Week of Moments

When we think about life and the entirety of it, it seems so short this is why we must reflect on the moments...that is where the reality is The sum of ones life can't be measured in years but must be measured in the days, the hours, the minutes, the seconds, and the moments and when that moment is too short we hold onto a memory...my salvation is the time capsule of moments I carry inside. 

Mom and I went to this poll many times together, and when it got hard for her I took her to early voting, and then I got the mail in ballot for her... Super Sad Tuesday for me. 

We had a week of almost solid rain! It totally sucked.  On the good days I went on little short trips to look for whatever moment in time would put a smile on my face or even a twinkle in my eye...or bring back some wonderful bittersweet moments.  On this day that place was a Sewage Pond! Doesn't take much to make me happy!  A Surf Scoter had been reported at a Water Treatment pond so I had to go see for myself.  He is way over in that far corner.

The man who worked there thought me strange, I don't think he has too many women come to stare at this cesspool he overseas, so I explained...and he was impressed, for at least a moment!

I don't know what "clams" this sea duck pulled out of this but he kept diving for something...Since I was in the area I went to Lee State Park and checked on things there had the place to myself ... 

NO wait a moment, I stand corrected. 

high bush blueberry 

 Sometime we have to look for the silver lining even when it's hidden in plain sight...

...and then something moved....

see the Song Sparrow?

can you spot the Swamp Sparrow?


They sure do blend in1  Both very similar but it's those subtle differences that separate them.  An old friend came by to say hello, for a moment, this FOY
White Breasted Nuthatch.

A sweet sleepy Field Sparrow takes a moment to nap out in the sun...im sure it feels wonderful after all the damp cold days we've had and are still having, it's raining and cold as I type this. 

Remember dandelions are our friends...let there be Bee moments. 

..yes they do and some times they leave a little something behind....two cases of the "virus" are reported in our state and one is in MY county! Scary stuff.  

Red-shouldered Hawk fly-by took less than a moment.
I have some some good moments on the horizon. 
Cross your fingers NO RAIN!

PEACE

Every day is a new Adventure.

Belser Arboretum

I've been trying to get in a number of day trips before Mom returns and when she does our focus will be trips that don't involve hiking! One of my FB friends released a book of poetry and her drawings based on her life long battle with CP.  We are actually related through marriage her husband is a distant cousin in my Walling Family Tree.  So A visit to pick up her book and to give her a copy of my book...was yesterday.  Since I would be driving to Columbia I figured I'd go to the Arboretum that is nearby her location and see what was out and about..

Its only a small place but the trees are mature and it even has a cypress bog! 

the little creek was red! I guess red clay is on the bottom...lots of ferns growing on the banks 

there was a loop trail and a midline trail most of which is well marked but I managed to get off the trail a few times...

American Robins were around as they seem to be the most plentiful bird going right now...

this is a favorite of mine Clematis I don't know the variety but what a huge flower saucer sized!!

and even tho this white throated sparrow hid behind a twig he was so handsome I kept this shot...

his lores were such a brilliant yellow--another not helpful bird was the American Redstart, he wanted to follow me but he wanted to change his position constantly I had a hell-ofa time just getting this not hot shot! He just kept teasing me but I finally walked away! 

I know!! SO far these photos are hardly worth sharing...and it gets worse--Brown Thrasher

Even the normally gregarious Carolina Wren wanted to only peek from the safety of a high branch

Having little luck with the bird photography I turned to the leaves on the trees...at least they can't fly away...

I could hear black and whites, vireos red and white eyed, pine warblers, red bellied woodpeckers, downy wp, above me and then a Ruby Crowned Kinglet only showed me his belly and backside, I'm only basing the ID on that big eye ring...

I had a good walk around the plants were nice, the weather was good but the birds misbehaved! No new ones just good to see some that have been missing since last summer!

  Another day of 

Time...well spent

PEACE

Eleanor Roosevelt: You must do the thing you think you can not.