Friday, December 31, 2010

Christmas blizzard 'snowpocalypse' 5


View of the third pond.

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Christmas blizzard 'snowpocalypse' 4


View of the second pond.

Christmas blizzard 'snowpocalypse' 3


Cold seat.

Christmas blizzard 'snowpocalypse' 2


View of the first pond.

Christmas blizzard 'snowpocalypse' 1


View towards the second pond.

Friday, December 24, 2010

Thick enough for skating II


View of a frozen second pond.

Thick enough for skating I


View of a frozen first pond.

Thursday, December 16, 2010

Snow on ice


View of the second pond.

Snow, ice and water


Refections on a cold morning.

Geese tracks


Walking on snow covered ice.

Snow on ice


View of the first pond.

Sunday, November 28, 2010

Sunset


Heron


Heron in flight.

Ducks


A lot of ducks are visiting the ponds the last few weeks.

Mushrooms on tree 2


Some more mushrooms on a tree along the ponds.

Mushrooms on tree 1



Some more mushrooms on one of the trees along the ponds.

Saturday, October 30, 2010

Fall moving along 1


View of the first pond towards in inlet.

Fall moving along 2


View towards the weir between the first and second ponds.

Fall moving along 3


Part of the bridge in the first pond.

Sunday, October 24, 2010

Fall colors around the second pond


Fall colors and their reflections.

Dead snake


Not sure what the cause of death was.

Saturday, October 23, 2010

How to catch a catfish 7


How to catch a catfish 6


How to catch a catfish 5


How to catch a catfish 4


How to catch a catfish 3


How to catch a catfish 2


How to catch a catfish 1


Two cormorants


They appear to be enjoying eachothers company.

Friday, October 22, 2010

Cormorant 1


After a swim, drying its wings in the sun.

Cormorant 2


After a swim, drying its wings in the sun.

Cormorant 3


A second bird has been seen fishing the ponds.

Geese


A large group of geese has returned. Will they stay for the winter?

Ducks


Three ducks enjoying a beautiful fall afternoon.

New signs


Two new signs were posted at the playground.

Fall colors 1


Along the third pond.

Fall colors 2


Along the first pond.

Fall colors 3


Along the first pond.

Friday, October 1, 2010

Mushrooms


These mushrooms appeared on the stump of an old tree.

View of the first pond


Fall is here.

View of the second pond


Fall is here.

Up in a tree


The cormorant likes to perch in a tree at the end of the day.

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Juvenile Great Cormorant 2


An unusual appearance by a fishing bird.

Juvenile Great Cormorant 1


On its way through, looking for a quick meal?

Friday, July 30, 2010

Flowers (1)


White flower.

Flowers (2)


White flower.

Flowers (3)


Pink flower.

Flowers (4)


Pink-red flower.

Flowers (5)


Flowers along the second island in the first pond.

Flowers (6)


Flowers along the North bank of the first pond.