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!

Canada Geese Family

Napanee, Ontario

Welcome Back!

Sorry, I didn't get to post last week, I was feeling sick with cold/allergies on Saturday, which meant stuck on the couch, which meant doing all my errands/chores on Sunday, so this fun stuff got bumped! 

I'm posting on Saturday this week as I have a client meeting tomorrow, so I may not get to the computer!

This week, I have more photos of the Canada Geese family that was swimming around the Napanee River, almost 2 years ago now...hard to believe it's been that long. I'll have quite a few more pics to show off, at least 3 more weeks, then some heron shots (Yay, my fave bird!)

I remember when we were at Waterloo University with Brooke, they had t-shirts in the gift shop that said "I survived mating season" with a picture of a Canada goose! Apparently they are even MORE mean and protective during that time of year and they like the Waterloo campus too, so students are warned to beware and avoid them....Cute! 

I know they can be quite mean and like to hiss at you as you are walking by, so I like to see them when they are out in the water, just floating around and enjoying life! :-) I probably wouldn't even take many pics of them, but those babies are so darn cute, who can resist?

Have a great week! 

Happy Family Day!

Napanee, Ontario

Welcome Back and Happy Family Day!

It just so happened that I was starting the waterfowl this week anyway, but better way to celebrate Family Day, than with a family of geese! These two parents were swimming around with all their babies...I counted 18! Wow, I found it hard keeping track of two when my kiddies were babies! :-)

Anyway, these were taken in June 2015 at the Napanee Conservation Area Park (or the waterfall park as we affectionately call it!) I have a "few" more to highlight over the next few weeks and then some of the beloved heron...

We spent most of Saturday with the girlies as Brooke is home for Reading Week...we had a nice lunch at Wild Wings and then went for a walk in the park...After, we watched a movie and played cards too! Not too bad a day considering I had to work Saturday morning! :-(

More next time....Have a great week!

Great Blue Heron, Pt. 3

Great Blue Heron, Napanee, ON

Welcome Back!

This week I'm highlighting the last of the great blue heron pics. These were taken way back in August of 2014 on one of our many walks around the river and waterfall area of the Napanee Conservation Park.

This week has gone by so fast...time flies when you are having fun! The job is still going great and I love being busy and doing work that I love!

Keturah got hired on at the OnRoute again and will be working at Tim Hortons. Too bad she works til 11pm, or she could bring me one home everyday, like Brooke did in the summer! :-)

This weekend, we didn't do too much. I spent Saturday off and on in the craft room, working on Christmas cards... Kevin is replacing the flooring in the living room, so I've been trying to stay out of his way! Today, is the usual: groceries, laundry, cleaning and a nice walk at the park too!

Have a great week!

Great Blue Heron

Great Blue Heron, Napanee, Ontario

Welcome Back!

This week I'm highlighting one of my favourite birds, the Great Blue Heron, or as we affectionately call it, The Heron! We see him (her?) every summer from about May til November. His favourite place is at the bottom of the waterfall at the Napanee Conservation Park. He does some of his best fishing there. We've seen him catch several small fish and even a snake-like thing..possibly a small eel. It was kind of gross to be honest! :-)

We walk around the boardwalk at this park a few times a week and this month, they were fishing for salmon, so we saw some guys catch two of them in the span of 5 minutes during yesterday's walk. Pretty cool!

This was another fast week! Work is going great and is lots of fun and it's keeping me really busy!

Keturah came home again this weekend, so we hung out with her and the boyfriend yesterday for a walk at the park and the mall and then dinner at The Works, for the best veggie burgers in town! Well, Keturah and me, anyway! :-)

Today is groceries, laundry and housework fun (not)!

Have a great week!

Napanee Conservation Park

Welcome Back!

This time I'm including the last of the heron photos taken on a sunny day in August at the Napanee Conservation area (waterfall park)! The last couple of shots are of a old building at the top of the waterfall (it's part of the old mill that used to be there) and one of the waterfall. If you look close, you can see the heron at the bottom. 

I'm not sure what I'll highlight next time..probably get into the vacation shots from Grand Manan..I only have a couple thousand of them to go thru.... :-)

Boy, it was sure hard to get back into the routine this week...I did not like getting up at 6:15am again! I slept til 9:15 today to catch up! :-) It would help if I slept through the night, but since that doesn't happen very often, I guess I'll just have to catch up when I can! :-)

School went well and fast this week...finished a couple of website assignments using Dreamweaver and started taking some courses at home to use WordPress... I'm told that web designers use it more than Dreamweaver and its not covered in my Web Design Program. I will be writing the exam for DW this week and then onto the next course! I can't believe how fast it is going and how much I've been learning AND that I'm still loving it!

Have a great week!

Happy New Year!

Welcome Back!

I hope everyone had a great holiday if you managed to be off over the holidays! We had a pretty good holiday...none of us were sick at all, so that was a plus...my tummy felt a bit wonky on New Year's Eve, but we didn't have plans to go anywhere anyway, so the three of us just stayed home and played cards, while Brooke went out to party with friends! Ahh..to be young again and able to stay up past 10! :-)

Well, we were pretty busy over the holidays and only stayed home a couple of days. We had a nice Christmas dinner with my family on Christmas day, then went to Ottawa on Boxing Day for the weekend to visit friends..had lots of fun, but stayed up too late! We had another great dinner/visit with Kevin's family yesterday!

Brooke catches her train back to Waterloo tomorrow and we all head back to our respective schools on Monday! I'm actually looking forward to it!! I've been going over my notes and taking some related online courses here too.

Ok...now onto the photos...I'm including more shots of the heron that were taken at the Napanee Conservation Park at the bottom of the waterfall, where the heron hangs out to catch fish. I managed to get one photo of him below with his catch in his mouth---I love those shots!

I just noticed that my pageviews for this blog are up to a whopping 10,000! Thank you to everyone who returns to check out my photos..it's very much appreciated. I can't believe I've been updating this blog since 2008...More to come in 2015!

Happy New Year!

Napanee Conservation Park, Pt. 2

Welcome Back!

This time I'm highlighting the Great Blue Heron who is usually always found at the waterfall at the Napanee Conservation Park during the summer months. I'll have a couple more weeks of photos of him as well! I always take well over 100 of the heron when I see him, knowing that I'll likely be happy with less than 20 of those! :-) Glad it's digital and not the old film cameras or I probably wouldn't shoot that many!

Wow, this week went by fairly fast again. I finished a course on Color Theory and yep, it was a bit boring..not as interesting as I thought it would be! I started Adobe Dreamweaver, which is a website builder, which is supposed to save me time from writing all that HTML and CSS code...The first couple of chapters have been kind of confusing, so I hope to go over those during the holidays, so it becomes a bit clearer! 

Well, I was off on Friday again and spent the day with my friends...Lynn and Melissa...we met for coffee and after Lynn left, Melissa and I spent the rest of the day together! She's a web designer as well, so was giving me lots of advice, which was super awesome! 

Saturday was my birthday and we went out for a nice Italian dinner and my bestest friend since Grade 9 and her hubby came and surprised me by joining us for dinner! Was such a nice dinner/visit. We are going to go visit them in Ottawa after Christmas! I'm so blessed to have such great family and friends!!

Well, I'm almost ready for Xmas, just a couple more things to pick up and then a couple of things to wrap and I'm good to go! I hope to get my haircut too before Christmas, so I might do that tomorrow!

I likely will not post before Christmas, so I'd like to wish all my blog visitors a very Merry Christmas!