Tag Archives: Fall

Great Expectations.

My favorite season has been plagued by gray and gloomy weather and relentless rain.  After a soggy Spring and a horribly hot and humid Summer, I had great expectations for Fall.  But instead, this usually awesome season has turned into … Continue reading

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Color my world.

The roller-coaster temps and wacky weather continue to march on.  Yesterday it was sunny, but frosty; today was about as gray and gloomy as you could get, albeit some 15 degrees warmer than yesterday.  Quite honestly, I’d have preferred the … Continue reading

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Heritage Park, Harvest and Halloween.

I know what you’re thinking … Linda planned her day just so she could use alliteration in her headline. Nope, if I was to pick a headline, a better one would be to borrow Gordon Lightfoot’s lyrics “the gales of … Continue reading

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Sharin’ the love …

Today is Sweetest Day, which many say is just another Hallmark holiday designed to have you spend $$ for flowers or candy or something special for your main squeeze.  (Wait, wasn’t that what Valentine’s Day was for?) I did a … Continue reading

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The frost is on the pumpkin …

… and no, I’m not out of my gourd telling you that on the 18th of October! A BRRisk walk. We had a hard freeze in the wee hours of this morning.  Our weather folks had forewarned us that the … Continue reading

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Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.

After a week of roller-coaster temperatures, I think we have finally settled into a more Autumn-like pattern.  It has been chilly the last three days, and, unbelievably, a frost/freeze warning went out Friday evening to protect delicate flowers and veggies, … Continue reading

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Tuesday Musings.

Summer sure is bossy … it keeps kicking Fall to the curb. The weather has been wacky, yet I have managed to get a walk in every day, despite all the rain and fog. Saturday we had five torrential rain … Continue reading

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The Munch Bunch.

I keep reminding myself it is Autumn, and that was difficult to do this morning, after I stepped outside to 74-degree temps.  It felt like an August day with high humidity and dew points and wet pavement everywhere from a … Continue reading

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Sunday strolling at Elizabeth Park.

Today’s blog post is the last of a trio of excursions taken the weekend of September 22nd and 23rd.   Because of the old saying “make hay while the sun shines”, I spent a good portion of last weekend trekking around … Continue reading

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Hunting for hawks at Lake Erie Metropark.

Well, I usually do my blog posts the same day, or the next day, after a weekend excursion, but last Saturday, I wanted to do something special for the first day of Fall, and Sunday I did the post about … Continue reading

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