John Gushue . . . Dot Dot Dot

Green grass, Kent's Pond

I snapped this a little while ago while on one of my favourite walks, by Kent's Pond. We wait all spring to get to this level of green; why not take a second and appreciate it? 

Nick on a wharf, duck in the pond

I snapped this last week, as we were walking around Kent's Pond, and the sun was getting ready for its suppertime set. (With the clocks rolled back, darkness comes even earlier now.) 

You can see Nick taking a breather on the little dock at the pond, and one of the ducks floated by to check us out. 

 

Evening sky

See the post below for a snap I took during our evening walk. Here's a shot from Martha, the real photographer in the family, using the same phone as me. She has a great eye. 

 

I am pumpkin, hear me roar

We came across this pumpkin during our regular walk along the Kent's Pond trail today. It had been left there by someone with a sense of humour, I'm guessing! 

The trail

One of my favourite walks, any time of the year, is around Kent's Pond, which is not that far from our house, and a place that is instantly relaxing. You're in the woods in moments, and you forget that a few hundred metres away cars are zooming on the Parkway, Higgins Line or Portugal Cove Road. You can't hear much except the birds, the ducks on the pond, the wind weaving through the trees and sometimes just the reeds scratching each other.

A line of ducks at Kent's Pond

We got back a little while ago from a walk around Kent's Pond, where Nick noticed a duck and her ducklings in formation ... with the wind making the waves a little more volatile. 

Like, ducks

A neighbour, over at Kent's Pond.

The boy in profile

Our son is constantly on the move, but once in a while he slows down enough for a shot like this to happen. Martha took it recently while we were on one of our walks around Kent's Pond.

Kent's Pond, last night

I snapped this last evening, during a family trot around Kent's Pond (for what's it worth, my favourite trail in St. John's). I used the phone on my BlackBerry, which is certainly limited in what it can do, but did just fine for this kind of shot.