Swans gathering.

 
 

A flock of swans gathering 

near a tiny pond

 in the middle of the woods - kind of odd. 

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Muskrat Lodge: a cabin journal.

      "Little red rented row boat, not much better than no boat,  but at least it'll go with a row, row, row..."

   We have one of those - tied up on a small environmental lake.  Quiet, serene- a boat with almost no motor.  It’s electric.  

   Many people, on week ends and on  vacations, travel to the lakes.  My husband and I live here.   Usually we’re caught up in every day life, and gravitate to our  easy chairs.  We’re getting older.  

Sometimes, we have to make it a point to go out and row  the boat and  try and catch a fish, or just  paddle off into the lily pads.  We go past the muskrat lodge, looking for the pair of loons calling in the distance.  

   Today, the wood  ducks-  and two eagles fly over.  

   The  swans come and go, and I hear, in to the night, an owl hooting  outside my  window.  

    I like the notice of nature.  

   There are days we get in the car and drive down a rural gravel road past other less populated lakes, especially late in the afternoon  when the deer come out to feed.  Maybe we’ll spot  a wild turkey or a fox.   

It's good to stop and take pause.  It's like getting in the car -  going on vacation, and heading for the lakes!   

Muskrat wood carving by J.M.  

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