Tag Archives: Memories

The Locket.

Posted on February 14, 2022 by Linda Schaub

My annual Valentine’s Day post is usually brimming with images of spoiled-rotten squirrels scurrying around and devouring heart-shaped treats, but this year I decided I’d do something different. I’ve mentioned before that my late mother’s birthday was Valentine’s Day – … Continue reading →

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Picture this …

Posted on December 23, 2021 by Linda Schaub

I have a remarkable tale to share as we creep ever closer to Christmas Day. As most of you know, I have no siblings, so thus I became the lucky keeper of the family albums where some vintage photographs are … Continue reading →

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A lifelong love of lavender.

Posted on September 12, 2021 by Linda Schaub

It is said that our sense of smell is linked closely to memory, thus certain smells can whisk us back to earlier periods of time in a heartbeat. The smell of lavender is ingrained in my memory and this is … Continue reading →

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Time flies …

Posted on September 5, 2021 by Linda Schaub

It simply CANNOT be sixty years ago today that I began kindergarten at E.A. Orr Elementary School. Yes … it was on September 5, 1961. I will tell you that for several years before beginning school, every afternoon Mom and … Continue reading →

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Stuck like glue.

Posted on May 9, 2021 by Linda Schaub

This sweet Mama Mallard and her fuzzy duckling, (which I’d like to think are a mother/daughter combo), were paddling around Coan Lake at Heritage Park on a visit I made there last Spring. When I saw these up-close shots on … Continue reading →

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Please indulge me as I reminisce about Christmas past.

Posted on December 18, 2020 by Linda Schaub

It seems like the holiday season is the perfect time for reflections, especially in 2020, which will likely go down in history as the year with an asterisk. Social media lit up like a Christmas tree back in October when … Continue reading →

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It was serendipity.

Posted on December 11, 2020 by Linda Schaub

A week ago today I visited with an old friend. While it is certainly not unusual to reconnect with seemingly long-lost friends on social media, or by happenstance, I must state that this telephone encounter was with a friend with … Continue reading →

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As Summer slips away, flowers fade …

Posted on September 21, 2020 by Linda Schaub

It’s funny how one little item might trigger a special memory sometimes … a person, place or thing that you’ve not thought of in many years. First it was that old willow tree that was damaged in one of Mother … Continue reading →

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It’s Grandparents Day!

Posted on September 13, 2020 by Linda Schaub

Well, this post has not even a whit about walking, or nature, but once a year I do honor this Hallmark-type holiday known as “National Grandparents Day” in spirit only, since my last grandparent passed away in 1986. That would … Continue reading →

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The Weeping Willow.

Posted on August 6, 2020 by Linda Schaub

We’ve had a very hot Summer here in Southeast Michigan. I could wow you with lots of stats, but I’ll keep it simple … we have had three times as many hot, (as in over 90F/32C), days this year. I … Continue reading →

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