A Nice Walk ( with photos )

[Kaila]

Thank you Kaila. It’s great seeing you here.
How are you feeling today?

Thank you for the message here , Patty.
I've thoroughly enjoyed looking at this entire thread this morning, from where I'd last left off! I found it relaxing and interesting and positive. A good effect on my day.
I also enjoyed the posts from @Kadee very much.
And the other posters here too.

I'm not feeling good but not miserable either so I'm trying to just relax and accept how I am at the moment. Your thread helped.

I spoke to someone this week about a few local nature places I've wanted to try to walk, but the descriptions let me know they're quite a lot beyond what i could manage. I would have loved to take dh as well, but it wouldn't be safe for either of us, so I'll just keep myself going with what i am able, for now.

I've been watching the cardinals out my window; For weeks, they've been growing through their stages. Fledgings to juveniles to adults, males and females. It's fascinating.

The trees here are just starting to have tinges of red and yellow. Have yours begun yet?

 

[PeppermintPatty]

Thank you for the message here , Patty.
I've thoroughly enjoyed looking at this entire thread this morning, from where I'd last left off! I found it relaxing and interesting and positive. A good effect on my day.
I also enjoyed the posts from @Kadee very much.
And the other posters here too.

I'm not feeling good but not miserable either so I'm trying to just relax and accept how I am at the moment. Your thread helped.

I spoke to someone this week about a few local nature places I've wanted to try to walk, but the descriptions let me know they're quite a lot beyond what i could manage. I would have loved to take dh as well, but it wouldn't be safe for either of us, so I'll just keep myself going with what i am able, for now.

I've been watching the cardinals out my window; For weeks, they've been growing through their stages. Fledgings to juveniles to adults, males and females. It's fascinating.

The trees here are just starting to have tinges of red and yellow. Have yours begun yet?

Hi Kaila, I’m sorry you aren't feeling well today but glad that my thread made you feel a bit better. That’s very comforting to read.

It’s good that you know and understand your limitations. No sense trying to do something that could harm you. When my father in law was here, my husband really wanted to show his dad our property. It was a nice thought but it was WAY out of his league. The property is quite steep with lots of trees and underbrush.
Luckily he didn’t fall but I could tell he was too worried about his footing to fully enjoy the walk..My husband didn’t quite understand that the walk was too much for him. There were so many other walks that were far easier for him to do, certainly making them much more enjoyable.

I love looking at the birds. In Ontario we had several pairs of cardinals visit our feeders. Apparently they mate for life, meaning they stay with the same partner. My husband and I used to enjoy watching them feed off of our feeders. They’d come around mid day while all the others were out but they’d also come by just before the sun set. I have some photos I took of them but they are amongst all my other thousands of photos. I DID happen to find a cardinal carving my husband did years ago which I’ll post for you.



Unfortunately we haven’t seen any Cardinals here even though we are in a gardening zone higher, meaning temperatures are significantly warmer overall. It must be priceless being able to witness all the stages of life of young cardinals. They are such a beautiful bird.

We did have Robin birds breed and lay eggs a couple of times. You probably saw the photos. It was interesting seeing the baby birds turn into fledgings. At a certain time the mother basically just boots them out of the nest. Then again, theres a certain point in time where there just isn’t enough room for ALL of them in there. They have to learn to fend for themselves.

Autumn sure is showing up in places here and there. The temperatures are dropping, the daylight hours are getting shorter and some of the trees and bushes are starting to change colour. There’s one tree in particular in the provincial park that always starts early and its colours are strikingly beautiful. I’ll take some pictures of it this week and show you.

 

[PeppermintPatty]

Today we went to the provincial park again. It was the pirate parade today so the road leading to the park was very busy with people on both sides of the highway. I’ve never seen it so busy. Many people were dressed up as well some houses and businesses.

Here’s an older couple dressed up as privates and here’s a house/ business staged for the event.


We walked the opposite way today. We walked up the steep hill to the lookout point and then looped along the nature trail coming out where the campsites are.

Here’s a fishing boat going out to go fishing.

By the time we were finished our walk, the pirate float had gone through the main part of the town and the street was backed up but not for long.

It was a mixture of sun and cloud as well as a high of 18 degrees Celsius.

Have a lovely day.

 

[Kaila]

Hi Kaila, I’m sorry you aren't feeling well today but glad that my thread made you feel a bit better. That’s very comforting to read.

It’s good that you know and understand your limitations. No sense trying to do something that could harm you. When my father in law was here, my husband really wanted to show his dad our property. It was a nice thought but it was WAY out of his league. The property is quite steep with lots of trees and underbrush.
Luckily he didn’t fall but I could tell he was too worried about his footing to fully enjoy the walk..My husband didn’t quite understand that the walk was too much for him. There were so many other walks that were far easier for him to do, certainly making them much more enjoyable.

I love looking at the birds. In Ontario we had several pairs of cardinals visit our feeders. Apparently they mate for life, meaning they stay with the same partner. My husband and I used to enjoy watching them feed off of our feeders. They’d come around mid day while all the others were out but they’d also come by just before the sun set. I have some photos I took of them but they are amongst all my other thousands of photos. I DID happen to find a cardinal carving my husband did years ago which I’ll post for you.
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Unfortunately we haven’t seen any Cardinals here even though we are in a gardening zone higher, meaning temperatures are significantly warmer overall. It must be priceless being able to witness all the stages of life of young cardinals. They are such a beautiful bird.

We did have Robin birds breed and lay eggs a couple of times. You probably saw the photos. It was interesting seeing the baby birds turn into fledgings. At a certain time the mother basically just boots them out of the nest. Then again, theres a certain point in time where there just isn’t enough room for ALL of them in there. They have to learn to fend for themselves.

Autumn sure is showing up in places here and there. The temperatures are dropping, the daylight hours are getting shorter and some of the trees and bushes are starting to change colour. There’s one tree in particular in the provincial park that always starts early and its colours are strikingly beautiful. I’ll take some pictures of it this week and show you.

I enjoyed this post of yours, very much, Patty. I'm still re-reading it, in parts.

 

[PeppermintPatty]

I enjoyed this post of yours, very much, Patty. I'm still re-reading it, in parts.

Thank you. I told you when I pass by the fall coloured tree that I’d take a picture for you. Well, here it is. It’s just started charging colour. Come mid October , it will be like candy apple red.. it’s a Canadian maple.

 

[PeppermintPatty]

We came back to the provincial park to get a picture of the maple tree changing colour. ^^^^.
We spotted a grey heron on the end of the wharf. It looked so peaceful.
We walked the opposite way today. The last couple of times I’ve almost wiped out coming down the very steep hill. It’s a tough hill to climb but probably safer going up than going down.
We walked along the beach trail
We had to look this berry bush up. We didn’t know what it was. It’s a possumhaw.


The lobster boats lined up in the channel.

It’s a lovely day. It’s 19 degrees and sunny with a bit of wind.

 

[Kaila]

Thank you. I told you when I pass by the fall coloured tree that I’d take a picture for you. Well, here it is. It’s just started charging colour. Come mid October , it will be like candy apple red.. it’s a Canadian maple.
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Thank you, Patty!!!
Canadian Maple!
So simple and common; Yet, Spectacular!
Fantastic photos of it, as well!

 

[PeppermintPatty]

Today we went to Sydney. It’s a 1 1/2
hour drive. We had some things to get which we couldn’t get here. It was fun. We stopped at a 1/2 way spot to let the dogs out and I took a picture. Here’s the view from the little stop.


When we got to the boardwalk, we discovered that it was a lot longer than we previously thought. We walked the whole walk today and it was nice. We met lots of friendly people on the walk. Lots of people smiling and saying hello. It felt good.

Here’s a picture of the boardwalk.

There was a huge cruise ship docked near the giant fiddle.,


Apparently there are 6 more cruise ships showing up this week. I didn’t realize Sydney was so popular.