Algonquin Adventures, Pt. 2

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This time I'm  highlighting more photos from our Algonquin day trip on the May long weekend. These photos are from the Logging Museum Trail, the Visitor's Centre and the Spruce Bog Trail. Mostly some scenery, greenery and a cute red squirrel who was greeting guests at the start of the trail.

Well, the weekend was pretty good. The girls and I enjoyed the trip to Watertown, except Keturah was sick with a head cold..she's still sick with it! I think I'm fighting it off, as I've had a headache for a couple of days along with a sore throat now and then...SIGH. 

On Sunday we had a quiet day at home.....we didn't go to Peterborough as Emily came down this way, so she dropped by after supper for a visit.

Last week and this week I've been planning our summer holiday..trying to find hotels in New Brunswick is challenging..maybe because we're going later than usual...We may have to sleep in our van on the way home! :-) Anyway, the plan is to go to a cottage on Grand Manan Island again in August. It's the one spot we all enjoy and we're even bringing my sister and her husband as they've never been down East before...should be fun!

Enjoy your week!

Myrtle Beach Wildlife

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This time I'm highlighting some wildlife that you find in Myrtle Beach! Pretty much the same as you'd find here in Ontario during the summer months!

I have a couple of photos of brown birds, which I think are grackles, a squirrel coming down the side of the tree and then a few shots of painted turtles. These were all taken at the Barefoot Landing Boardwalk, which is a nice place to walk off all those pralines we ate! We don't usually see a whole lot of wildlife here, but we have seen cormorants and an alligator in the past.

Well, it's been a quiet week as I try to shake this stupid cough...I'm usually good until I need to talk or sleep!! URGH.

Brooke made it home safe and sound yesterday and on time too! Keturah didn't have school yesterday and had a friend over, so I had a houseful of teens! Lots of fun! Today, Brooke and I went to Kingston for a bit of shopping.

Have a good weekend!

 

More Views from the Zoo

I'm still sharing some photos from Wacatee Zoo, MB---I took so many! Here are a variety of animal shots, taken throughout the zoo.

 

1st-a chicken wandering around-you could feed them and we did

2nd- a grey squirrel-we fed him too

3rd & 4th-small pig like creatures called Pecaries. They were so cute when they were running around!

5th-a little island in the area where the egrets were...can you see 2 turtles and an alligator?

6th-another little island in the area where the egrets were--includes a sleepy juvenile alligator

7th-a curious ostrich looking for a snack

8th-a zebra taking it easy-the rest of them were running around

 

Enjoy! More next week!

 

 

A Hiking We Will Go....

Last Sunday was so beautiful that we went for a walk around Lemoine's Point in Kingston. It's a pretty nice walk, but even better if you get to see some critters! Here are all the ones we saw throughout the walk..sorry for posting so many this week, but I couldn't narrow it down to just 2-3 this week!

1st-Bluejay

2nd-Chickadee

3rd-Nuthatch

4th-Woodpecker-he was far away!

5th-the sun shining through the trees

6th-chipmunk, pigging out on the seeds

7th-fat squirrel eating something

8th-squirrel checking us out

9th-another squirrel

10th-a black squirrel

My friend Melissa and I were at the Toronto Zoo on Friday and I took 3 SD cards full of pictures, so once I get through them, I'll be sure and post some shots...We had an awesome day for shooting. It was a bit chilly, but didn't rain on us! The animals tend to be more active too! I got to see and shoot the African Penguins too..they are so darn cute, I wanted to sneak one home!

A Hiking We Will Go....

We finally managed to get out on Sunday and do some hiking at Lemoine's Point. It was a bit chilly, but beautiful and sunny. We didn't bring any seeds with us, so the chickadees didn't come too close. But here are some critters we did see. The squirrels were NOT scared at all and kind of freaked me out!

1st-grey squirrel

2nd-pileated woodpecker

3rd-black squirrel