Another Quacker - Weekend Reflections

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Itty Bits -Macro/Mellow Yellow Monday

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So...I really want a macro lens! But I can't afford one right now (it's on my Christmas list). I thought I would try a magnifying filter. I didn't have much hope really, but I was pleasantly surprised with the results of my first try with the Raynox DCR-250 Super Macro Conversion Lens. The Raynox DCR-250 is not a dedicated lens…meaning you can’t attach it directly to your camera. It clips on to a lens with a filter size between 52mm to 67mm. The clips grab on to the internal ring on the front lens element.

The snail shell and feather above are teeny tiny...how teeny tiny? Well the shell is about 1/4 of an inch...

Size comparison

So...what do you think? Was it worth the 80 bucks I paid for it?

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Cottage Sunset Series #5

Kennisis Lake, Haliburton, Ontario

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A Touch Of Autumn

The Ausable River, Pinery Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada

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The world turns softly Not to spill its lakes and rivers,

The water is held in its arms And the sky is held in the water.

What is water, That pours silver, And can hold the sky?
~Hilda Conkling 

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Forest Floor - The Weekend In Black and White

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Find inspiration in small brilliant bursts right at your feet.

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Doll's Eyes

For Macro Monday/Ruby Tuesday

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Beneath the early autumn canopy of turning trees, the doll's eye plant stands out on the forest floor, with striking white berries, each centred with a black dot, on a thick, deep red stalk. Named for the resemblance to the eyes of old fashioned porcelin dolls, this plant is pure poison. Also known as baneberry, all parts of this plant can cause ill effects in humans if ingested. This is one plant that does not follow the old folk adage that any berries eaten by birds are okay for humans. Ruffled grouse, robins, wood thrushes and other songbirds eat these berries with no consequences.

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Beauty- Sky Watch Friday

The Pinery Provincial Park, Lake Huron, Ontario

Beauty is whatever gives joy.

Edna St. Vincent Millay

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Happy Ribbit

Cute enough to kiss! Maybe it is a prince!

Prince Froggy was in the top 5 winners @  FAVORITE PHOTO OF THE WEEK  contest.

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Wolves - Our World Tuesday/Outdoor Wednesday

We spend our summer vacation time up in the Haliburton Highlands in Ontario. It's a beautiful thickly forested area in the province that has over 600 lakes and heaps of wildlife roaming around.

It's not unusual to see bears, moose, beavers, woverines, deer etc. Sometimes the sightings are a little too close for comfort...like when a woverine shows up on your cottage property, or you barely miss hitting a black bear as it lumbers across the road a few feet from your car.

One of the most elusive creatures in the Canadian bush is the wolf (grey timber wolf). They are often heard howling at night, but rarely seen.

Luckily for us, the Haliburton Forest and Wildlife Reserve's Wolf Centre, is just up the road from the cottage. I love spending an afternoon there, watching and photographing these beautiful creatures.

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Mom

Dad

Being lazy in the sun

Pup #1

Just like dad

Pup #2

Just like mom

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"We have doomed the Wolf not for what it is, but for what we have deliberately and mistakenly perceived it to be..the mythologized epitome of a savage, ruthless killer..which is, in reality no more than a reflected image of ourself."

-Farley Mowat

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The Alien Has Landed

A post to MACRO MONDAY/RUBY TUESDAY /PICSTORY

Another example of the weird and wonderful fungi found in the forests up at the cottage, in the Haliburton Highlands of Ontario.

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This is a Rosy Russula, most often found in mixed wood forests of Red Maple, Balsm Fir, and spruce trees. This mushroom is a favorite food for Red squirrels. They carry them up trees, and hang them from branch forks, or stuff them in cracks in the bark. There, the mushrooms will dry out, and be preserved for eating later in the winter.

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In The Woods - Weekend Reflections

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Hemlocks reflected on the outside of the window of the summer cottage.

The pleated blind was down inside, creating a rippled effect.

Slow-growing and long-lived, Canadian hemlock trees in the wild may reach 80 feet tall or higher, with a spread of 25' to 30' .These fragrant trees are pyramidal or conical in shape, and their small needles give them a fine texture. The needles are dark green on top and light green underneath. The bark of Canadian hemlock trees at maturity may be cinnamon-red or reddish brown.

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The Pond Hike - Our World Tuesday/ABC Wednesday (H)

We live in an urban setting, a city of about 360,000. Luckily we live in Pond Mills, a suburb that includes the Westminister/ Pond Mills Environmentally Significant Area, which is  also a class 1 Provincially Significant Wetland (no one can bulldoze it and build houses). The ESA is significant for its size and for its great variety of natural habitats. There are six major ponds and a number of smaller ones scattered throughout the forests, wetlands and marsh.

My daughter, granddaughter and I often hike there. It's all about 2 blocks from our house.

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The boardwalk through the marshy area

Through the forest

Spettigue Pond

Lots of frogs

The frog whisperer

This post is my first to the new meme OUR WORLD TUESDAY

This meme is the second generation of My World Tuesday, which was founded by Klaus Peter of Florida three years ago and which published faithfully every Monday until Klaus's passing.he We honor his memory and each other by continuing this meme.

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Hanging On - Macro/Mellow Yellow Monday

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Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain.

~Henry David Thoreau

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Spettigue Pond

A post for SkyWatch Friday, Weekend Reflections, Scenic Sunday

Spettigue Pond

In memory of Klaus Peter, may he rest in peace.

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Thistle Down - Black and White Weekend

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Beauty doesn't need ornaments. Softness can't bear the weight of ornaments.

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~Munshi Premchand

Down By The River - Watery/Outdoor Wednesday

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How could drops of water know themselves to be a river? Yet the river flows on.

~Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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Home Of The Winds - SkyWatch Friday/Scenic Sunday

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Waitpinga Beach, South Australia, a place I called home for a while.

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A Sacred Heart - Guest Heart Thursday

In the centre of Australia lies a huge monolith know as Uluru (Ayers Rock). It is a large sandstone rock formation in the southern part of the Northern Territory, central Australia.

Uluru is a huge tourist attraction, and many people climb it. Uluru is sacred to the Aṉangu, the Aboriginal people of the area. The local Aṉangu do not climb Uluru because of its great spiritual significance, and they request that visitors do not climb the rock. 



The Aṉangu lead walking tours around the base of the rock, and visitors are free to explore most areas on their own. They request that visitors do not photograph certain sections of Uluru, for reasons related to traditional Tjukurpa beliefs. The areas prohibited from photography are well marked.

Walking around the huge rock I took heaps of photos.

I was pleased to find this one with the heart. 

 And...this was not taken in a prohibited area.

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Uluru is;

862.5 metres above sea level

348 metres (1141 feet) high

3.6 km (2.2 miles) long

1.9 km  (1.2 miles) wide
9.4 km or 5.8 miles around the base (that's walking)

covers 3.33 km (1.29 square miles)
Uluru is primarily composed of coarse-grained arkose, a type of sandstone characterized by an abundance of feldspar.

The Rivflection - Weekend Reflections/Scenic Sunday

The Ausable River, Ontario, Canada

What makes a river so restful to people is that it doesn't have any doubt,

it is sure to get where it is going, and it doesn't want to go anywhere else. 

~Hal Boyle
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Walking By The Water

ABCWednesday-W/Watery Wednesday/Outdoor Wednesday

All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking.

~ Friedrich Nietzsche

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