Tag Archives: nature

Fun in the sun with my furry and feathered friends.

Posted on December 6, 2018 by Linda Schaub

It’s a good thing it was beautiful and sunny yesterday, because it sure made up for this morning’s blustery and bone-chilling 18 degree-wind chill and very gray sky.  But all was not lost in today’s dull and dreary day, because … Continue reading →

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Swannabes.

Posted on December 2, 2018 by Linda Schaub

I’m not going to write about today’s walk because it was abysmal.  After enduring three days of ugly weather in the form of freezing rain, freezing fog, torrential rain, then still more fog and rain, I finally headed out around … Continue reading →

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Home Sweet Home.

Posted on November 30, 2018 by Linda Schaub

Yesterday at this time, I was glad to be home, hunkered down in the house, fingers flying over the keyboard while the ping of freezing rain was hitting the windows.  It was an ugly and gray day, which began with … Continue reading →

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Marsh Madness.

Posted on November 28, 2018 by Linda Schaub

Of course, at first glance, you thought why is Linda writing about the college hoops frenzy known as “March Madness” … I sure do wish it was the month of March instead of just sliding into the tail end of … Continue reading →

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Leaves leave me peeved sometimes.

Posted on November 25, 2018 by Linda Schaub

On the last day of this four-day holiday weekend, I was outside scooping up wet and slimy leaves and pruning rosebushes.  I mumbled my apologies to the rosebushes about my tardiness in attending to them, blaming not myself, but Mother … Continue reading →

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Christmas is coming, the geese are getting fat …

Posted on November 24, 2018 by Linda Schaub

Our Southeast Michigan weather is so fickle … today it will climb to 48 degrees F, and it has been raining off and on all day.  On Thanksgiving, I trekked around Council Point Park for six miles, and, when I … Continue reading →

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Now the holiday season is in full gear.

Posted on November 23, 2018 by Linda Schaub

November blitzed by and all of a sudden Thanksgiving was here.  It seemed like we were just celebrating Halloween and suddenly the stores were infiltrated by Christmas decorations and goodies.  Then people were talkin’ turkey.  That’s because 2018 is one … Continue reading →

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Eat, Eat and Be Squirrelly. 

Posted on November 22, 2018 by Linda Schaub

Well, maybe I am the squirrelly one because I found my fingers typing THAT headline instead of “eat, drink and be merry” … hmm, feet and fingers, please don’t fail me now!  Perhaps my fingers are still frozen from this … Continue reading →

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Fat-Bottomed Squirrels.

Posted on November 18, 2018 by Linda Schaub

I originally planned to call this post “Do all those peanuts make my butt look big?” but, with the recent release of the movie about the rock group Queen, I’ve been hearing snippets of their greatest hits – one of … Continue reading →

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Today was “National Take a Hike Day” …

Posted on November 17, 2018 by Linda Schaub

… so I did just that! I added six more miles onto my 2018 tally, leaving me only 41 more miles to go before I reach my goal. You’re saying to yourself “well why was Linda worried about meeting her … Continue reading →

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