Soggy May

[lavendertook]

Life's been calm the past few weeks. I could do with some more of that. I saw a scarlet tanager out my living room window twice in the past week, and saw some Baltimore orioles down by the lake. The skinks came out when the sun peeped out today, and the mountain laurels are just starting to open up. Some of my hobbit posse here is coming out for a moot in a couple of weeks and I am very much looking forward to that.

Here's some pics from around the lake the past week in between the rains:


Lady slippers by my favorite mossy stump in the woods outside my apartment leading down to the lake.


American bullfrog down by the entrance pond of the little creek that leads down to the lake.




Water snake hanging out by the lake in the usual spot.


Turtle happy there's a little bit of sun. I think it's a red eared turtle.

Comments

[grey-wonderer.livejournal.com]

You get the best snake photos! Seriously impressive. I like that little turtle.

[lavendertook.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Snakes are so mellow when they're sunning themselves. It helps that I know where a family of water snakes hang out to sun themselves by the lake so I see them regularly there once they come out of hibernation--most people walking by don't even notice them.