friday's fringe 28 ~ lake collage & bye-bye bones!

YES, this is friday's fringe...on thursday.
but it IS friday somewhere...on the other side of the world.

tomorrow morning i have an app't at the dreaded dentist.
(last week a client gave me a mini twix bar. while eating it, i felt something hard between my teeth.
hmmmmmmm, a rock in my twix bar.

nope.  a tooth.  the one i had a root canal done on not too long ago.
it just broke off! shit! at the gum line! surgery tomorrow morn. double shit!!)

i've been pretty stressed.
a perfect thriller for halloween.
aaaaaaargh!!
FEAR!
(the one good thing is that i'll have to rest for a day...time to catch up with reading...)


back to the friday on thursday post...

last weekend...
we went camping/fishing to Rodman Dam/Reservoir (AKA Lake Ocklawaha)

SUNRISE on the lake

SO many pictures...thought i'd just do a collage

the lake: bald eagles, cormorants, anhingas, herons, sunrise, grackles, dragonflies, butterfly, egrets

CLICK for LARGER view

oOo

mr bOnes.  his final october post.

soon it'll be time for all his buddies to go back in the closet.

but mr bOnes will remain perched on the mantel- all year long.

he and his bony friends have been gathering...

telling ghostly stories...shaking their bones...pulling pranks

and just being a little mischievous before they head into hiding. 

“That cold ain’t the weather, that’s death approaching.”

30 Days of Night (2007)

thanks for visiting...on...

lk

counting down...to...

ALL HALLOW'S EVE.  HALLOWEEN.  NIGHT OF THE SPIRITS.

HAVE A MAGICAL & SPOOKY NIGHT.

a new beginning. out with the old, in with the new.

remembering & honoring those that have passed on.

lake ocklawaha...the e n d

i just couldn't get enough of these dragonflies!

before i do this final post...of the flora & fauna 

of Rodman Reservoir/Lake Ocklawaha...

i just want to say a big THANKS to everyone who breezes through...

and to those who linger...and even take the time to leave a note!!

i haven't been blog reading since last week, because of our weekend away...

and then i've been dealing with this Sciatica...if you've ever had it...then you know...

it's a pain in the ass...to sit...for any length of time!

SO

i HOPE to get caught up...this weekend!

i just had to explain. i haven't been ignoring you...i haven't been anywhere in cyberspace!

you gotta know i'm in pain...cause i haven't been taking the time to search for cool quotes!

ok, no more talk...want to get these pictures posted before it's OLD news!

Anhinga

along the shore...

Great Egret

Osprey nest.

these 'nesting poles' are scattered about throughout the lake

milo...dreaming...in camper...

Alligator...not a very good picture...but you can see all the floating stumps, logs, etc in the back ground.
also, see the dragonfly ?!

hmmm...a Little Egret  ??

 UPDATE!  Eileen @ Viewing Nature with Eileen...who happens to be a pretty good bird expert...
thinks this little guy could also be a juvenile  Little Blue Heron!  thanks eileen!

weathered wood on the shore...

in PART 1 of Rodman/Ocklawaha i mentioned that the

BIGGEST catch of the weekend was sam's 17 inch Bass!!!

here ya go!

sam and his prize catch!

so loverly...so many dragonflies...

another...not so great shot...but with THREE birds...and all the floating trees and stuff in the water!

TOO cute...TWO cute Cormorants...one standing on one leg.

this picture below... like two fish passing each other...

like sculptures...floating  wood   plants...

a dinosaur fish and some type of pan fish

ready...set...

GO!!!!!!!!!

thanks for wandering and wading...through all the pictures!

end of the day, time to get off the water & head back to camp.

thanks for the wishes on a speedy recovery...of my aching...back...and butt!

be cool & stay safe,

laura

friday's fringe - 5 (spiraling minnows)

~ a short 2 minute video i did while we were at Rodman Reservoir/Lake Ocklawaha last weekend. ~

enjoy.

every friday. just one of my nature shots.
(well, usually...just ONE picture...this time...the coolest minnow video!)

the supermoon over lake ocklawaha...

...and the fauna & flora of the Rodman Reservoir.

(part1)

supermoon over Lake Ocklawaha, FL

i had wanted to do a post yesterday

with pic's from our weekend at Rodman Reservoir/Lake Ocklawaha...

BUT

i had to do a Tampa drive on monday...over 2 hours each way...back to back.

and the next day i couldn't stand straight.

Sciatica!

i've never experienced it before.

it pains to sit, to stand, to lie down.

it's a REAL pain in the ass...literally.

so...after using ice...heat...ibuprofen...stretching...Kinesio taping...

today i'm not walking hunched over (as much) but i'm still feeling it.

SO

in order to not aggravate it...i'm going to make this quick.

so i can get off my butt.

not too much gabbing...mostly pictures.

FIRST,

on the way there we stopped at one of those big ice vending machines to fill up the cooler.

you know me...and misspellings...or grammatical errors.

CAN YOU see why i snapped this one??

(there shouldn't be an 'apostrophe' in cameras.  no apostrophe in plurals)

ok...on to Lake Ocklawaha  or  Rodman Reservoir.

Rodman Reservoir is a flooded forest.

there's plenty of underwater structure...and floating trees...stumps...logs...

so you have to be a pretty good navigator...or at least lucky...

to troll around without running into something.

we have a small boat. a Gheenoe. it's like a canoe, but more stable...

with a flat back for a small motor.

i was combing the shore while sam pulled the boat to ground and fished off the back.

THIS IS THE SPOT WHERE he caught the BIGGEST catch of the weekend...

a 17" BASS!  

(that's inches...not pounds! we didn't have a scale.)

Dragonflies were everywhere!!

we also saw Ospreys, Eagles, Hawks, Herons, Cormorants, Anhingas...

and of course, Alligators.

Great Egret

Osprey young with mother...i wish i could know what they were saying...or yelling...to each other.

Great Egret

Alligator

a swarm...i mean...a school...of feeding minnows.

a  Hawk.  a Red-shouldered hawk i think, but he looks much bigger than the ones at home.

Anhinga...or snake bird.

Great Egret

heading back to the camp at the end of the day...

sam's silhouette...against the setting sun... 

and a last look at the super moon through the trees...

stay tuned for part 2...and maybe even a part 3.

gotta change position now...and get off my butt...go stretch.

i've had clients with Sciatica...but NOW i know first hand...the pain!

yikes.

be cool  &  stay safe.

laura

((yeah yeah...i know...i'm way behind in reading...but i have a good excuse...

this time it's not just that TIME is slipping away...bear with me.  :)  ))