Category Archives: walk

Humbug Marsh was hummin’, not humdrum on this trek.

Posted on March 13, 2023 by Linda Schaub

Nature lovers here in Southeast Michigan rejoiced at the long-awaited grand opening of the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge (DRIWR) Humbug Marsh Unit in October 2020. The Visitor and Nature Center did not open simultaneously due to the pandemic, but … Continue reading →

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“Hey Linda: are ya gonna tell on me?” #Wordless Wednesday #Munch a bunch!

Posted on March 8, 2023 by Linda Schaub

Wordless Wednesday – allow your photo(s) to tell the story.

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Some Summer beauty in this wacky and wicked Winter.

Posted on March 6, 2023 by Linda Schaub

It is the first long post of the new month, so I’m sharing my March calendar page; the venue is Sweden. This calendar page, with its profound statement by naturalist John Muir, would have been perfect for a woodsy trek, … Continue reading →

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Plaids and Stripes #Wordless Wednesday

Posted on March 1, 2023 by Linda Schaub

Wordless Wednesday – allow your photo(s) to tell the story.

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When ice isn’t nice ….

Posted on February 27, 2023 by Linda Schaub

Mother Nature doesn’t always play nice and we Michiganders knew we would be paying the piper for all those wonderfully warmish days thus far in Winter 2022-2023. We got a Winter wallop with that snowstorm on January 25th, but the … Continue reading →

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Dempsey the Downy Woodpecker orders from GRUBHUB. #Wordless Wednesday #Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) 2023 stats

Posted on February 22, 2023 by Linda Schaub

Wordless Wednesday – allow your photo(s) to tell the story.

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“All Creatures Great and Small” …

Posted on February 20, 2023 by Linda Schaub

… is a PBS miniseries about Dr. Alf Wight’s trials and tribulations as a country veterinarian in the 1930s – 1950s in the Dales of Yorkshire, England. Dr. Wight, who wrote under the pen name James Herriot, authored eight books … Continue reading →

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Sunday Strolling. #Wordless Wednesday #Great Blue Heron at Lake Erie Metropark

Posted on February 8, 2023 by Linda Schaub

Wordless Wednesday – allow your photo(s) and this song to tell the story.

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Beating the red, white and boom!

Posted on February 6, 2023 by Linda Schaub

First, before I begin to weave my tale about a Sunday stroll at Lake Erie Metropark on July 3rd, it is already the first post of the new month … time to debut the February 2023 calendar page as evidenced … Continue reading →

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As the crow flies …

Posted on January 30, 2023 by Linda Schaub

… it was a mere eight miles from my last stop at Oakwoods Metropark in the city of New Boston, to Lower Huron Metropark in Belleville. I tootled along a country road and suddenly I was there, having just barely … Continue reading →

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