Quick Ride About

As long as they stay away from our beachfront it's good to see them grow.

Short Rideabout

I was quite a way from home watching a slider turtle in the beaver pond while hoping that the huge snapping turtle would appear. I looked down and saw - to my horror - that my battery gauge had taken a dive to 0 battery! I hightailed it right back home. When I arrived it still registered extremely low battery but when I turned off the key and then turned it back on, the needle jumped right back to what I thought I had left - 1/2 charged! I have no idea what happened but it cut my ride too short....

Back to the beginning of the ride. I think dandelions are beautiful. There is no sight prettier than a field of these. I have my grandmother's recipe for dandelion wine and my mother used to make it. I have, in the past and it was tasty!

Further down the road I saw a cardinal eating from last year's cattails. Shooting into the sun made it a nice black and white silhouette picture.

A wild cherry tree by the side of the road was just starting to blossom.

The wild-growing bleeding heart isn't very strong but trying to be bright.

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There are many little wild strawberry plants in blossom and I shall take a cup with me the next time as I expect to pick some in a few days. There were bees at work but I didn't see a single butterfly! There is a small family of Canada geese now and we counted four goslings. They better stay away from our beachfront with their messy leavings.

A New Family

When I looked out on the lake this morning, what did I see? I saw a new family of Canada Geese. Thank goodness there are only two goslings but they are well protected by their parents. There is a resident lone goose on the lake that came near the family and the gander aggressively went into attack mode.  I never saw the goose sitting on the nest but sure am happy that not more than two have arrived - so far! They leave very messy droppings when they come up on the beachfront of ours and others. My air horn ought to do the trick this year instead of the pot lid being rapped with a spoon to chase them away. The photos below show them on the grassy dam.

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