Waterlilies - different colors

Some of the variations of waterlilies we found when we visited

Perry's Water Gardens July 4, 2008.

I just loved the purple one, we had seen so many of the pinks and whites by the time we got to these were ready for a change. They had very few purple waterlilies.

We should be in Limon, Costa Rica today,

hopefully visiting the tropical jungle.

Pink Waterlilies - different types

Variations of pink waterliles we saw at Perry's Water Gardens

when we were there July 4th, 2008.

We should be in Cartagena, Columbia today.

Eleven years ago today I married my best friend, Jimmy.

Duck bathing at Cumberland Mtn State Park

This duck really put on a show taking his bath at Cumberland Mountain State Park.
These were taken August 28, 2008.

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Great Blue Heron earlier this week at Veteran's Park

I am still visiting my hubby in Spring City a day or two each week. We don't have the new home away from home livable yet. Well, it has rained all week, and it rained while I was there. But I did venture out of the motel long enough to mail a photography order and since it was just drizzling at the time I thought I should go check on Veterans Park at the edge of Watts Bar Lake.I was shocked to say the least. This was the first time I had seen this beautiful lake during the winter. Granted Veterans Park is at the edge and can't even see the lake real good from this point, except the edge you are standing at. This spot is where I have been photographing the Great Blue Heron since Jimmy was transferred to Spring City.
Well, there he is, but with the lack of other humans he was more skittish than usual, and flew as soon as I got this first photo. I wasn't ready, and did not capture a clear photo at all while he was in flight. There he is on the other side.
So I decided to walk on around the walking trail, and come to another one.
This time I was just slightly more ready.

But as I tried to keep up with him as he was passing me by I clipped his wing off. These birds are very large and that wing span is huge. According to Sibley Guide to Birds the wing span is 72 inches, and I believe it. Think about that, I am 65 inches tall.

He continued on to the other side.

These photographs were all I got for my efford out in the drizzling rain.
That is why I have been staying in the house.

Except Richard At The Water is trying his best to get me interested in what is beyond my window, so I bought new types of bird seed (even the expensive stuff) and added some food to new areas around the yard. But I did not do it in my PJ's Richard, I got dressed to do it.

Canadian Goose at Cumberland Mountain State Park

These photographs of a Canadian Goose were taken at the Cumberland Mountain State Park on the Cumberland Plateau in middle Tennessee.

They were taken the same day as the previous post.

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Great Blue Heron at Veteran's Park in October

My favorite subject in Spring City, the Great Blue Heron.

He is around most times when I visit the Veterans Park in Spring City, Tennessee.

These photographs were taken October 2, 2008.

Fall Colors, going, going, gone

This photograph of Watts Bar Lake was taken 2 weeks ago close to the Caney Creek Marina. This marina is between Kingston and Rockwood. The leaves were still hanging on, but not much color. The leaves are like this all over East Tennessee this year. When the rain starts everybody says there goes the last of the leaves. It rained all day on Monday, then on Tuesday I noticed a line of trees still covered in leaves, even with a hint of bright yellow scattered throughout it. Everybody is saying when the leaves hang on like this the winter is going to be a COLD winter. This doesn't predict the snows, that is by the fogs in August. A cold hard winter is also predicted by the mast crop, well in our area the mast crop is huge this year. I don't like cold weather. Wish I could go to Florida for the winter, but that does not pay the bills.

Ducks at Cumberland Mtn State Park

I took these photographs of Mallard Ducks at the Cumberland Mountain State Park, August 2008. Be sure to click on the collage to enlarge so you can see it better.

Hope everybody is having a ducky Thanksgiving. Oops, that is peachy Thanksgiving. Oops, Happy Thanksgiving.

Great Blue Heron in trees at Watts Bar Lake

I was out looking for fall colors on October 9. Was a little disappointed no Heron in sight. This is a favorite spot for me to find Great Blue Heron. Was scanning the area for better fall colors and in the trees I spotted the Heron. Wish the trees had been red all around him, but oh well. I don't think I have ever seen one in a tree.

It does seem the fall color peak is getting later. The peak this year was not is September, or even October, but November. We used to think of September as fall colors, I had gotten used to October. But November?