The disappearing Beaver dam

Watery Wednesday

This is a good look at the beaver dam built across the creek that runs behind our home. These Beavers are bank Beavers. They actually live in the banks of the creek instead of lodges. This dam gets washed away each time the water gets high, but they are really persistent, and will rebuild as many times as necessary.
Happy Watery Wednesday. Click on http://waterywednesday.blogspot.com to see lots more water shots.

Weekend Reflections

Yet another picture of the creek behind our house. The Beavers have dammed up the water and lets me get some cool reflections. You can see the beaver dam in the foreground. It has been washed away 3 times so far this Spring, but they continue to rebuild.
Click on http://newtowndailyphoto.blogspot.com to see what a great job James does with this meme.

We were gone all day Saturday, and I didn't take any pictures outside, so I'll post some from last Thursday and Friday. They are all on my morning walk on the Creek trail. I wore a bright green sweatshirt, and didn't see any hunters.
This first shot is of the Tundra Swans. I heard their kwooo, kwooo calling way before I saw them. This picture has been cropped, so you can see just how very high they fly. They were headed Southeast to their winter grounds along the Atlantic shores of Virginia and the Carolina's. It had been raining earlier that morning, and the water droplets hung from all the branches.

As I walked the sun came up, and turned the color of the trees orange against the dark sky over Lake Erie. The lake is probably 25 miles away to the West of us.

Then the clouds moved in and that beautiful bright orange color was gone.

This is the end of the trail, and here is the Beaver dam. It survived the high water we had last week.

I hope everyone has a very pleasant rest of the week-end.

Good Morning. WOW, it's 20º here this morning. For our good friends to the north in Canada that's -2c. Really frosty. Clear skies and no wind.
All the apples we had picked are done, BUT there are lots more on the trees, and we'll pick those today. I still want to dry some too.
Yesterday we got the grass mowed hopefully for the last time this Fall, got our flu shots, finished the apples, and then we went for a ride in the country. The leaves are falling fast now, and this will be the last week-end to enjoy them.
I'm trying a new thing with my pictures, and if it works, I'll put more on tomorrow that I took yesterday. Have a wonderful day, and get out there and take some pictures. You'll appreciate it when we have 3 feet of snow on the ground, and you can't get outside. LOL.