting find was these beautiful snowdrops. I was walking …
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 …
SEEN ALONG THE TRAIL 