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Tuesday 17 September 2013

A break in the wet weather at Blairmount

Tuesday the 17th of September
It's been a wet and windy week up to now, the river Cree's higher than it's been for months. No fishermen out today.
A break in the rain gave me a chance to go see the ducklings over on Blairmount Pond

They weren't by the pond dipping platform, but the water was still and very reflective.


I thought of kneeling down and trying to get a water boatman close up but decided to leave that for another day


Moving round to the main pond and with a slice of Warburton's wholemeal I enticed these hungry guys to the water's edge.


It's great to see all seven still here


The mallards were greedy but they all got to eat. I know that quite a few neighbours are feeding them anyway


Still plenty of ripe and unripe brambles about


It's a bit dull, but I'm still trying out aperture priority settings


It must be Autumn judging by the ripening Honeysuckle berries

8 comments:

  1. hello Jim,

    seems so many people are getting lots of rain. fun to see your photographs. Cute ducks, i imagine people can not help but feed them.

    It is indeed berry time of year... we still have some too.

    Good week to you.

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  2. How beautiful! I especially love the ducks and ducklings.

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  3. The seasons seemed to have turned over more quickly this year - fanciful on my part I suppose.
    How I do enjoy your visits to Blairmount Pond and progress reports on the ducklings.
    Flu in my neck of the woods, hope your week is going better Jim!

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  4. Your two flower reflections look like Japanese watercolour paintings Jim. Very unusual.First time I've seen a close up of a Honeysuckle berry.

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  5. Thanks Tammie, it's human nature to feed ducks I think.

    Thanks for visiting Linda, hope all's well in Montreal.

    Hi Rose, have the tropics been a little warm this year. I've had this notion for a few years now that if I ever got rich I'd spend a long time in the tropics in the cooler seasons. That would mean a shortage of ice and snow though, and I'd miss that.(but being rich, that wouldn't really be a problem would it, I could jet down to Queenstown,Otago when I wanted)

    You've got it Bob, it's been on my mind what they reminded me of. I wish I could paint !

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  6. Ah yes Queenstown with the backdrop of the Remarkables in winter would indeed be superb!!
    And gosh yes, it's only spring and already the airconditioners are blasting away.
    I so miss 4 distinct seasons up here!
    How did your relatives fair in the Perth storms? My friends were lucky just an awful mess and a side fence.

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  7. Hi Rose, re storms in WA, judging by their Facebook pages they all huddled together but came out unscathed. A neighbours fence was the only casualty.

    Thanks for visiting Julie, you too live in a beautiful part of these islands of ours. I've bookmarked you.

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