When we were on a fly out trip in Ontario, the pilot turned round to me and said do you want to fly? Being on a float plane is one of the things on my "to do in life" list, flying it for 15 minutes was simply out of this world.
Moments of Joy
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was walking back from work last week with my 7 year old, bluebell woods to the left of us and field then more woods to the rightstomping up the hill not really taking much notice when a young Roe deer emerged from the woods about 10-20 feet in front of me, crossed my path and bounced of across the field like she had springs on her feet! All my son had to say was: "I bet that'd taste nice!" 
Wonderful moment...
Wonderful moment...
Saw a Kingfisher last weekend and they are rare enough for me, only ever seen three others, for it to be special. Yesterday though I had a real special- I watched my son playing in the garden and he was laughing at something or other, I "saw" his pure joy. It exploded in my brain and made me giggle out loud. That was cool.
The scent of dry, cut grass - I passed some today while walking near town, and the scent transported me back to childhood and playing in hay-barns....
The look on my sons face when I took him out in the back garden and showed him the Robins nest in the Ivy with two eggs in it. He's now watching the coming and goings of the birds with great interest.
Incidently, does anyone know how long it is between laying and hatching?
Incidently, does anyone know how long it is between laying and hatching?
hi all
my latest moment of joy was taking my dog camping for the first time last night,
she absolutely loved it, watching her nosing around the site and sitting in SWMBO's arms whilst i organised the fire and then bedding down in the blankets we had took for her was truely joyous
Regards
Sam
my latest moment of joy was taking my dog camping for the first time last night,
she absolutely loved it, watching her nosing around the site and sitting in SWMBO's arms whilst i organised the fire and then bedding down in the blankets we had took for her was truely joyous
Regards
Sam
a few weeks ago i was mooching down the woods on a forest when i saw movement about a field away, just a flash of dull red really, i carried on walking till i got a better view and confirmed it was a fox, i cut my shape by crouching and waited. obviously foraging for young she came towards me in a diagonal pattern, i was upwind so kept expecting her to scent me (not having a bath for a couple of days may have helped). she was within ten feet of me before she realised i was there (i honestly could almost have touched her) no shock at all she just looked at me with a cocked head, morecurious as to what i was doing than frightened. we held eye contact for a few seconds then she lost interest and carried on past me in no great rush. didnt even worry when i stood to move off. just goes to show how they can tell your intentions, i guarantee if i'd have had a rifle she wouldnt have come anything like as close! really made my day that did.
Getting home from a grinding day to the kids.
That moment just after it gets dark, when we pull the chairs a little forward and take the top off the third or fourth beer at the Welsh meets. They are great times.
That moment just after it gets dark, when we pull the chairs a little forward and take the top off the third or fourth beer at the Welsh meets. They are great times.
As they say, one picture is worth a thousand words. This is one of those hard-to-describe moments when I found this in a backcountry canoe camp in northern Wisconsin.
The wee flashes of colour in the corner of your eye where you know what it was but you're not quite sure. Kingfishers and woodpeckers and the likes.
...and otters splashing in(they do it as well - you catch them but you don't really see them, just their aftermath but there's nothing else could have caused it).
...and otters splashing in(they do it as well - you catch them but you don't really see them, just their aftermath but there's nothing else could have caused it).
Well, I'm blanking on the names right now but it is in a series of 4 (or 5?) lakes just south of the Sylvania in Da Yoop. Right across the border. IIRC, only one of the lakes is a carry in, the rest have ramps.
