Yesterday was a lovely, sunny day. We spent most of the afternoon in and around the pool soaking in the golden rays. These kinds of days have been pretty far and few between this year so we have to take advantage of them as they come along. It was nice having Rick back home again too.
Late in the afternoon we decided to take the canoe down to Green Turtle Pond and paddle to the area where I had seen so many mushrooms earlier in the week. The lake was full of people enjoying the day. Some were swimming, some were floating, some were paddling around in kayaks. As we were unloading the canoe one man said “Nice stripper!” I assumed he was referring to the canoe and not me.
We paddled over to the little lagoon and beached the canoe.
We found a few mushrooms, but most of the ones I had seen were gone by now. Rick demonstrates how big this one was.
Another purple one, this time cupped enough to be store some water.
This one I thought was pretty.
Back in the canoe we tried paddling over to this turtle sunning himself on a rock, but he was too shy and plopped into the water before we got close enough to get a good shot of him.
A little further on we came to this flock of geese enjoying the pond too.
We got too close for comfort for them too, and they took flight.
That was yesterday. Today is a whole different story outside. Take a look.
Oh well. At least we had a good day yesterday!
Posted by Lynne on 08/02/2009 at 10:58 AM
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