enjoying the little things....

with this amazing weather, we took our first walk around "my pond" on sunday. 

i was honestly surprised to see so many ducks, so early in the season.

the women were busy claiming their "nesting" spots

while the men were busy doing whatever it is they do.

it's funny how i can walk the same pond over and over and never get bored.

i mean really. 

don't cattails fascinate you. 

they don't. oh. well then you'd hate "my pond."

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wait. they do. 

well then you can come along with me on my pond walks any day.

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{i'm on book two of "fifty shades of grey," which is "fifty shades darker." did you look the book up. did you download it. are you reading it. curious minds want to know}

doing the nasty....

last week i gave you lion porn. this week boxelder bugs porn. 

you're welcome.

i took a new friend to "my pond" yesterday for the first time. i think she's in love with it, too.

why does this remind me of a palm tree in florida

it was just us two girls at the pond

but 

we found this fungi to entertain us for a few minutes

{insert chuckle}

do you see what i see. those babies are so fast when startled. but i caught some of them.

oh mr. redwinged blackbird. i love you dearly.

turtle gymnastics. this is the balance beam and they were preparing for their dismounts.

i'm not sure what i love more. this pod or how cool the dried grass in the background looks.

you can never have too many redwinged blackbird photos.right.

oh spring and how you magically come alive. you make my heart smile.

this is a part of a dead tree. i guess you call that a log.

mr. robin i see you

cattails go hand in hand with redwinged blackbirds. in my world, you just can't get enough of them.

oh, mr. robin....i guess you see me, too.

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happy weekend everyone

and 

to toot my own horn just a little bit

one of my photos was nominated over here for her latest contest

toot toot

the babies are here....

okay

so honestly

 i pretty much love this bird photo i took on sunday

but 

then i thought 

i should share the original photo with you 

just so you can see what my little feathered friend is looking at 

thank you hillary 

for again acknowledging and loving my photographs

with a POTW award

probably a member of mensa....

i've seen squirrels climb out on thin wobbly wires to get the tiniest nibbles of bird seed from a feeder they weren't invited to and i've seen them fly from tree to tree like superman and then break into nuts that even we humans with thumbs would have found impossible to open

but

i have never seen a squirrel in a wood duck house

there aren't many wood ducks around this area and i only see a few each year at the pond where i walk, but i've been told that these "birdhouses on steroids" are for them.

if they truly are for the wood ducks, well this little guy didn't get that memo

and

i didn't have the heart to tell him he was probably renting out someone else's digs

since he was kind enough to let me take his photo.

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my pond...

okay

it's not really my pond, but that's what i call it

and

after a sleepy winter and a terribly long and icy spring

that prevented me from getting near it...

well

i'm back

and

so are my turtles and my herons and my geese and my ducks

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okay

they're not really mine

but

i wish they were

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if you want to see more glorious {and i mean glorious} shots from the pond

{yep i'm totally bragging on myself here}

head over here for a black and white extravaganza