mood of the day October 31, 2025

 Then just like that Hallowe'en arrived!  

This morning's look and feel offered up perfection for the mood of the day.  I squeezed into rush hour traffic to venture down the "Deerfoot 500" to the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary to cover some kilometres on foot, to "forest bathe", to bird spot and to come away feeling like I got a full dose of nature.  I arrived to see everything covered in a very thin light layer of frost.

the other youngster was not as curious so dashed off

It was early and even though that adventure on the "Deerfoot 500" woke me up, I was not quite up to snuff with making ID's.  All the while, I thought I was admiring a Muskrat.  There was a baby boom of them this summer and I thought this was just one of the many.  

It was when I saw it swimming a bit later, I knew it was something other than a Muskrat. It was a very similar size to one.  I asked a City Parks Person who happen to be strolling my way, he told me it's a baby Beaver.  An ID can be made by checking out the tail.  

White-breasted Nuthatch

male Common Goldeneye

Muskrat

small sections of light layers of ice are forming 

frostiness

While I was snapping shots, I realized all my photos were dull in colour, muted shades with no vibrancy.  I wondered would any of the scenery shots be cause for an "oh wow"!  Once I got home and loaded the photos onto my big screen, I vocalized "OH WOW"!  I like the look of frostiness and light layers of ice. The photos fit the bill for a mood ideal for Hallowe'en!