Post in Pictures Volume 2

I enjoyed my Sunday morning walk last week so much, just me and my camera, I decided to do that again. This weeks stomping ground was my neighborhood, Saturday morning after a full day and night of rain. I was trying to get reflection on puddles, but also capture how nature sort of takes over after a rain. As a surprise to myself and DD2, I found a log at the end of the pond with several mud turtles chilling. We didn't even know there were turtles in the pond, never saw them before.They seemed annoyed at the camera clicks at first and slipped into the water, but with some patience on my part, I finally captured one, then a group.  I have video of the one who stayed and his first friend that came back to the log at the end of the post. 

The ducks on the other hand are always in a mood for being photographed, though I was on the opposite side of the pond with a less than stellar lens. I took advantage of an abandoned playground to show the loneliness of that setting. Had it been warmer out or even the beginning of summer, no doubt there would have been children playing, not bothered with the puddles beneath the swings and climbers. I had to get in the action and walk flip flops right into a puddle. 

The path leading into the park, pond end. 

A lone flower.

  

My attempt to capture the reflection of the trees in a puddle.

The ducks have a little partially secluded gathering spot. 

The one turtle that never left the log.

His buddies returned. 

I was hoping to catch one climbing back up the log.

The lone oak in a soggy park. 

Two hours earlier tthere was standing water right to the path..

Soggy climber landing. 

Rare to see an empty basketball court on a Saturday.

In need of a pedicure.