grasping onto these days..... October 11, 2025

.....and holding them tight !

My intentions were to stay home today!  When I woke this morning, I second guessed those intentions then squashed them.  For the better part of the day, it was forecasted to be absolutely beautiful and I could not let that go unappreciated.  The above panorama photo which I captured part way through the morning of the pond at Carburn Park proves my point! The photo below shows the trail I took upon arrival while the golden hour was at its peak.

The moon was still high!

view along the Bow River

I was moving around quickly to see many locations while the golden still glowed. 

Time came to shift focus! 

The last of the glow caught the bottom of the Canada Geese as they flew overhead.

a Wilsons Snipe

I knew that song I was hearing which was a surprise to me as we are almost at the middle of October.  This Song Sparrow was easy to hear but difficult to find as it blended in with its surroundings.  Finally I found it!  I hope it heads south soon, like today!

Maybe once a year or every two years, I take a photo of a Magpie.  There are so many and they are everywhere yet this morning this one caught my attention and I did a double take.  The colour and the length of its tail feathers were amazing.  

a bashful Black-capped Chickadee!  

Oh what a treat this was!  Two muskrats!  I wondered what their story was, is it a Mom and Child?  The one on the right was close to being twice as big as the one on the left.  I watched them for awhile.  They stayed where they were.....

.....then the big one began to groom the smaller one! 

I came away from today's outing being so 

thankful I squashed my original intentions for the day.