It's been a drab, dreary, almost snowless winter. My camera keeps asking me to take it for a walk and I keep ignoring it. But, I finally decided to get out and go for a walk in a garden. That…
The winter solstice, that magical shortest day of the year when the sun resets its clock and starts to bring us longer and warmer days. For those of us living in the Northern Hemisphere, that comes on the 21st of…
It's April 2 and yet, I received this in my email this morning! Are you craving your crocuses, impatiently awaiting your impatience, or disturbed with the dearth of daffodils? If so, you just might be getting tired of waiting for…
Apple Blossoms It's difficult to pass up flowers, especially in the spring! I hope you'll pardon me for taking a break from my series of posts about Death Valley. Yesterday was May Day. The forecast was for rain but the…
I like to take walks in Owen Conservation Park. It changes by the season but always has some interesting things to offer. With the sun getting lower in the sky and overnight lows flirting with freezing, another walk was overdue.…
It's been a very slow season for my photography. I started the New Year with an operation followed by a stint on a liquid diet and then a soft-food diet. Most of that time was spent under a blanket in…
The rooftops were covered with frost this morning, reminding me that even though the weather has been great for quite a while, winter is sneaking up on us. With rain in the forecast for tomorrow and significant drops in the…
Having already written about planes and automobiles this year, it was inevitable that I would write about trains. Yesterday we drove up to North Freedom to visit the Mid-Continent Railway Museum. Mid-Continent Railway Museum in North Freedom, WI When I…