Although it seemed like it took forever for something to bloom this spring, as soon as I mowed the lawn, the dandelions popped overnight to carpet the ground in yellow.
Dandelion Yellow Carpet
Picture of the Day for April 11, 2021
The hooded merganser on my pond this spring seem to chase each other around the pond a lot, but the other day it was two male mallards doing some fighting.
Just Before the Fight
Picture of the Day for March 22, 2021
A pair of geese have been hanging around my pond, but while I like seeing some activity around my place, I rather not have them stay as they are rather messy and I don’t want to scare off my wood ducks.
Geese at My Pond
Picture of the Day for March 13, 2021
Most of the snow has melted except in the ditches, some drifts and in the woods, although some snow predicted for this week. But the ice is melting on my pond, creating some open water so hopefully soon some ducks will return and nest in the waiting duck boxes.
Waiting for Arrivals
Picture of the Day for March 9, 2021
The geese are making their spring return too, although I only saw four fly overhead today and they haven’t landed in my frozen pond yet.
Geese Coming North
Picture of the Day for August 10, 2020
As I mowed around my pond, it didn’t take long to make the complete loop around it so it is very, very, very tiny compared to Lake Superior but it does provide an environment for some creatures in the water and around it.
Tiny Pond
Picture of the Day for July 7, 2020
I had finished the mowing and a few other chores outside when I came in for supper this evening. The next thing I noticed was water dripping off the roof but the sun was shining. So I grabbed my camera as I figured there would be a rainbow and when I started out down to my pond, it was just light sprinkles. In a few minutes, those tiny drops turned into lots of big drops that pelted me and caused big splashes in the pond. Between scrambling to keep my camera dry under my shirt (which was soaked very quickly) and someone forgetting to change the exposure setting from the moon shots, not too many pictures turned out without raindrops on the lens. I was standing close to this same spot, but this rainbow was taken on a different day when there was only one raindrop on the camera lens and I didn’t get as soaked taking the picture.
Wet Rainbow
Picture of the Day for May 26, 2020
While there were a few quiet moments today, Mother Nature was generally not very peaceful today. The birds were complaining loudly this morning and I discovered the reason. The bear made a return visit and managed to destroy both of my seed feeders and it took a while to patch them enough so the birds could have their seeds again. And then the afternoon storms rolled in and the first one knocked the power out for a couple of hours and the power was just restored in time for the next wave of rain and thunder.
Before the Rain Storm
Picture of the Day for April 15, 2020
After another day of watching the ducks walking on snow by the pond, I am trying to remember that eventually the snow will melt, the landscape will turn green and flowers will display bright blossoms.
Summer at the Pond
Picture of the Day for April 13, 2020
It wasn’t a dream that it looked like Christmas yesterday instead of Easter as this morning the ground was still white even if the morning sun make it less depressing than prior cloudy day. But the clouds rolled back in and more snow fell to cover areas that were starting to melt. At least my pond didn’t freeze over yet and although I didn’t see any ducks swimming there this morning, there was duck tracks in the snow by the edge.
Bright White
