Tag Archives: Summer

Tiny Treasures.

Posted on September 22, 2019 by

We’re about to embark on Autumn and I’m happy to do so, since I’ve grown weary of Mother Nature’s continuous tweaks of this Summer season, not to mention all her weather boo-boos for 2019 if you want to be picky.  … Continue reading →

Posted in nature, walk | Tagged , , , , | 77 Comments

The wasps are giddy!

Posted on September 12, 2019 by

After Labor Day, the unofficial end of Summer, it seems we just morph into the harvest and Halloween season and go with the flow.  Mums have replaced weather-beaten petunias in porch pots and I’ve already seen the first Halloween décor … Continue reading →

Posted in nature, walk | Tagged , , , , | 158 Comments

Morning Munch.

Posted on July 30, 2019 by

We all enjoy our morning meal in different ways – some like a healthy breakfast, still others grab a cuppa Joe and nosh on a donut. Some of us prefer leaves. I saw this groundhog Friday morning. He was so … Continue reading →

Posted in nature, Uncategorized, walk | Tagged , , , , , | 64 Comments

Simple joys.

Posted on July 25, 2019 by

Happiness is a place between too much and too little. ~ Chanwit Whanset I saw this quotation today and decided I was going to incorporate it into this long-overdue post.  I took these pictures of this sweet black squirrel several … Continue reading →

Posted in nature, walk | Tagged , , , , , | 35 Comments

Will the real Summer please stand up, ‘cuz who is this imposter?

Posted on July 21, 2019 by

Well, the storm blew through here, just seconds after I published yesterday’s post.  I shut off the computer and pulled its plug.  It was the fourth storm with severe potential in two days, and I am sure I was not … Continue reading →

Posted in nature, walk | Tagged , , , , , , | 77 Comments

Made in the shade.

Posted on July 17, 2019 by

I remember hearing this expression when I was a youngster – my parents would say “oh ya, they’re doin’ great – they’ve got it made in the shade now.”  I’ll bet it was an expression that a beatnik like Maynard … Continue reading →

Posted in nature, walk | Tagged , , , , , , , | 49 Comments

T.P.T.P.!!!

Posted on July 7, 2019 by

When we were kids, we used this expression on hot days:  “Mom:  we’re T.P.T.P.!!!”  What is “T.P.T.P.” you ask?  Why it means “too pooped to participate!” Yes, it has been the long-awaited  holiday weekend and by mid-week the doomsayers (a/k/a … Continue reading →

Posted in nature, walk | Tagged , , , , , , , | 59 Comments

I’m back, but …

Posted on July 4, 2019 by

… they’re gone! The geese that is. More about them later. After an angst-ridden ten days, give or take a day or two, I think I’m fairly caught up here on WordPress and other social media, and things are back … Continue reading →

Posted in nature, walk | Tagged , , , , | 104 Comments

Summer’s here and we’re all giddy!

Posted on June 21, 2019 by

Summer officially made its debut at 11:54 a.m. here in Southeast Michigan with a bright and beautiful morning.  After countless gray, gloomy and often rainy days, the bright orb in the sky was worth taking note, as the Detroit Free … Continue reading →

Posted in nature, walk | Tagged , , , , | 39 Comments

Tuesday Musings.

Posted on October 9, 2018 by

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 →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , | 76 Comments