Wednesday, May 30, 2012

A Breath of Nature in the Big City


Just a few minutes from my house, there is a lovely park that I like to take Rufus for a walk through,  in early morning.  It was built on the grounds of an old race track and it is truly a piece of nature tucked into the city.  I'm always amazed at how quiet it is and I love pretending I'm up in the country going for a walk at my cottage because, quite often, all the sounds I hear are the birds chirping and the frogs calling.  Hard to believe, with the city skyline peaking above the tree tops.

I brought my camera with me this morning because I was hoping to catch a shot of a white heron that makes his home in one of the hidden ponds in this park.  He wasn't there today.  Often I will see him, preening his feathers one of three beautiful little ponds, surrounded by bull rushes, and quite literally, 20 feet away from a major city thoroughfare.



Other birds were there today, though, and the most amazing thing to me is this sits a few minutes outside of the downtown core. There is a wonderful boardwalk that lies between the bull rushes and as my feet hit the wooden boards I sometimes can't believe I'm just east of the city and a few hundred feet from the lakeshore.




I grabbed a shot of the ornamental grasses beginning to grow, at one of the entries to the park.  It's hard to believe that this is the same spot I grabbed an instagram this past fall(bottom picture).  Gotta love nature!

Have a great day!

ps.  This was quickly thrown together with the new picmonkey collage feature ... YEAH !!... it's finally here!!!

4 comments:

  1. Oh! Beautiful post! You're so lucky to have such a wonderful walk to go on...do you have to drive there? That's what would stop me, even though it shouldn't. Thank you so much for showing off your spot of nature!

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    1. This is a stop on my way back from my daughter's school but is less than a 10 minute bike ride. I still have a lovely beach walk down my street but for some reason I have been enjoying this neck of the woods lately.

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  2. Beautiful photos!!

    I always seem to be missing my camera when something great is going on. Last week I was walking on a trail and saw about 8 or 9 turtles laying their eggs and NO CAMERA! ha! You are so right...gotta love nature!
    xo
    Ashlyn

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    1. Turtles laying eggs! - that is something to really miss with the camera!

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