The best way to describe this week's Almanac is skimpy. It is embarrassingly slim. The weather was very cold, which normally doesn't discourage me from trail walking, but my earache from last week persisted, so I just wimped out. True confession. Here are a few deer pictures and one little titmouse from the park. …
Photo Almanac: January 9-15, 2016
Who was it that proclaimed, "Time flies when you're having fun!" I'm pretty sure they should have said, "If you're having fun (or not), time still flies!" I am a week late posting this issue of the Almanac. Admittedly I've had some fun in the past two weeks, but that isn't the only reason I'm …
Fabulous Friday Face: Bob
I encountered this week's Fabulous Friday Face when I made my fourth climb to the top of the Emergent Tower at Holden Arboretum on Thursday. I should have posted it on Friday, so I am a day late. Where does the time go anyway? There's always a volunteer on duty at the top of the Tower, …
Fabulous Friday Faces: October 15, 2015
Today's Fabulous Friday Face is Dorothy, a delightful woman I ran into at Headlands Dunes State Nature Preserve yesterday, which makes this post a companion piece to yesterday's trail walk in Headlands Dunes. It is also the newest addition to my feature known as Fabulous Friday Faces. There weren't many people in the Dunes area yesterday, but as …
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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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 …
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 …
Back yard bonanza!
Intending to take a photo walk in the park this morning, I discovered I didn't have to leave home. I simply opened the kitchen window, stuck the lens of my Nikon through the opening, and snapped away. I never made it to the park, but I got lots of great pictures because some colorful migratory …
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 …
A photo portfolio
There is a pileated woodpecker nesting somewhere in our park, and I have been searching for him for weeks. Occasional sightings have not rewarded me with a good picture to post, so I will just have to keep trying. It is a very elusive quarry and perhaps, just perhaps, there is a pair. One day …
SEEN ALONG THE TRAIL 