January 17th, 2025

That's me, geared up and ready to hike yesterday.  Please note the layers and the sweat jacket.  it's chilly here right now.  Nothing compared to other parts of the country, I understand that for sure. But cooler than normal for us. So I decided that layers would be the best way to go. I thought I was so smart. Hah!  

I was right about layers but wrong about the number of them.  Joy was dressed similarly, clearly having the same general idea.  We were still cold.  It wasn't just the temperature, it was about the cold damp wind blowing across the water and straight through our bones.  It was a struggle sometimes to get a good photo because the wind was pushing me around and sometimes because my hands were shivering too much to hold the camera steady.  

Still we persevered, took multiple shots of the same thing with the desperate hope that at least one would come out good and ultimately, it was a pretty awesome hike in spite of it all.  Resulting, I hope, in a decent Photo Safari Report which I'm going to call the Shivery Fingers Hike because they were a tremblin' with cold!

The first category of pictures will be of wild creatures eating because I've never before gotten this many of that sort of thing.  Now remember, nature does what nature does and sometimes nature isn't pretty.  That whole "circle of life" thing sometimes is kind of sad from the prey's perspective.  You can skip this section if you are too tender hearted. I completely understand.

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How about some wildlife that isn't dining?

Or maybe you would prefer some scenery and botanicals?  I have a few:

It was very grey and gloomy, cold and shivery, damp and dark but a great return to our weekly hikes after about a month off. Our cheeks were pink, our noses runny and our fingers achy with the cold, but we would do it again in a heartbeat.  In fact, we will most likely be back at it again next week though the weather report is not much different.  We will make an effort to dress warmer tho.  

Hope you enjoyed the Shivery Fingers Hike. We are glad to be back at it and hope to have some even better photos for you next time!

​Have a terrific weekend!