Tag Archives: walk

It was a mucky and murky morning meander.

Posted on December 15, 2018 by Linda Schaub

(How I love alliteration!) This morning just didn’t go right from the get go. I got up and heard the weather report – yes … it was foggy, just as predicted, and yes … it would clear up, maybe mid-morn … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Christmas, Christmas tree, nature, ornaments, walk, walking | 37 Comments

All the leaves are brown …

Posted on December 12, 2018 by Linda Schaub

… and the sky is gray, I’ve been for a walk, On a Winter’s day. The opening part of this song [“California Dreamin’” by The Mamas & the Papas] just tells it like it is on a gray and cold … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Fall, Leaves, nature, Squirrels, walk, walking, Winter | 40 Comments

A little Friday frivolity …

Posted on December 7, 2018 by Linda Schaub

… (at the expense of my fine-feathered friends, a couple of Great Blue Herons). Yesterday, en route to Council Point Park, it sure was blustery. I saw Christmas decorations swaying with each gusty puff of air, and homeowner’s wind chimes … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Great Blue Heron, Heron, nature, walk, walking | 79 Comments

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 →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged birds, nature, Shadows, Squirrels, walk, walking | 26 Comments

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 →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 12 Days of Christmas, Canada Geese, geese, nature, walk, walking | 39 Comments

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 →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Fall, nature, Squirrels, walk, walking | 46 Comments

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 →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Fall, Mallards, Marsh, nature, walk, walking | 47 Comments

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 →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Fall, Leaves, nature, walk, walking | 49 Comments

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 →