back road in the Middlesex Valley - taken from a moving car, through dirty windows - I like the dreamy quality that created:



^^^ barn on Rt. 245, close to Naples

Coldplay - "Trouble"

kayaking into the West River (going south/west from Sunnyside) with my mom & Tim



The weather turned to heavy raindrops just after this, so we reversed direction and scooted back to Sunnyside as quickly as possible, motivated by the rumble of oncoming thunder and lightning. Not quite the idyllic outing I'd hoped to share with my mom, but still a good adventure!

these are the good old days

Carly Simon - "Anticipation"

Carly always suits any mood I'm in..

at the south end of Canandaigua Lake, at Woodville





paddling north up west side of the lake:




looking back towards the south end again^^^

every spring I take a bazillion photos of these poppies - I just love 'em!

sites around the yard on a Monday...




in the wet grass you can just make out the path of this snapping turtle through our back yard

How you like me now?

(song featured in "The Fighter", which has an awesome soundtrack -- it's a good movie if you like the boxing genre, plus Christian Bale is one of my favorites)

along the West River, near Sunnyside

returning to Sunnyside after kayaking on the West River

mama ducks

Saturday morning, at south end of Canandaigua Lake (view from Woodville boat launch) -
hard to see here, but this was a mama duck with 2 little ones following close behind:


Later in the day - while sitting on our back porch during the early evening, look who we discovered making use of the muskrat lodge in the marsh pond out back!

again it's hard to see here, but through binoculars we could see a mama duck with a bunch of fuzzy ducklings squirming under her - so cute! They stayed there all evening - (we think they're mallards)

(closeup detail - sorry that this is the best my camera could do, bummer)

taking a break just before mowing the lawn (snapped this pic because I liked my sunny pedicure :)

felt the urge to wear flowers today



shadows cast by wicker chair on tablecloth and chair cushion