As I mentioned in this post I traveled for a few days in southern Oregon, and managed to fit in some walking and posting while on vacation. What a wonderful thing it is to walk around an unfamiliar town,

I’m traveling and visiting relatives for a few days on the southern coast of Oregon. My brother owns a nice property along a river front and my siblings and I all try to gather together here once a year.

I took a lovely walk around a pond in Minneapolis. We have ponds and lakes everywhere you look here. It was a bright late-summer day and the temperature was mild. I love days like that when there are big

I love walking at the marina when there are beautiful clouds and a pretty sunset. I love how the boats and their masts create dramatic reflections. I actually ran from my car to the water in this instance

I returned to my favorite local walking park at dusk today. It was so gorgeous with all the cattails and late summer flowers. This is my favorite place to go in any weather, at any time of year. That is

I have almost no pictures to show for my 16000 steps today. But I sure I was busy. I worked for several hours, walked the dog a few times, watered the garden, went to play pickleball for a few hours, then

Somehow created multiple versions of the same post by accident.

Somehow created multiple versions of the same post by accident.

It is just past the peak of summer, yet it’s a wonderful time for wildflowers and butterflies. On this particular walk, I strolled through my favorite nature park, which is about 2 miles from my home.

Wow, I miss posting on Hive. I was looking through some of my old posts and discovered some treasures. It was like reading entries in an old journal, only better, because I wrote them for others to read.

Some days are just so full of activity that it makes your head spin. Like a day when you devote half of the day to attending a funeral, and another half a day doing various physical activities to recover

At last, I’m trying to get back to posting after many weeks of being a slacker! It was a great day for exercise today, as I helped my husband plow and shovel about 10 inches of fresh snow off the driveway

These are some crazy days, right? The dramatic things happening here in Minneapolis have been augmented by the Super Bowl, the Winter Olympics (and Lindsey Vonn’s tragic crash), to make it a very newsy

I have not been getting out for walks as much as usual lately! Between a recent health thing, lots of snow and cold weather and the busy holidays, I hit a lull in activity. But this evening I bundled up

Fall comes in waves where I live. We first start seeing some color in August. But the complete transformation takes about eight weeks, during which the trees are so vibrant, you almost need sunglasses

Hubby and I got out on our nearby trail at dusk and managed to get a few miles in! There were actually quite a few people out, especially cyclists and dog walkers. In fact, long after it seemed too late

Here in Minnesota, it’s always a race to get the leaves gathered and the yards and porches and walkways and lawns tidied up before the snow falls. I think I did it! We had some beautiful days this weekend

Oh golly, time does get away from me. I can’t remember when I last posted. Maybe 10 days ago! I keep very busy with my day job and all of my activities, my creative writing, my writing groups, book clubs,

I hope everyone had a fun Halloween. I suppose not everyone celebrates this holiday. It’s one of my favorites! I love the colors, the fall season, and all the silly and spooky decorations! I spent the

On my way home from my weekend get-away in Bayfield Wisconsin, I discovered a great little waterfront park and walking trail. I don’t think I had made it more than about a mile before I spotted it and