The most recent edition of This Week New Albany — our local suburban newspaper — has a story about a road rage incident in our community and a warning from the police. The incident involved two cars stopped at an intersection. The drivers exchanged words — the police don’t know exactly what was said — [...]
Posts Tagged ‘New Albany’
What To Do With A Road Rage Warning?
Posted in Columbus, crime, tagged Columbus, crime, Driving, Life, New Albany, News, Police, road rage, This Week New Albany on February 8, 2012 | 3 Comments »
Hoping To See A Snowy Owl
Posted in Columbus, Ohio, tagged Columbus, Ohio, New Albany, birds, Snowy Owls on February 3, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I’m not a birder. New Albany doesn’t seem like a great place for bird-watching. We share this space with the native Ohio birds, ducks and swans, and the flocks of dreaded, honking, crapping Canadian geese — but not much else. But now my bird-sighting hopes are up, because there are reports that Snowy Owls have [...]
Snow On Pine
Posted in Columbus, Ohio, weather, tagged Columbus, New Albany, Ohio, Photography, sports, weather, Winter on January 15, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Saturday morning the snow was still fresh when Penny and I took our walk. We passed one pine tree where the snowflakes had been caught by the clusters of pine needles like a baseball is caught by a catcher’s mitt. It looked like ice cream cones or cotton candy. The snow was so new, and [...]
Frost-Covered Sunrise, New Albany, January 15
Posted in Columbus, Ohio, weather, tagged Columbus, New Albany, Ohio, Photography, Sunrises, weather, Winter on January 15, 2012 | 1 Comment »
It stopped snowing yesterday, the sky cleared, and of course the temperature dropped. This morning it was frigid. On our morning walk we noticed that everything was covered with a delicate layer of frost. On this little tree, the coating of frost looked like fine white hairs in the refracted light of the sunrise.
Snowing, Blowing, Drifting
Posted in Columbus, weather, tagged Columbus, Commuting, New Albany, Photography, Snow, weather on January 13, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
It’s been a mild winter so far, but last night the weather turned. By this morning we had snow on the ground, more is falling, and a sharp wind is pushing the snow into drifts and turning the falling snow into little cutting blades that prick your face as you walk. It’s not great weather for [...]
Title Creep
Posted in Humor, Work, tagged Humor, Job Titles, New Albany, New Albany-Plain Local school district, Schools, Work on December 19, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Our local school district recently hired a new official. Her title is “chief of innovation, improvement and human capital” for the school district. You may be scratching your head about what a job with such a high-flown title entails. Well, her position replaces the “human resources director,” and a release from the school district says [...]
Ducks On A Frozen Pond, December 2011
Posted in Columbus, tagged Columbus, Ducks, Morning Walks, New Albany on December 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
It’s been very cold here recently, and on this morning’s walk Penny and I saw that the pond at no. 5 North is now covered with a sheet of ice — one strong enough to support the weight of a pair of waddling Canadian geese. The remaining ducks were huddled in the lone, rapidly shrinking [...]
Blue Christmas
Posted in Columbus, tagged Christmas, Christmas Lights, Columbus, New Albany on December 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Christmas lights are out throughout New Albany, and some of the displays are quite striking. This bit of rhapsody in blue is found at one of the large homes along the Yantis Loop.
Carolers In The Dark
Posted in Family, Music, tagged Caroling, Christmas, Christmas Carols, Family, GnG Music Instruction, Music, New Albany, Singing on December 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Last night we were expecting guests. We went to the door when the doorbell rang, but instead of our guests, it was a group of carolers, adults and children both, belting out a holiday song with great gusto. What a pleasant surprise! After they finished, we thanked them and wished them happy holidays. They looked [...]
The Penny Chronicles
Posted in Dogs, Humor, Penny, tagged Dogs, Humor, New Albany, Penny, The Penny Chronicles on December 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
My name is Penny. Every morning the old boring guy feeds me, then we go for a walk. We always walk the same path, every morning. Every morning! Why? Don’t look at me! Why do you think I call him the old boring guy? As we walk, I try to smell as many things as [...]
Migration Nation
Posted in Columbus, Ohio, tagged birds, Canadian geese, Columbus, Humor, New Albany, Ohio on November 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
It’s late fall, and in New Albany that means dealing with the annual migration of the reviled Canadian geese. We’ve had gaggles of geese moving through New Albany for weeks now. You hear them before you see them. The brassy honking draws your attention, and then you see the familiar V-shaped flying wedge in the [...]
A Dog-Swan Encounter
Posted in Dogs, Penny, tagged Dogs, Morning Walks, New Albany, Penny, Swans on November 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
On this morning’s walk Penny and I noticed that the swan who cruises regally on the number 5 north pond was right next to the boardwalk. As I stopped to take a picture of this beautiful creature, Penny decided to take a closer look — and then the fun began. Penny stuck her head under [...]
The Mumkin Gambit
Posted in Columbus, tagged Columbus, Mumkins, New Albany on November 7, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Ever heard of a “mumkin”? In our neighborhood, they are everywhere, because the local schools have decided that students should sell the “mumkins” as part of a kind of fund-raising project. A mumkin isn’t related to a munchkin. Instead, as the photo accompanying this post reveals, it’s a pot of mums stuck in a plastic [...]
The New Albany Wetland And Nature Preserve
Posted in Columbus, Dogs, Ohio, Penny, tagged Columbus, Dogs, New Albany, New Albany Wetland and Nature Preserve, Ohio, Penny on October 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Over the weekend Penny and I took a walk over to the New Albany Wetland and Nature Preserve. It’s a good place to visit on a fall afternoon, and for a dog who likes to sniff just about everything, it’s one of the greatest places on earth. The Preserve is an 85-acre plot of land [...]
Frosty Moon Morning, New Albany
Posted in Columbus, weather, tagged Cold weather, Columbus, Morning Walks, New Albany, weather on October 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This morning was another cold one! This photo was taken from the boardwalk around the No. 5 North pond at 7 a.m., with wisps of steam curling from the water and the silvery moon looking down on the frosty grass of the golf course.
