Happy Mother's Day

I love the arrival of the Canada Geese every spring ... and I love discovering the same nesting couples back in the same nesting spots at Gavin's work ... there are two sets of repeat nesters there, three years in a row now. Soon, these lovely beauties will be Moms again! I scared one Mom off her nest by accident; she scrambled away squawking ... so I took a snap of her brood and kept on walking. More interesting is the mates ... cause I look to see if they are nearby, so I don't get a surprise visit from them. The first picture, I was pretty confident to visit a little closer to her, cause I couldn't find him anywhere nearby. She stood up, squawked ... I took a picture ... and heard a commotion of honking coming at my backside ... and he was full flight from I don't know where, giving me a word or two about his family ... what I should have done was point my camera and got an awesome photo of him with his wings spread out as far as they go ... but I scurried away. Really not interested in feeling the force of those wings or his beak!

Bits & Pieces of Spring 2014 - on Mother's Day

I know - spring is very late this year. The temperatures zoomed up yesterday, finally, and today was equally nice, albeit, clouded over now and then. Gavin and I went for a long country drive today (love these!!!), starting with a drive down Waterfront along the Red River, Winnipeg ... old River Road ... Lockport ... Lower Fort Garry ... old River Road again into Selkirk ... Birds Hill Park ... Lorette ... home. Wonderful day of driving ... stopping lots for me when I wanted to take some pics ... and just the two of us walking at Lower Fort Garry and again at Birds Hill Park (Pope's Hill). Loved watching all the fly-bys of the pelicans and then when they all fluttered just above the water and skimmed along in unison. And the seagulls screeching away, even catching one of them feeding another. And there was that one little seedling that has eeked its' way out of the full bloom of thistle seeds, but still hanging on. Maybe because it is Mother's Day! As soon as a real good blast of wind comes along, this seedling will take flight and start new beginnings elsewhere.