Yes, four months since my last post. A very long span of time in some
respects but really just a flash. Time comes and goes in flashes now and if I've learned anything over the years it is that the period between the flashes is what is important. So I meandered around the pond on a stellar Fall afternoon and allowed what I could see, smell and hear to take over the moment. To comfort me as my thoughts could not.
A maple tree as majestic as any at its most glorious moment. A gilded robe that it would soon let go. The flash at sunset. |
A Red Squrrek and an Eastern Fox Squirrel are more worried about us than each other. |
Ah! The beauty of a long camera lens. Neither the painted turtles nor the Wood Duck had any concerns about our presence. |
I love these ducks! |
How could this setting not bring comfort to a soul? |
A box elder (I believe) on fire! |
Can you spot the pair of female wood ducks in this lily pad flotsam? |
So majestic. |
And so proud...he's literally beating his chest! I don't think the turtles give a hoot. |
Taking a regal bath. |
These guys really do blend in with their backgrounds. |
Our resident Blue Heron on the lookout from his favorite perch |
A Grey Squirrel...yes grey...the result of melanistic genes. He's certain my dogs and I are going to steal his nut. |
Female Wood Duck with her pretty white eyes. |
Lily pads in the clouds. |
And he's still bathing! |
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