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Index of Subjects ---2114655128-1008326253-1348424356=:6101 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi All=0AThis morning when the sun broke through the Canoe wanted me to go = for a paddle.=0AIt was calling so we went to a lake where a brook flows in.= At the junction=0Ais a nice swamp. The recent rains have brought the water= up so makes paddling=A0=0Ain the swamp much easier. The lily pads are now = just under water with only a few=A0=0Astill above water. So we went up the = brook.=0AThe Red Maples have gotten a nice red with some still green. The s= pars of hartmatack=A0=0Along dead have bleached a brillant white and it all= makes a nice picture with the background=0Aof green pines and spruce. The = asters and Golden Rod are about the only flowers still in bloom=0Abut they = contrast well with their blues and yellows with the rest of the picture. Pi= tcher Plants=0Aleaves are a deep red and the seed stacks have turned a nice= yellow.=A0=0ALittle orange mushrooms with red stems are showy - the cap is= about as big as a dime.=0ANo I didn't try to eat them! - LOL=0AIt would be= difficult to find a more beautiful garden anywhere. Only rarely do people = see it.=0AAnd doesn't cost the tax payers a cent. And not a bureaucrat in s= ight!=0AThere was 25 - 30 ducks there - they took of when I got close. Near= all Mallards - not very beautiful=0Aas they were getting a new coat. Lots = of feathers on the water. The only exception=0Awas a Male Black Duck. Brill= ant red legs - looked like the traditional Northern Redleg,=0Aseemed early = so perhaps he was of mixed breeds. A very large bird.=A0=0AReddish Brown dr= agon flies were quite plentiful as well as a medium sized black fly about t= he size=0Aof a house fly but they sat on the water. Always a few Caddis abo= ut to. Light brown ones today.=0APainted turtles, 2 groups of 2 each were s= itting on a sunken log. One was quite large and=0A2 were very small - the d= iameter of an average orange perhaps.=0AA great paddle - don't forget to ta= ke your canoe out when it calls.=0APaul ---2114655128-1008326253-1348424356=:6101 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body><div style=3D"color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:ti= mes new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div>Hi All</div><div= >This morning when the sun broke through the Canoe wanted me to go for a pa= ddle.</div><div>It was calling so we went to a lake where a brook flows in.= At the junction</div><div>is a nice swamp. The recent rains have brought t= he water up so makes paddling </div><div>in the swamp much easier. The= lily pads are now just under water with only a few </div><div>still a= bove water. So we went up the brook.</div><div>The Red Maples have gotten a= nice red with some still green. The spars of hartmatack </div><div>lo= ng dead have bleached a brillant white and it all makes a nice picture with= the background</div><div>of green pines and spruce. The asters and Golden = Rod are about the only flowers still in bloom</div><div>but they contrast w= ell with their blues and yellows with the rest of the picture. Pitcher Plants</div><div>leaves are a deep red and the seed stacks have turned a n= ice yellow. </div><div>Little orange mushrooms with red stems are show= y - the cap is about as big as a dime.</div><div>No I didn't try to eat the= m! - LOL</div><div>It would be difficult to find a more beautiful garden an= ywhere. Only rarely do people see it.</div><div>And doesn't cost the tax pa= yers a cent. And not a bureaucrat in sight!</div><div>There was 25 - 30 duc= ks there - they took of when I got close. Near all Mallards - not very beau= tiful</div><div>as they were getting a new coat. Lots of feathers on the wa= ter. The only exception</div><div>was a Male Black Duck. Brillant red legs = - looked like the traditional Northern Redleg,</div><div>seemed early so pe= rhaps he was of mixed breeds. A very large bird. </div><div>Reddish Br= own dragon flies were quite plentiful as well as a medium sized black fly a= bout the size</div><div>of a house fly but they sat on the water. Always a few Caddis about to. Light brown ones today.</div><div>Painted tu= rtles, 2 groups of 2 each were sitting on a sunken log. One was quite large= and</div><div>2 were very small - the diameter of an average orange perhap= s.</div><div>A great paddle - don't forget to take your canoe out when it c= alls.</div><div>Paul</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></body></html= > ---2114655128-1008326253-1348424356=:6101--
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