Previous Cleveland photo walks can be seen here and here. A few days ago, our grandson, who, like me, really enjoys photography, celebrated his 20th birthday. For a birthday treat, his parents took him downtown for a photoshoot in several Cleveland neighborhoods and a great lunch in Ohio City. Suspecting I might pout (or be tempted to throw a tantrum) if …
If you had joined me for my walk in the park today…
... You would have met Jessie and Joe. Even though their health, especially Jessie's, has declined since I first met them two years ago, they still take regular walks in the park. When I asked them for this photo opp, Jessie stepped away from the walker she now uses and they moved closer together. One of my joys …
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Trail walking
Trail walking with my camera is my hobby...one that can take up many hours each day if I let it, and it is a hobby that has many advantages. It motivates me to take a walk in a park five or six days each week. It's a great way to get exercise. I've met many wonderful people …
Finally… REAL SPRING!
http://skip220.smugmug.com/2013today/Places/Spring-in-Chagrin-River-park/i-3p5ZFfp/A In the past few days we've gone from winter jacket weather to shorts and sunglasses. After waiting for an interminably long time, it seems that spring has finally arrived. Three cheers for warm, sunny, blue-sky weather. The Baltimore orioles (the birds, not the baseball team) are my most thrilling sightings this week, but there …
A “twofer” for today
http://skip220.smugmug.com/2013today/Places/Spring-in-Chagrin-River-park/i-nCMmVXD/0/XL/2014_04_24_Chagrin%20River%20Park_059-XL.jpg Red-bellied woodpeckers are my favorite birds to photograph. Besides being sharp-looking birds, they have ATTITUDE! Tracking them in hopes of a photo op is just plain fun, and they are so darn photogenic! Then there this little bird...the brown creeper. http://skip220.smugmug.com/2013today/Places/Spring-in-Chagrin-River-park/i-f28VRR7/0/XL/2014_04_24_Chagrin%20River%20Park_023-XL.jpg A lot of luck and not a little dexterity is required to capture his photo. …
It’s that time again!
http://skip220.smugmug.com/Photo-galleries/Nature-galleries/Wildlife-seen-on-my-photo-walk/i-SmhJrbk/0/XL/2014_04_09_Chagrin%20River%20Park_024-XL.jpg What time is it? It's nest building time! That means it must be spring. Never mind the fact that it snowed yesterday. The calendar says today is April 16th, and the blue jay is ready to go into nest building mode! Yay for spring! One of these days the temperature will warm up (above this morning's …
Red-bellied woodpecker
When one of these beautiful birds flies in for a photo op, it always makes me smile! It posed happily and wasn't the least intimidated by my presence. Almanac After temperatures of nearly 80 degrees on Sunday, spring deserted us. On Tuesday night snow fell. Only about an inch and a half, but snow is …
On Holden Pond
I visited Holden Arboretum this morning. To the dismay of the Canada geese flying overhead, there was no water for them to land in. They were complaining with loud honks of consternation as they searched for some open water. Some eventually tried ice skating (goose style), but they obviously weren't happy about it. The next …
A river runs through it!
We've had some extreme winter weather here in northeast Ohio. For the past two months, the river that runs through the park where I take my regular photo walks has been frozen over. This is what it looked like earlier this month: Pretty dramatic, isn't it? One Sunday morning in December, we discovered that an …
Shucks! I know I’m cute!
Is that a cute little chickadee, or what? I'm doing a little experimenting again. Still trying to post from my March SmugMug gallery to this blog. I chose this little bird as the picture to post. It worked, but they don't make it easy. It's so easy to post to facebook and twitter. Why not …
SEEN ALONG THE TRAIL 
