"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, past the muskrat lodge, where a single muskrat is known to pop up its head and swim off in a different direction. We’re paddling towards the other end of the lake and a for the pair of loons calling.
Today, wood ducks- and two eagles fly over.
The swans come and go, fly in low. Make their presence known with a trumpet sound.
Sometimes I hear in to the night, an owl hooting outside my window.
I like the notice of nature. Here in my back yard.
But there are days we get in the car and drive down rural gravel roads 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 a vacation, and heading for the lakes!
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