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Originally uploaded by Suffering the Benz
Another beautiful sunrise this morning while I was paddling. Went downstream this time, past the osprey nest and into the cove this photo was taken from. Sadly, the entire, wooded shoreline is littered with for sale signs, so I guess once the economy picks up this will become some sort of subdivision. But for now, it’s a great place to paddle amid the smell of pine trees and the shouting of waterfowl.
As I was heading out this morning, I paddled toward a mother duck and her ducklings. She cut away from the youngsters and started flopping and thrashing in the water, trying to convince me she was injured so I’d follow her rather than her little ones. She kept the act up for a hundred yards or so before she finally took off and flew a wide circle back to the ducklings, who were safely in the middle of the lake by that time.
The weather remains amazingly temperate for this time of year, with the lows dipping into the low 60s at night. We have all the windows open in the house. Hard to believe we were sweating through hundred degree days at this time last year.