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Sorry For The Absence, But So Much To Do In The Summer, And Mushroom Hunting Is One Of Them.
We had a lot of rain here in Northeastern Pennsylvania this year and the mushrooms keep growing. I had a busy week and didn’t get a chance to post any blogs but I did find time to get out and find some mushrooms. The woods are filled with many species of mushrooms of all colors…
Read MoreSummer Heat At The PPL Wetlands.
It seems like only yesterday I was hearing the chorus of the spring peepers as I walked through the PPl Wetlands in April. The woodlands were still naked then just awakening from there long Winter sleep. Not today, they were in their full July attire, the deep green of Summer. It was a partly sunny…
Read MoreSummer Clouds And A Thunderstorm.
Like most of the country, we’ve been having some hot and humid weather here in Northeastern Pennsylvania. I have always loved the Summer and it is never too hot for me. I also love the many cloud formations the warm weather brings. The intense sun in the Summer months can cause puffy cumulus clouds to…
Read MoreBear-glar In The Backyard.
Got home from my afternoon walk today and I noticed the door to my tool shed was open. I immediately feared the worse, thieves, but thought to myself, what is there to steal in there? Went outside to investigate and found this young bear, I think it is a male, happily munching on a 40…
Read MoreDay One, My Travels to Scandinavia, Land Of The Vikings. A Morning Walk in Malmo Sweden.
Although I am thoroughly excited being, once again in a strange and foreign land, the journey to get here is taking it’s toll on me and my blog will be short. In other words i am exhausted. I left the United States from the Newark airport and, as always, upon setting foot in the airport…
Read MoreDay One. Sunday July 26th. Afternoon Walks Under Angry Northern Skies.
Sorry didn’t get a blog posts up yesterday but a little bit of exhaustion and jet lag. Spent the day exploring the historic and charming town of Lund. But hopefully that will be my post this evening. Now it’s back to Sunday and my afternoon in Malmo. I slept for about an hour after I…
Read MoreDay Three: Scandinavian Adventure. A Walking Tour Of Malmo
I had planned on either renting a car or taking a train to see some more of the Swedish countryside today, but overcast skies, light rain and little sleep kept me in the city of Malmo. And I am glad I stayed put. I wasn’t going to let the weather keep me inside so I…
Read MoreDay Four. Scandinavia Adventure. Farewell To Malmo.
Finally got some good sleep last night, and there’s nothing like waking up in a foreign country after a good night sleep. You just want to jump out of bed and begin exploring. And so I did. It was partly sunny today, no rain, but windy and quite cool. I would guess mid 50’s. …
Read MoreDay Four. Scandinavia Adventure. The Rain Didn’t Spoil My Arrival In Copenhagen.
Sorry folks I started this last night but, wanted to get some sleep, and didn’t finish it. My thoughts will now be influenced from the delightful walk I just took through the parks of Copenhagen. And, I found a wonderful statue of the famous Hans Christian Andersen. As my Facebook friends would know, I posted…
Read MoreDay Four. Scandinavia Adventure. The Rain Didn't Spoil My Arrival In Copenhagen.
Swords Into Plowshares, Danish Style. Scandinavian Adventure. Day Five. A Morning Walk Through Some Beautiful Parks.
Well not sure how much I’m going to say tonight. Just back from a nice dinner and evening walk after a long day here in Copenhagen. Met up with my sister and the rest of our group. Going to be a fun day tomorrow. And today was too. I was up early and decided to…
Read MoreRoskilde, Denmark, Scandinavian Adventure Day Five. A Visit With The Danish Rulers And Viking Ships.
Sorry but harder than I thought to find the time to post a blog everyday. Hard enough to just edit the many photographs I’m taking and to write in my journal. But I hope to get better at it. It is early on the morning here and have a few moments before we are off to…
Read MoreA Walk In The Rain Through The Streets Of Stockholm.
Good morning, and finally have some down time as I cross the Baltic Ocean on my way to Helsinki. And that is only because it’s raining out again. It rained yesterday morning too, my last day in Stockholm, but I was still able to get some walking in. I wanted to explore one of Stockholm’s islands,…
Read MoreTime Waits For No One, A Lesson Learned From A Two Week Vacation And A Walk In The Woods.
I returned from a fabulous two week vacation in Scandinavia which seemed to go by in the wink of an eye. All of the wonderful sights kept me so busy it seemed like I was gone for a day. Well a few hikes in the woods today showed me that the passage of time in…
Read MoreMalmo Sweden: Those Swedish Folks Sure Love Their Flowers.
Sorry I left you folks in Sweden, but it was difficult keeping up with my blog posts after I joined up with my fellow group of travelers in Denmark. We spent so much time exploring the beautiful countries cities of Copenhagen, Oslo, Stockholm, Helsinki and the unplanned visit to Tallinn, sharing meals and traveling, what…
Read MoreScandinavia 2015 Day Two. Lund, Sweden. Old World Charm At It’s Finest.
After spending some time exploring Malmo on Sunday , and getting some sleep, I decided to take the early train to the historic city of Lund. I had thought about renting a car and driving, but the efficient and modern train ride from the airport in Copenhagen to Malmo persuaded me to try the train…
Read MoreScandinavia 2015 Day Two. Lund, Sweden. Old World Charm At It's Finest.
Copenhagen Denmark. Something For Everyone: Gardens, Palaces, Shopping, History And The Second Oldest Amusement Park In The World. Part One.
It is going to be very hard to summarize all I saw and did in my one full day in the “city of green spires”. I knew it was an amazing visit, from the opulent Christianborg Palace to the magical Tivoli amusement park. But, in reviewing the photographs I took for this blog, I realized…
Read MoreThe PPL Wetlands In It’s Summer Splendor.
It has only been about five years or so since I first discovered the PPL Wetlands but I have come to love these canals and ponds along the Susquehanna River and enjoy visiting them in all seasons. It seems it was just yesterday that I was listening to the chorus of the awakening spring peppers and…
Read MoreThe PPL Wetlands In It's Summer Splendor.
Copenhagen Denmark. Part Two. Observatories to Amusement Parks.
Sorry I didn’t finish up my tour of Copenhagen. I left after a nice lunch in a restaurant near the Stroget, over a mile long, it is one of the longest pedestrian shopping streets in the world. My sister and others from the group went to find a boat tour of the canals but I…
Read MoreScandinavia Day Seven. Copenhagen To Oslo: By Boat And Bus. Some Down Time Taking In The Countryside.
Although we got in late from our visit to Tivoli, I was up early the next morning to get my walk in before our bus left for the long ride to Oslo the capitol of Norway. I walked to the reservoirs near our hotel and found the moon setting in the west. Even at this…
Read MoreScandinavia Day Eight. Oslo Norway, A Lovely City On A Fjord. So Much To See In So Little Time.
After our long day on the bus I was up early in Oslo hoping to see some of residential parts of the city before my group’s tour of the city. Unfortunately the weather was co-operating as i watched a heavy storm move in form the south and bring with it some torrential rains. The storm…
Read MoreScandinavia Day Eight. . Oslo. Norway Part Two: A Tour Of The City And A Legacy Of Peace.
After leaving the Vigeland Sculpture Garden on our second in Oslo we toured the cities revitalized harbor and it’s many new building, including the slick and modern new Opera House. The harbor is connected to the North Sea by a long fjord and there are many marinas and docks along the waterfront. Here is a…
Read MoreOslo Norway: Part Three. Norsk Folkemuseum A Visit To Norway’s past.
After I left the group in Oslo Harbor I boarded a ferry to the Bygdoy peninsula, where we visited the Viking Boat Museum earlier in the day. This time I headed to the Folkemuseum. I enjoy learning about the history and culture of the country’s I visit so I thought this would be a good place…
Read MoreOslo Norway: Part Three. Norsk Folkemuseum A Visit To Norway's past.
Scandinavia Day Nine. On The Road Again, A Pleasant Drive To Stockholm.
There wasn’t any time to sleep in on this trip and I was up before the early rising sun again to take a walk through the lovely streets of Oslo one last time. I walked to the harbor and enjoyed the beauty of the waters of the North Sea that stretched so far inland.…
Read MoreScandinavia Day Ten. Stockholm, Sweden: “The City That Floats On Water”
I was up early on my first full day in Stockholm, but not early enough to beat the early rising Nordic sun. It was already shinning when I headed out for a morning walk. I made my way down to the water, which isn’t hard in this city made up of fourteen islands. I…
Read MoreScandinavia Day Ten. Stockholm, Sweden: "The City That Floats On Water"
Stockholm Sweden: Part Two. More Water And A Visit To Royalty.
For any new readers, I am recollecting my recent visit to Scandinavia, and left off when we boarded a ferry from near City Hall in Stockholm for a pleasant one hour boat ride to famous Drottningholm Palace. We left the old building and churches of old town Stockholm and passed the stately City Hall Building. …
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