Category Archives: walk

Plight, Fight and Flight!

Posted on May 18, 2025 by Linda Schaub

Well I had a little fun with this blog post title. Terri’s Challenge this week is the word “flight” but we’ll get to that topic in just a minute. First, I have an update on the “plight” of the Canada … Continue reading →

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Great EGGS-pectations!

Posted on May 10, 2025 by Linda Schaub

Mother’s Day is always a time of reflection for me – today’s post will be a mini time travel. I weighed a mere 4 pounds, 11 ounces (2.13 kilograms) when I was born, so my parents were surprised when I … Continue reading →

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Mother Nature finally rolls out her Spring palette.

Posted on May 4, 2025 by Linda Schaub

While Fall is my absolute favorite season, that proclamation comes with an asterisk, because once those flowering trees and Spring flowers begin to pop in a still-blah landscape, I am in awe of all of this season’s eye candy. Admittedly, … Continue reading →

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“The universe is wider than our views of it.” ~~~ Henry David Thoreau

Posted on April 26, 2025 by Linda Schaub

Earth Day comes one day a year – April 22nd. It should be every day in my humble opinion. These days “Earthlings” must rejoice in every nature encounter because the flora and fauna that existed for most of our lives … Continue reading →

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On the cusp of Spring, there were buds and birds!

Posted on April 13, 2025 by Linda Schaub

It was March 13th, the first long and leisurely walk with my camera in 2025. The day began early as a one-mile walk at Council Point Park, then three hours of traversing the trails at Lake Erie Metropark, finally topped … Continue reading →

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When the expression “It’s No Walk in the Park” …

Posted on March 30, 2025 by Linda Schaub

… sadly becomes a reality. How many times have you used the expression “it’s no walk in the park?” I know I have used it plenty of times through the years, whenever I mention something is not as easy or … Continue reading →

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Sometimes Seasons Collide …

Posted on March 23, 2025 by Linda Schaub

… and they sound like ice cubes clinking against each other in a glass. We were on the cusp of Spring when I had this mid-day, mini-meander at Dingell Park ten days ago. It was gorgeous weather, sunny and bright, … Continue reading →

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There’s no green to be seen!

Posted on March 16, 2025 by Linda Schaub

(Around here, anyway.) Despite the fact that we’ve had above-normal temps most of the past week, even reaching the 70s Friday and Saturday, surprisingly, Mother Nature has not dipped her paintbrush into the green paint just yet. Meanwhile, Chicagoans were … Continue reading →

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Takin’ a walk on the wild(flower) side.

Posted on March 9, 2025 by Linda Schaub

July 20th was still another sweltering, sauna-like day in the Summer of 2024. Two days later, WORLDWIDE, the former high temperature record was smashed. I’m not only a weather worrier, but daily, before heading out, I consult multiple online weather … Continue reading →

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When you encounter a snag in your nature walk.

Posted on March 2, 2025 by Linda Schaub

As those ever-present hot, humid August days wore on, once again I found myself at Lake Erie Metropark. Enroute to this venue, I mused that even I may be a bit “marshed out” as the appeal of the Lotus beds … Continue reading →