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| Canadian Geese with goslings at Lake Alexander |
All things wise and wonderful, the Lord God made them all."
You might know these words from the beautiful hymn written by Cecil Frances Alexander, and you may find more about her at this link on wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Frances_Alexander
Of course, I hope you know that is where James Herriot got the idea for the names for his books, which I also love.
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| White-tailed deer in the field beside the Rockdale River Trail |
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| One of many rabbits on the walking trail around Alexander Lake |
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| Eastern Fence Lizard on Arabia Mountain (It is bright blue underneath, can you see?) |
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| Yellow-Breasted Chat (THIS WAS FANTASTIC TO HEAR AND SEE!) |
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| Spiderwort...such a pretty blue! |
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| Pineweed on Arabia Mountain |
All things bright and beautiful and I appreciate them all!
A bright and beautiful post, Kay, thank you!
ReplyDeleteDear Meike,
DeleteThank you! And of course, I know that you are aware of the titles of the James Herriot books, lucky you, getting to see where he lives! :-)
Don't those geese look like proud parents! And the yellow-breasted Chat is stunning.
ReplyDeleteQuite often when I am out walking I look at the beauty around me, and it really is breathtaking at times.
Dear Tracey,
DeleteThe geese and babies were so beautiful! And we had never seen that bird before and had to come home and identify it from our bird book, it made the most peculiar noises, unlike any bird we had heard before, it sounded more like a frog than a bird.
Beauty all around us, if only we take the time to see it.
Seriously, what on EARTH could be better than baby goslings? One of my MOST favorite things.... Thanks for all of the loveliness this morning, Kay!
ReplyDeleteDear Audrey,
DeleteYou should see the baby animals from Martha's post at www.plowingthroughlife.blogspot.com
Those baby animals are too, too cute!
And you are welcome!!
A nice walk this.
ReplyDeleteAnd hey, if you have a few hours, no, make that LOTS of hours, you can go back and see ALL my walks at Arabia...we love it there!
DeleteAnd i appreciate your sharing them with us.
ReplyDeleteAnd I am happy to have you come along with us!
DeleteVery cheery post Kay :) I really like lizards! Couldn't see his blue underside, but that's an interesting feature.
ReplyDeleteDear Jane,
DeleteI like lizards too! I was amazed on the internet to see that it is a very bright blue underneath, and we when I enlarged that photo that I took (and I took this one, not Richard!!), I could just see some blue on the left side, you can see it with a magifying glass. Yes, I have one next to my computer, doesn't everyone?
Very sweet post, Kay. It's always so wonderful to go out and witness the beauty surrounding us, isn't it? One of my favourite things to do. And I'm with Jane -- I also really like lizards. Many years ago, I took a trip to cuba and a tiny little lizard lied down next to me at a restaurant. It was sooo cute; I wanted to take it home with me!
ReplyDeleteDear Martha,
DeleteLove our lizards and frogs! Do you have many lizards in Canada? My guess would be "no" since it is colder there!
I love the James Herriot books too. Think I have them all. I used to live on the edge of the wolds so his territory and the people in his stories are very familiar to me.
ReplyDeleteSo happy that you love the James Herriot books too! I have never been to Yorkshire, but feel as if I know them just from his books!
DeleteNice to catch up with your blog and see these lovely photos. The weather has improved here and EHS George and I saw a lizard. Sadly my photography skills are poor when trying to capture nature shots.
ReplyDeleteHey John!
DeleteThanks for your comment! I hope, hope, hope that you took a video of you and Paul jamming together! Please say that you did!
Ha, you should see me trying to run after butterflies, trying to photograph them, they might lock me up soon, I am certain that I look crazy!
I have read the James Herriot books again and again. Those Canadian goslings are precious.
ReplyDeleteYay!!! Another James Herriot fan! I LOVE his books and would love to see the area that he wrote about.
DeleteAnd I will have to go back and try to get the goslings when they are bigger!
Thanks for commenting! :-)
That song is my life song. I so love it. So Tradescantia is my beloved spiderwort (pronounced wirt not wart! according to Henry Mitchell!).
ReplyDeleteNever seen or heard of a chat.
Wonderful posting, as always.
Dear Nan,
DeleteYour life song, I love that!!
And I have read that "wort" is an old word, English I think, for "root" so it would make sense for it to be pronounced "Wirt", sounds right to me!
That Yellow breasted chat was a dream to us, it was very high in a tree, but that bright yellow! And the sounds that the bird made were so different and memorable! We love our birds!
Thanks so much for your comment! Meike talked me into my blog, but where do you think I found Meike? Your blog! Thank you, you're the best!