Food, flowers and Bee's...

Well, I made it down to the river again, right after work, yesterday. The little Pentax again proved worthy of any talents which I may have, in the recording visuals department. This little point and shoot is too much! The E30 handles SO many situations, so easily. I can't praise it enough! A great investment for me...

To start off with, here's a couple of shots of one of my favorite wild foods, the common Milkweed. Both the blossoms and the little buds, along with the young shoots of Spring, are quite edible for most people, or at least, I've been eating them for a long time now anyway and I'm still kickin', as they used to say. ;-)

Milkweed in blossom...

Fresh Milkweed buds...

Anyone else see 3 food sources here? :-)

Plenty of food in this picture! Can you spot it all?

Here's one of little B-buddy, just a bumblin'... :-)

Just bumblin' around...

Last up, a fresh batch of Butter & Eggs for ya, with a tiny drop of a golden nectar of the Gods, at the end of each blossom's tip...mmmmm

Butter and Eggs...

Headin' out later on this mornin' to catch some rays on the bike.Maybe I'll take a few casts and check out how some of my custom lures work, down there in the big O, too perhaps?

later,

lb

A Mink and the Blues Fest...

So, right after work to-day, I headed over towards the Blues Fest down in the old Lebreton Flats, area. After a short walk from the old train bridge area near the O-train, I found myself seated on a hill, with long grasses growing wild, all around me. There were a few colonies of Purple Vetch or "wild peas" as I like to refer to them, growing in patches close at hand. At the edge of the long grass, a number of Wild Carrots, wave their dainty lacy heads, in the refreshing breeze, blowing off the river. There's little or no humidity in the air tonight and that feels good too.

With a few mid-sized trees at my back and the river, straight ahead, while off to my right, a couple of hundred yards away, the powerful tunes, from the Blues Fest, serenade my ears. Two stages are set up over there and you can hear some of the cross-talk between them, whenever the wind shifts. The scents from the various wildflowers, caress my nostrils, as my ears soak up the luxury of the great musical art, wafting my way on the air-stream. I lose myself there, for two set changes and I reflect on just how good it feels to be alive, right there and right then...

Tons of people attend this affair every year but I'm not really big on crowds. Perched as I am, I get great tuneage without the crowds so my choice of kool little hill, is the best of both worlds to-day, for this ol' doggy anyway...


Hello human...


Wildlife shots are not my specialty, as you can see by this shot of a Mink. I loved the fact that he was so close to me and that I happened to have a camera with me, when he showed up. So, you at least get to see what a real Mink looks like, sorta...

later,

lb

Cool Mink

It's the only Mink shot I have so I'll have to send it over to my Flickr Photostream too...

Ultra-lite gear...

There seems to be more gadgets and gizmos out there these days than ever before. I love it. Here's a few shots of some of the gear I've acquired over the last little while. I obviously have too much, but what can you do? :-)

Teeny Gear

Ranger banded gear...

some Spy Capsules

More small outdoorsy gear...

I love the fact that I can can jam a lot of very cool stuff, into very small spaces and the weight is totally minimal, to boot...

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