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--498176207-814101956-1379592165=:67231 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi All=0ATuesday I got to spend the day paddling with a friend.=0AJust loca= l spots - nothing exciting as to location.=0AThe water was high in the rive= rs and fast - easy to go down=0Astream but not so up. So we spent most of o= ur time in Stillwaters.=0AAt one point we came upon a beech tree. It was gr= owing in a bank=0Aby the water and the other trees had crowded it out over = the water.=0AWasn't a majestic beech maybe 15 cms in the stump but was load= ed=0Awith beechnuts. Every spur on ever branch had one. They are not just= =0Aripe yet so we didn't get to taste them. A long time since I saw a tree = so loaded.=0AThey taste good when ripe but a little tedious to shell.=0ACan= ada Holly bushes were well covered with berries also. The robins will=0Ahav= e a good feast latter on. The berries are sort of pink yet but will soon ge= t red.=0AAnother spot of maybe 10 meters was a clone of cranberries. The vi= nes were just=0Ahanging with berries out over the water. Not 100% ripe eith= er.=0AWe saw some birds - a flock of 5 Wood Ducks in a lily pad bay. They f= lew a little but not far.=0AA Spotted Sandpiper was rocking back and forth = on a log.=0AWe stayed out til after the sun went down and just as=A0 we wer= e getting the canoe put away,=0Aa Horned Owl came by. It circled between th= e woods on the shore and maybe 10 m out over=0Athe lake - done that half do= zen times. Just as well for the sandpiper to keep hidden.=0AThe owl didn't = catch anything that we saw but there was a lot of dragon flies and other fl= ies=0Aon the lake so maybe that was supper. A nice end to a great day -=0AE= njoy the last few days of summer=0APaul --498176207-814101956-1379592165=:67231 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:ar= ial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14pt"><div>Hi All</div><div>Tuesday I = got to spend the day paddling with a friend.</div><div>Just local spots - n= othing exciting as to location.</div><div>The water was high in the rivers = and fast - easy to go down</div><div>stream but not so up. So we spent most= of our time in Stillwaters.</div><div>At one point we came upon a beech tr= ee. It was growing in a bank</div><div>by the water and the other trees had= crowded it out over the water.</div><div>Wasn't a majestic beech maybe 15 = cms in the stump but was loaded</div><div>with beechnuts. Every spur on eve= r branch had one. They are not just</div><div>ripe yet so we didn't get to = taste them. A long time since I saw a tree so loaded.</div><div>They taste = good when ripe but a little tedious to shell.</div><div>Canada Holly bushes= were well covered with berries also. The robins will</div><div>have a good feast latter on. The berries are sort of pink yet but will soon get r= ed.</div><div>Another spot of maybe 10 meters was a clone of cranberries. T= he vines were just</div><div>hanging with berries out over the water. Not 1= 00% ripe either.</div><div>We saw some birds - a flock of 5 Wood Ducks in a= lily pad bay. They flew a little but not far.</div><div>A Spotted Sandpipe= r was rocking back and forth on a log.</div><div>We stayed out til after th= e sun went down and just as we were getting the canoe put away,</div>= <div>a Horned Owl came by. It circled between the woods on the shore and ma= ybe 10 m out over</div><div>the lake - done that half dozen times. Just as = well for the sandpiper to keep hidden.</div><div>The owl didn't catch anyth= ing that we saw but there was a lot of dragon flies and other flies</div><d= iv>on the lake so maybe that was supper. A nice end to a great day -</div><= div>E<var id=3D"yui-ie-cursor"></var>njoy the last few days of summer</div><div>Paul</div></div></body></html> --498176207-814101956-1379592165=:67231--
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