I'm Back!! With MORE Heron Photos

Napanee, Ontario

Welcome back!

 

We moved across 2 provinces with minimal issues...the normal glitches that come up when you haven't moved in 30 years! :-) I should have written a book on all the things we learned--dos and don'ts! 

I'm finally unpacked for the most part and ready to continue updating this wonderful blog...

Here are more pics of the Great Blue Heron found near the waterfalls at the Napanee Conservation Park! I will definitely miss this little guy! I do have lots of pictures of him to show off though!

Here are some of my favourite....more next week!

Have a great week!

Snapping Turtles

Welcome Back!

This week I'm highlighting some of the snapping turtle shots I took back in June. We saw about 12 of them within 3 days...these two were close to home, so Keturah and I drove down the road and took some photos. I have a long lens, so I can stand way back and not get too close while they are doing their business (laying eggs). When the one was done, she kept heading for the road, so Keturah kept moving her off into the ditch, but she was a stubborn one and kept trying to go up on the road!

We learned the proper way to handle snapping turtles when we volunteered at Sandy Pines Wildlife Centre...I used to give one of the snappers his "soak" every night I volunteered, which meant lifting the heavy guy into a big tub of water! He seemed to enjoy it, so that was all that mattered!

Well, I'm still a bit tired from all the travelling we did, but we had an AWESOME time in Grand Manan. We did a lot of hiking, beachcombing and taking photos all week! I miss it already and will definitely go back...maybe permanently at some point! I took photos of all the lighthouses, scenery and some whales! We went on a whale watch cruise and saw about 12 of them..mostly Right Whales and a Humpback. I'll highlight them in the coming weeks! I have to sort through all of them! SIGH!

More later this week!

Geese, Pt. 4

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This time I'm highlighting the last of THESE geese pictures. I have more geese shots taken at another park, but will save those for another day! I managed to get a couple of the goslings by themselves as they were scurrying to get into the water! 

Well, the weekend was busy..for us anyway! We had a BBQ at my niece's house on Friday night. My other niece and her family came for a visit from Kentucky and it was great seeing them as it has been about 18 months since we saw them last! 

On Sunday we had another BBQ at my sister's house. It kind of rained during dinner but the food was tasty...Although we all ate too much! :-)

Well, this will be my last post until after holidays as we leave early Friday morning. My list is prepared, so I just have to finish laundry and start packing clothes/food/fishing stuff! Looking forward to the time away at my favourite Island.

Have a great couple of weeks!

 

Scenes from Springside Park

Welcome back!

This time I'm highlighting photos from one of my many walks at Springside Park and Boardwalk in Napanee. We walk here at least once a week, but more like three or four. We go here because it is a short drive from our house and we get to see so many interesting things along the way!

This visit in early June, we saw ducks, LOTS of wildflowers (ok, maybe they're weeds!), a snapping turtle and geese and their babies. So, I'll have a few weeks of shots to highlight.

Well, everyone is starting to drive me nuts around here...If I hear "I'm bored" one more time, I may run away from home (by myself!) :-) I should have found everyone a summer job!

We went to visit Grammy in Marmora yesterday, I spent some time in the craftroom and tonight I have a card class...Yep, starting our Christmas cards already. It's never too early...Michael's even have some of their Christmas stuff out already too!

Nothing planned for the weekend, but you never know what we'll end up doing!

Enjoy the weekend!

Exciting Stuff!

Well, our exciting news isn't all that exciting to most people, not even to me, but to Kevin and Keturah it is...Kevin bought a 2 seater Kayak!!! We went to Clear Water Designs across the bay yesterday to check them out and Kevin liked it and the girls said they'd ride in it with him and so he bought it. Late yesterday, they took it for a spin in the Napanee River. Everyone is enjoying it, except me, because I prefer my boats with a big motor and lots of room to move around, but now I have something else to photograph! haha

Kevin and Keturah on their first journey!







Brooke and Keturah going for a ride---Kevin may not get a turn ever again!