A Walk at the Lake on a Mostly Wordless Wednesday . . .

Mama on her nest. 

I had no idea that turtles were sitting among the weeds and logs in the water until I looked thru my camera lens.  There must've been at least fifty of them all sunning themselves. 

And I caught this little guy stretching out his legs.  Every time I look at this photo I have to laugh!!!  : )

It was the perfect day for a walk at Rockland Lake.  We're so blessed to live in such a beautiful part of New York State.  We live a stone's throw from the Hudson River, state parks, see our fair share of wildlife and are only 20 miles north of Manhattan.  The best of both worlds!!  : )


Many blessings for a happy Wednesday ~ Wendy

Life Around Twin Ponds on a {mostly} Wordless Wednesday . . .

Our neighborhood is blessed with a wonderful little place to visit called "Twin Ponds."  I believe, at one point, it was one giant pond but then was split in half when a road cut it in two when new houses were being built.

Can you spot the blue heron??  He's a regular at the ponds and so amazing to watch.

Our resident swans expanded their family this year!!  They're very careful about getting too close to people so they hang out at the back of the pond.  Difficult to get a good photo with my lens but still beautiful nonetheless.

After flying over to the other pond, Mr. Heron found his lunch.  Not a great photo but you can see the fish in his mouth.

And he's off to dine without some annoying human taking photos of him!!  : )

There were several kids taking advantage of a beautiful day to fish.  I'm happy to say they got the hook out of his mouth and released him back into the water and we watched him swim away with a fish story to tell his family.  : )

This sweet little baby followed me from cat tail to cat tail and watched as I took photos.  I'm not sure what kind of a bird he is but it was love at first sight for me!!

 We feel so blessed to be able to live in such a beautiful area.  We toyed with the idea of moving last year but I'm so glad we changed our minds.  I'd miss this slice of heaven practically in our own backyard!!


Many blessings for a beautiful Wednesday ~ Wendy

this morning . . .

I drove around our local state park this morning in search of a heart ~ today's prompt for my "photo a day" challenge.  The new prompts for the month of August have just been posted and I'm pretty excited about them!!  I'm not very good at sticking with routines but I've been having so much fun every day with this challenge that it hasn't even crossed my mind NOT to do each day's challenge.  : )  So back to my looking for a heart story . . .

I was planning to drive to the beautiful little cemetery that is located inside the park to take a photo of one of the headstones that has a heart on it.  I love to take photos in cemeteries probably more than almost any place else.  Don't know why.  I just do.  As I got closer, I noticed a funeral procession making the turn into the cemetery so I knew it was not to be.  I said a prayer and kept driving.

Not far past the cemetery is a pond that is separate from the large lake in the park.  Today it was covered with so much algae.  A definite feast for the wildlife that lives in and around it but I honestly didn't know how these little babies were even able to swim thru it.

It was thick as pea soup!!  They didn't seem to mind though!!

A turtle on a log. 

Geese flying overhead.

Somebody lost their shoe.  : (

 I was a little disappointed that I didn't get to capture the cemetery photo.  However, I am a very strong believer in things happening for a reason.  When I got home, I took out my Spirit Guide deck of cards and pulled my morning ritual of three.  Wouldn't you know it . . .  two out of the three cards had hearts on them.  : )

Many blessings for a Wednesday filled with love ~ Wendy