6 August 2007
Day Thirty-four at Bristol
Whew! I’ve been trying to write this post for over half an hour, and was just about to really give up. I don’t know what is going on with my little computer, but I think it’s not happy.
Hey—it’s raining! I wonder when that started?
I know, I know . . . most of my friends are now thinking, “there she goes again—oh, look! A chicken!”
Actually, it was a goose!
I delivered Kyle to O’Hare this morning, and against all odds he actually got on the first flight he was trying to take. A blessing not to have to spend the day in the airport. From there I drove straight to Racine to do some errands, including banking. The Chase bank on Hwy 11 in Racine, sits adjacent to a lovely little park area surrounding a large pond. Today, I noticed a group of about eight Canadian Geese making themselves at home near the water’s edge, so I grabbed my camera and decided to be brave.
Besides, the whole pond-side, water habitat theme-thing started yesterday.
Now, as we all know, geese can be amazingly nasty creatures, so I kept my bravery to a minimum, and thus my photography at a distance. But, I did hang out for quite a while, even thinking I was done once and moving my car to a different parking spot and walking back to the other side of the pond. It was a beautiful afternoon, and I was in no real hurry at that point. There are a few more of the best of today’s pictures at my flickr page. This little gaggle of geese didn’t seem to be too bothered by me, but then I didn’t get too close, either!
~MB
