This is a photo of my Real Living HER office in Worthington. It’s an older building in the bi-level style. The new offices around the Columbus metro area look much different. Of course, when building in Worthington, strict zoning codes rule so this style still fits. The office is located at 6902 N High St, just south of I-270.
The Ballantrae Golf & Country Club offers a unique design to traditional country clubs. Ballantrae is an upscale community between Dublin and Hilliard. The main entrance is off Avery Rd.
Worthington has many older neighborhoods that are in walking distance to Thomas Worthington HS or to the popular Village Green and quaint downtown. People select the homes because they have “character”, and aren’t cookie cutters as many other suburbs have. Worthington is unique with a very special personality, assuming cities can have a personality. The section that is known as Old Worthington, is appropriately bounded by North St, Morning St, South St, Evening St. Some very old, elegant homes are located in Old Worthington. The neighborhood above is just outside the Old Worthington area.
Well, it’s not a moon over Miami, but would you believe a moon over the pear tree. That sounds more like a Christmas song. This full moon was out over the Halloween weekend.
More fall colors appear with this viburnum, sedum and ornamental grasses. The viburnums are turning bronze … a color they will keep for most of the winter. The birds have already stripped the berries. The bees are occasionally visiting the sedum flowers but not as often. The plumes on the ornamental grasses will soon have the seeds picked by the small birds, such as the finches and sparrows. When the small hawk/falcon visits my yard, the smaller birds love to hide in the 3 viburnums because they’re so dense. Rabbits try to hide under the viburnums, but The Murph flushes them out, so they prefer their nests under the Norway spruces because he can’t reach them through the long, low boughs.
This has been a great fall for brilliant colors, especially those plants that turn red or yellow. These shrubs are are crimson barberries … the full size, not the dwarf variety. They can be pruned for a formal look or to control size. If left unpruned, as I’ve done here, they will grow to 4ft high with a width of around 5ft. They’re low maintenance and tolerate some dry weather, as we define dry here in Ohio. The red branches provide some color even when surrounded by snow.
Downtown Worthington is a walkable area with many boutique shops. There are eateries, some with outside patios where patrons can enjoy meeting friends and watching the busy traffic on High St. The Village Green is just to the north of this photo where local events are held, plus, there are a couple churches and some homes that front the Green.
The manatee exhibit at the Columbus Zoo is a fascinating place to watch these large animals. Thanks to Jack Hanna, the Zoo is a wonderful place to watch animals in a natural setting. The Zoo is really located near Powell, at the corner of Powell Rd and Riverside Dr. Plan to spend the day in order to see everything. In nice weather, you can also enjoy the nearby water park called Zoombezi Bay.
Because Columbus is located within an 8-hour drive of over 60% of the U.S. population, we are the crossroads for 2 major freeways and several rail lines. The rails move the goods to the Ohio River barges, to the Great Lakes shipping lines, and to other major cities. I especially like this crossing in southern Delaware County because it’s somewhat mysterious as it moves to its unknown path.
It’s the season when pyracanthas look their most beautiful. These thorney shrubs provide berries for some birds – especially the early Spring robins – and safe harbor for small animals that can huddle underneath the low branches. Sprigs also add color to Thanksgiving decorations.
There seems to be a new trend to decorate water towers as a billboard rather than the more common blue-gray & cream to match Ohio skies. This one is south of Delaware near the Cheshire Crossing subdivision. At the top is a graphic of the cityscape plus a pacer horse race, which represents The Little Brown Jug race held in September. Notice the homes at the very bottom right in the photo.
A rock wall at Hayden Run Falls in Dublin. Hayden Run Falls is located at Griggs Reservoir (Scioto River) between the river and Dublin Rd, just off Hayden Run Rd.
I love mountains. Or perhaps I should say I love panoramic views. These are the Catalina Mts, on the northeast side of Tucson. This is the Catalina Hwy, the road up to Mt Lemmon where there is a winter ski slope and lodge. The city is at the very top of the photo – the flat valley. I was about half way up the 12,000 ft to the lodge and it took me about 45 min to get this far. There are lots of switchbacks with a few white knuckle curves. During winter months, only 4WD or tire chains are allowed. Some of the snowbird residents will make the drive on Christmas Day to open their presents in the snow, then drive back down to sit around their pool.
SportsOhio is a large complex for family entertainment northwest of Dublin. There are specific buildings for FieldSports, Soccer and a Chiller ice rink. Additionally, there is a golf driving range and outdoor park. To visit, take Rt 33 NW of Dublin, to west on Rt 161 to Cosgray Rd.
Patio homes – sometimes called Cluster homes – in Muirfield. You can find patio homes in Dublin and Powell in the golf course communities primarily, but also other areas as well. They usually are spacious, luxury homes that have been built on smaller lots so the owners can spend weekends doing other things than taking care of the lawn. Unlike condos, the owners own the home and the lot. Owners often will contract with a landscaping firm as a group to do the lawn care and snow removal. By the way, the homes may or may not have a patio. 
Just for fun – since we’ve started getting chilly here. Here is a sunrise photo that I took while living in Tucson, as the sun was coming up over the Rincon mountains on the east side of Tucson.
It’s that time of year again. Because of damage to my maple last winter, the leaves are falling earlier than normal. The Murph likes to play in them as lots of dogs do, undoing my piles about as quick as I can rake them.
This is the Muirfield Country Club which, although private, is for “regular” golfers as opposed to the Memorial Tournament PGA golf course. Residents of Muirfield can join the Club course and enjoy all the facilities which includes a pool, tennis, a rec center and dining. The Country Club is located on the west side of Muirfield Dr through a well landscaped entranceway.
Is there any better symbol of fall than pumpkins … and anything with an OSU Buckeyes logo on it. Yes, it’s Buckeye Country – get used to it.
These people were taking advantage of a nice fall day to enjoy the Scioto River, north of Dublin. Actually they were feeding a bunch of mallard ducks, which are hard to see because they’re camouflaged with the rocks. I would like to have gotten closer to the ducks, but since The Murph was with me, his barking scared them away. So we stayed where we were while The Murph enjoyed wading in the shallow water.
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