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donutsweeper ([personal profile] donutsweeper) wrote2011-05-19 12:41 pm
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Walking with the dog, May 17th 2011

It was a beautiful day when Molly and I went for a long walk down to the creek and I decided to take the camera along and document some of what we saw.

I don't know a lot about flowers, but here's a pretty yellow one.


Tulips!


This didn't come out as well as I hoped, but here's a woodpecker of some sort. (This is the same tree I saw a black squirrel on the day before, maybe it likes animals?)


This bird squawked loudly at us as we walked down the path, scaring Molly a bit.


We reached the creek! Not surprisingly, considering all the rain and snow, it's very swollen right now.


Molly did not really want to stop and pose for a picture by the creek.


We took a different (and longer) route home and passed this neat little statue


two beautiful flowering trees,




and, last but not least, lilacs with bonus bird's nest.


(Oh, and here's a bonus bunny that was outside the window sniffing around the lawn after we got home)

[identity profile] donutsweeper.livejournal.com 2011-05-20 04:53 am (UTC)(link)
Have you ever listened to the podcast "Stuff You Missed In History Class"? They did a great one on the tulip a few months ago.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/how-tulip-mania-worked/id283605519?i=91097366

Hmm... no idea on the bird then. Oh well. It's hard to figure out species when its up above you with wings tucked in and a dog is tugging you because there is grass OVER THERE to be sniffed (as opposed to the grass right where we were standing, which was obviously inferior)