Author Archives: Linda Schaub

It was picture-perfect and mid-way through the long holiday weekend when I set off to Council Point Park, treats in hand, camera in pocket and happy to be strolling on such a beautiful day. As I wended my way through … Continue reading →

While I enjoyed watching the Canada Goose family who clustered around me enjoying the morning treat I had provided for them, and, just as I reached into the bag for a third scoop to toss out, a couple of geese … Continue reading →

I was thinking, while walking on this beautiful, sunny, albeit breezy and a tad brisk morning, that Spring might have finally settled in. While I meandered along on the first getaway weekend of the year, I was headed to my … Continue reading →

I can’t win for losin’. I spent two days running errands, grocery shopping and going to eye doctor and allergist appointments … I had planned to walk to those two appointments yesterday, but the weather was looking a little funky … Continue reading →

A week between visits to Council Point Park was simply too long for me. The weather took its toll on my walking regimen so I had to be content with a few short hops and staying put the rest of … Continue reading →

Another coolish May morn … no, wait – make that a downright cold Michigan May morn. It was 37 degrees when I left the house in the seven o’clock hour. But we were lucky – we didn’t have a freeze … Continue reading →

Well, maybe now – not so much, though we got to enjoy them for about a day anyway. As often happens with magnolia bushes and trees, the buds took forever to develop, opened over those couple of hot, hot days … Continue reading →

A downy woodpecker was my alarm clock this morning. I fell back to my old ways and believed the weatherman that heavy rain and storms would last through the night and wee hours of the morning. I figured it might … Continue reading →

I arrived at Council Point Park fairly early this morning and the path was rather desolate and I saw not a single being: feathered, furry or otherwise, as I walked three loops on the “scenic side. I was not distracted … Continue reading →

It seems to me that somehow Mother’s Day, the one day guaranteed to make Mom feel all warm and fuzzy, has now morphed into Mother’s Day weekend, and, in radio ads I even heard it referred to as Mother’s Week. … Continue reading →