Since it is supposed to start raining tonight, we decided to go for a drive today. My friend,
Mary, had went to Goose pond and told me about her trip. I had been anxious to go, so today was the day.
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We saw plenty, but all at a distance. I saw a few frog's peeping up from the depths...but not a single one along the banks.
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We saw several egrets, with this being the only one within shooting distance. I watched and watched for him to catch something all to no avail. Plus we were watching for this bald eagle...and he came close, but not close enough for a good picture. It was a juvenile. Still, it was very exciting to see it.
There were lots of blue herons, and a couple cormorants, and a couple other birds. Just so frustrating that all except this egret were too far away. I told Roger I would love to take his hunting blind down there and set it up and see if things would come close with us sitting in it.
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This is from today...I should have kept a copy of the original...to show you...I just hit auto levels to get this till you could see the milkweed seeds in flight. I don't care how old I get to be, I will love shaking them loose to fly on the wind...in this case Roger shook them loose for me to try to capture.
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The past couple days prior to today, I have spent a lot of time in my basement. And should I admit that a lot of the time has been spent looking for things...namely two or three different fabrics? I found one of them right where I first looked...it had just got squished down between two others...but I didn't find it till I had looked through every other place. Does anyone else lose things like this?
In finding the one fabric, I thought of another fabric that I had not seen in all the searching...I did not go back looking again. But I have been searching for a quilt backing, too...no luck with it either.