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Daily Pics #120.
Good morning everyone! Well, it’s mid week, though these days it can be hard to tell the difference, every day seems to be kind of the same. Speaking of the same, some have noted that my color scheme has changed on the WP app. However, it hasn’t, my colors are blue print on a white background, so if you’re using the WP app and you see different colors, it’s the app that is the problem. Now, back to today. It’s another beautiful morning and the chorus of birds is increasing every day it seems. It is so nice to wake up to the song sparrow singing while it is just barely getting light. The white-throated sparrow is not far behind. But the robins are definitely the first to sing each morning. Yesterday was so nice, sunny, barely any wind, perfect for a walk down to the river. And sitting on the bench looking out across the river was just so relaxing. I also met 2 rather large dogs along the way, both very friendly and a long ways ahead of their humans. Have never seen them along that path before.
And now to share some more spring pics of my walks to the river…
The above photo shows a male and female (brown) mallard duck. There are quite a few of these ducks around now. I even had a pair under my bird feeder yesterday morning. Such an odd place to find them.
And along the path on the way home was another mourning cloak butterfly sitting on some dried flower heads. There are a lot of these butterflies around now. Perhaps it will be a good year for butterflies.
And there we have our pics for today. Please stay safe everyone, have a wonderful day and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
©2020 Steve McLeod.
Nature’s Art #42.
Hello everyone! I hope you are all well and able to enjoy the day a little. It has been beautiful and sunny most of the day here which made for an enjoyable time walking down to the river. And of course, sitting on the bench looking out over the water, watching all of the ducks who were not very cooperative today. For some reason they all seem to like the far side of the river, though 2 were on my side until I arrived. Then they quickly decided to swim to the other side. However, they ended up going considerably downstream in that fast current. Even though the river level has dropped about 8 feet, the current is still very strong out there, swirling around as it does. Doesn’t really bother the ducks too much, but even they have a hard time swimming across that current. Except the goldeneyes, they seem to have an easier time of it. And there was 2 of them down there today, but they only flew past further upstream, out of range of my camera.
And now for some spring pics for our look at art in nature this week…
In the above picture we have the “tinder polypore”. This is another mushroom, not very colorful but a piece of art anyway. This one would be from last year. They are not edible, very tough and woody and once dried like this one they were used at one time to start fires. They burn slow and steady so were ideal for the purpose.
And in the above pic we have some new greenery poking up from a tiny patch of soil on a large rock outcrop. I’m not sure what it is, but the way the leaves are arranged makes for an interesting piece of art.
And in the above pic we have a piece of river ice hanging in the air above the rocky shore. A piece of art that is melting fast now.
Well, there we have it for this week, I hope you have enjoyed this selection. Have a wonderful day everyone, stay safe and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
©2020 Steve McLeod.
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