EPSON MFP image

Tonight Live with Paisley Beebe on Sunday 25 October, feature Gentle Heron, Paul Nowles and Mudpuddle Cleanslate.

ducks like water...even muddy water

at Virginia Water, Surrey

I like getting dirty!

Ithaca Fest 2008

I like getting dirty!

taking in a sip of water, from the puddle of course

I love reflections - and last night on our walk the clouds were at our feet. My husband was in more of a hurry to walk the dog --> than to take the time to be fascinated by the spectacle at our feet. I ignored him - kept shooting pictures - and I happy with the outcome. One must stop to smell the roses - so to speak!

I like the contrast in textures here - with the rough mud and the smooth water reflecting the fluffy clouds!

I was out walking the dog after shooting macaroni for an hour. This is without a flash after a major thunderstorm at sunset. The lines are crisscrossed power lines against the sky.

They like to come out if the rain lets up a little and dig around in the mud puddles for bugs.

I really like how this turned out. I was trying to catch a hoof in the puddle but the horses all missed it LOL

mud puddle reflections

Wealthy Street Bakery sign in a mud puddle

ground water ice

ground water ice

IF YOU'RE NOT BIG INTO AMERICAN FOOTBALL this is possibly as good as it gets in the city of Green Bay.

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In downtown Green Bay, Wisconsin, on May 23rd, 2024, was a view to the south from the East River Trail, north of Utility Street.

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Tonight Live with Paisley Beebe on Sunday 25 October, feature Gentle Heron, Paul Nowles and Mudpuddle Cleanslate.

Well, not everyone would consider getting up at 5am to go sit in the muck beside a mudpuddle in the middle of a cornfield for a couple hours a relaxing way to spend a morning, but I have to say it was rather relaxing! With all the summer travel to relatives, dealing with tornado damage aftermath and blistering heat and humidity, I have not had much of a chance to get out and do a great deal of birding this summer. Yesterday morning I decided to drive out early to the Oatsville Bottoms of the Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge in Gibson County, Indiana to see what shorebirds were starting to come back through our area. While mostly Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, Pectoral, Least and Semipalmated Sandpipers it was good just to get out and have a quiet morning watching these guys go about their business. Hopefully the weather will cool down a bit in the next few weeks and start to bring in greater numbers and variety.

when you love to play in puddles

photo courtesy David Zinn

I like getting dirty!

Because the water level is higher than normal, there are entire sections of wooded areas, I can not get into. This is another rarely photographed section of the Hammonton Lake.