Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Our Pond

One of the reasons we chose to live here is the big pond in our backyard. While some would see this as a mosquito-breeding, algae-growing nuisance, we love it & all the critters it brings. There is nothing better than falling asleep to the chirping of frogs (although a certain husband would say that's a matter of opinion). So, with more snow in the forecast, I would like to pay tribute to a few of the many critters who have visited our pond, and dream of the ice melting again one day...someday...maybe.


baby deer
cool looking ducks with fan heads (forget what they're called)

wild turkeys!

our beloved 3-legged deer

goose family

teeny baby turtles

the mallard duckies we raised a couple summers ago
(mommy misses you gals!)

7 comments:

CaMaTaDaLisMa said...

Ohmigosh - how cool is that??? Those are great pictures and I imagine that it's so much fun to see all the wildlife. (sigh) green grass - I remember it fondly. Question though. We live by a kind of swamp and we get SNAKES in the spring - ugh! Do you get a lot of snakes?

Skittles said...

great idea 4 a post mom!! no, tami, we don't get snakes but i sure wish we did...we do get salamanders every once in a while though!

Skittles said...

mom, why do you change your pic at the top and color scheme every day?? l

deb said...

Skittles, see explanation on the main page. :)

Skittles said...

cuz its fun?...

Kerri said...

Oh, your pond pictures are great! What with your pond and my bird feeder -- just think! National Geographic needs us! Or, we could place a few cameras around and make our own version of Meerkat. Robin brought me episode 3 of Meerkat Manor. I didn't even know it was out yet.

Well, I like your pictures, but after the fiasco with the snow men I should ask if all those pics are from your pond? The baby deer? I recognize three legged deer :)

deb said...

Yes siree, the pics are from my backyard. I'm still on a mission to capture a muskrat on film (er..pixels?)

Love the idea of a National Geographic book/documentary. "A Feeder & a Pond". We sell a book at work called "Dogs Waiting in Cars" or something like that. It's full of pics of dogs sitting in parked cars in parking lots.