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Nature’s Art #44.
Hello once again everyone! It is certainly a nice sunny day and a bit warmer than it has been, even though the wind is still on the cool side, but not so strong today. I went for my walk to the river today, my first time in 3 days. It is just such a joy to be out there in nature enjoying all the beauty God has provided. It was quite calm when I first arrived at the river and sitting on the bench looking out across the water was just so nice. It didn’t last too long though and the wind began to blow once more making it just a bit too chilly to sit there. So I moved a bit further down the path, but due to the direction of the wind there just was no place to sit where it did not blow directly on me. So I decided on coming back and once in among the trees again I could no longer feel the wind so it was very pleasant indeed. And listening to all the little birds singing provided a wonderful calming effect. There were several little squirrels busy along the path in different places, looking for pine cones they had cut down from the trees. I didn’t see Scramble today though, he was probably further back from the path today.
And here are a couple pics from my walk to the river, true art in nature…
Above we have the simple beauty of a dried flower stalk left from last year.
Above we have sort of an abstract beauty of ripples on the water going in different directions. The river level has dropped about 2 feet (60cm) from last week. It’s at the level of summer, which is quite amazing, it should be much higher this time of year. But we didn’t have much snow this winter and little moisture this spring, so it is now very dry in the forest.
Kind of a water themed nature’s art this week, but there is a lot of beauty found along our rivers and lakes in this area. I hope you are all having a wonderful day, stay safe and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
©2020 Steve McLeod.
Daily Pics #133.
Good morning everyone! I don’t know about you, but Monday disappeared so fast for me. It was such a nice sunny day again, though going outside quickly got rid of any thoughts that maybe it had warmed up a bit. It was colder yesterday than previous days. Oh well, warmer days are on the way. I think these cooler days must be affecting Muffin, though I’m not really sure how that is possible. But I do know that she is certainly playful on these cooler days. I mean, she absolutely flies around this apartment! Amazing how she can run and jump around so fast without knocking anything down or breaking anything. I am glad that she doesn’t, but it’s amazing to watch her each morning and then again in the evening. And sometimes it’s not so much playing as it is just plain running, like this morning. Wow, was she going, I was wondering when she was going to stop. But at least she’s enjoying herself, and that’s important, so I really don’t mind at all.
And now, here’s today’s picks of pics to share with you…
In the above pic is a white throated sparrow looking at me and likely saying to himself, “there’s that guy with his camera again, what does he want anyway?”
And in the above pic is our largest woodpecker, the pileated woodpecker. Both male and female have the red crest on their heads. This one is the female. They are such a beautiful bird.
That’s it for today’s pics, thanks for stopping by! I hope you all have a great day, stay safe, and God bless!
©2020 Steve McLeod.
