"I am at home among trees." ~ J.R.R. Tolkien
Part two of a three part series from Holden Arboretum When I bought my first digital camera and starting shooting pictures, I didn't have the faintest idea what I was doing. As I look back in my files at pictures I took in those early years, it is painfully obvious I had a lot to …
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...but there is still wonderful fall color for us to enjoy! Do you have time for a short trail walk in Holden Arboretum? It's an easy one. Just click on one of the pictures and stroll through the photos I captured on my trail walk today. Take a close look at the sugar maple tree and compare …
This sugar maple tree at Holden Arboretum is one of my favorite trees. Can you believe how quickly it has changed over the past few weeks? Here is what it looked like last October. If the weather cooperates, I will head out to the Arboretum this weekend and take a picture exactly one year after the one above. Why …
The pictures on this gallery demonstrate how quickly Autumn is advancing. Sadly, the brilliant fall colors are losing their luster. Winter is coming, but that doesn't mean trail walking is over for the year. As long as you dress for it, you can still enjoy being outdoors, so get out your winter garb because we are going to …
Let's start with the Fabulous Friday Face. I was snapping photos in the Rhododendron Garden when Gail came down the trail. "She would be a great Friday Face," I thought to myself, and I was right. We were both enjoying a walk in the Arboretum on one of those rare November days that you wish …
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I don't know how many more days like this one will come our way before this wonderful season ends, but I'm guessing it won't be many. Therefore, this week I am going to share a series of posts from today's visit to the Holden Arboretum. The fall colors are past their prime, but they are still …
After a few chilly nights, the long-awaited transformation finally arrived. The vibrant color was well worth the wait!
In response to The Daily Post's weekly photo challenge: "Happy Place." Whenever I feel the need to get away, I pack up my camera bag, pick up my keys, and head out to the Holden Arboretum. Almost anywhere outdoors with walking trails is a happy place for me, but my first choice is the Arboretum, which …
Squeezed between lunch with a good friend and some necessary household chores, I found an hour to walk in the Holden Arboretum. Hat and glove weather has arrived, but it is still wonderful to spend time outside. Take a look at these pictures, and you will agree that winter is almost upon us, even if …
...just a very cloudy one. It's not even very cold (48 degrees), considering this is mid-November and we are in northeast Ohio. If I weren't a nature photographer...I would stay inside today, curled up on the sofa....If I weren't a nature photographer, determined to get outside with my camera every day, I would stay inside …
SEEN ALONG THE TRAIL 