I try to take a walk most every day. It’s a good thing for me, and Mikey loves it too!
Working from home allows for my walk to sometimes be first thing in the morning, sometimes during a “lunch break,” and sometimes just a random “need some fresh air and a stretch” time of the day.
My walk is usually the same 2-4 mile stretch depending on the amount of time I have.
As I was walking this beautiful Fall afternoon, I noticed how different the trees and leaves looked compared to just a day ago. I noticed how different things looked when it is cloudy compared to when it is sunny.
I am fortunate to live in a place on this beautiful earth of ours that enjoys four very distinct seasons. Western Pennsylvania’s weather ranges from as high as 90-100 degrees F in the summer to as low as 0 degrees F (and occasionally even below zero) in the winter. Springs are typically wet and lush. Fall is crisp and colorful.
So even though I typically walk the same “path,” the look and feel of it varies dramatically depending on the time of year, time of day, weather, and/or the people or things I encounter along the way.
And what I’ve learned while carrying my camera is there is something new to be discovered every time I walk.
So this section of my blog will be devoted to sharing random shots caught on my daily walks with my camera.
I hope you will enjoy and provide feedback, tips, suggestions, and help me learn to not only hone my self-taught photography skills, but also my outlook on life.
Cheers & Hugs,
Jodi
I recently made and sent this card as a sympathy card for dear friends.
I really enjoyed just sponging and layering and creating the background and using one of my all time favorite SU stamp sets, Lovely as a Tree.
When I saw the SUO Challenge this week was Out in the Woods, it seemed a perfect card to enter. The challenge is to make a card featuring something you’d find out in the woods.
This card also reminded me of our great day at McConnell’s Mills on Sunday out in the woods.
Hope you get to enjoy some time out in the woods or just outdoors wherever you are and whatever season it is in your part of the world. It’s always good to get fresh air whether warm or cool and enjoy the beauty nature provides us.
Cheers & Hugs,
Jodi
I can’t think of a much better way to spend a Fall Sunday afternoon than a hike at McConnell’s Mills State Park on a crisp October day with an all-time best friend.
McConnell’s Mills is only 30 minutes from our home; and I am shocked to say it has been years since I have visited. That will not be happening again! Janet and I spent three glorious hours hiking around the beautiful state park.
Enjoy the adventure with us.
Cheers & Hikin’ Hugs,
Jodi
from our little corner of the world to yours
Cheers & Hugs,
Jodi
It was an absolutely AMAZING Fall Weekend here in Western Pennsylvania. Who couldn’t love Fall with this kind of weather!?!
The crisp mornings were perfect for brisk early walks and baking yummy apple treats (like yesterday’s Apple Dumplings).
The days warmed up with bright sunshine and deep azure skies sprinkled with cottony clouds.
And the evenings – oh so extraordinary – cooled to perfect weather for a picturesque sunset cruise.
Now granted – a sunset cruise around these parts is in a Bass Tracker with Captain Marty and First Mate Mikey on Lake Arther, but check out the amazing beauty from our little piece of the world.
WPA Early Fall Foilage, Lake Arthur, Moraine State Park 9/27/14
First Mate Mikey
Picturesque House on Lake with Fall Foilage, Lake Arthur, Moraine State Park
Captain Marty
We throw fishing rods in – not sure why?
Azure
Tree Reflection, Lake Arthur, Moraine State Park
Pink at Night is a Sailor’s Delight
Pink Reflections
On Duty
Breathtaking Beauty
Art of Water
Art of Life
It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane – Art of Sky
Crescent Moon Boat at Dock
Cheers & Hugs,
Jodi
So at first I thought these new Blue Jays that started visiting the feeders on our back deck were so beautiful.
Look how dainty this one looks tip toeing across the deck railing.
and stopping to pose, but then…………….
SHEEEESH!
They sure get mad when the other nice birds (that all got along before) come to the feeders! And this new GANG in town gets angry and mean with each other too!!
They holler at each other
The pick and peck at each other!
I actually had to holler at them several times and tell them to share nice!
(even Mikey was yelling at them!)
I shooshed and shooed them a few times, and they seem to have left this side of the forest for now…..
And the sweet ones are happy — – the grosbeaks and wrens and cardinals and goldfinches and woodpeckers and hummingbirds all take their turns nicely.
Anybody else experience this? Have suggestions for how to get everyone to get along?
I guess there’s always at least one in every group – eh?
Even in the bird world.
Cheers & Hugs,
Jodi
the creative life in between 