by Frank | Aug 11, 2024 | Hiking, Camping
South Bass Island had not been kind to us the first two times we tried to camp at the state park there. In fact, the weather downright tried to kill us both times. So we had some doubt when we decided to give it a third chance and booked a cliff-side campsite once...
by Frank | Apr 21, 2024 | Casual Corner, Cemeteries
A day (or week) late and a daffodil (or a hillside) short One of the yearly acts of nature we try to catch is the annual blooming of Daffodil Hill at Lakeview Cemetery in Cleveland. We took some beautiful pictures among the yellow-filled hillside a couple years ago....
by Frank | Mar 27, 2024 | Nature, Casual Corner
Music to watch an eclipse by We’ve been looking forward to the April 8, 2024 Total Solar Eclipse that is hitting parts of North America for a long time. I bought a special camera filter to take photos of the phenomenon. We bought really nice Eclipse glasses a...
by Frank | Jan 28, 2024 | Casual Corner, Museums
It’s less than an hour and a half away! Karen and I visited the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio on Saturday, January 27. This was the first time Karen has ever been there. I was there a couple of times…in the 1970s. Karen wanted to go see the...
by Frank | Jul 29, 2023 | Casual Corner, Camping
Two years ago, I took Karen for her first trip to Put-in-Bay. We set up our tent in the South Bass State Park Campgrounds. We had a site right on the edge of the cliff overlooking the western basin of Lake Erie. The first of two nights we were there we experienced a...
by Frank | Jul 23, 2023 | Casual Corner, Nature
A Sunday Adventure We are so lucky to live in an area where we have such diverse options for fun activities. Before we spent about an hour on a kayak one Sunday, we made two stops. There are three sets of photos below. First we visited Headlands State Park Beach in...