Happy New Year, friends! Here's hoping 2020 will bring you peace and happiness. Our Christmas seemed to fly by with family filling our house with joy and love. The grands and our children stayed with us for the week. As usual I find it hard to take photos and host our family gatherings.
The so called prelit Christmas tree has now been donated to AMVets. We must decide what we will do for a tree next year. Grayden and I both feel we must get another large tree to hang all the family ornaments. Time will tell.
After all the festivities were over and family members were back in their homes, I started having problems with my spinal stenosis. I don't write of it much here, but this time I was really hurting. After a few days rest I am now feeling much better thankfully!
This darling bluebird was at the feeder this morning. It's so exciting to see him!
Exercise is important for my spinal issues so after a few days of rest Grayden and I were able to walk the Heritage Trail again. It's a delightful walk that always gives beauty and peace to the day. I don't often take my camera, but decided to today. Here are a few shots from our walk this morning.
The brisk walk by the river was lovely this chilly morning.
Rounding the bend into the Canal Path the birdsong and our steps are all we hear.
We notice the mallards swimming in the canal this morning. Often they swim in pairs with their mates.
The geese flew over the pond and landed right beside us.
More ducks floating along the canal as we continue our walk.
I was so hoping that we would see the great blue herons that we saw yesterday when I didn't have my camera. Maybe today they are down river. As we rounded our last bend on the walk we are surprised to see a female blue heron on the grassy green!
This is quite unusual. Hopefully this beauty is okay. They normally are at the water's edge or in the marsh. Grayden looked to the left into the canal and saw this other beauty!
Perhaps there was some grandstanding going on with the two herons. We did see this large male take off down the canal, so hopefully the female feels safe to enter the canal herself.
Enjoying the outdoors in January is a real treat that we are so thankful to do. Being in the sunshine and fresh air is a wonderful way to start the day and the new year.
This is quite unusual. Hopefully this beauty is okay. They normally are at the water's edge or in the marsh. Grayden looked to the left into the canal and saw this other beauty!
Perhaps there was some grandstanding going on with the two herons. We did see this large male take off down the canal, so hopefully the female feels safe to enter the canal herself.
Enjoying the outdoors in January is a real treat that we are so thankful to do. Being in the sunshine and fresh air is a wonderful way to start the day and the new year.
