March 11th, 2021

Joy is back!  YAYAY!  So yesterday she and I were back out there on Photo Safari!  It was both a Birthday Hike (Happy Birthday Joy!) and a Peek-a-Boo hike.  I say peek-a-boo because for a goodly percentage of the time, I couldn't seem to get a nice clear direct photo of anything!  ARGH!  Still the pictures are sometimes a almost sort of, kind of recognizable.   Here is a sampling:

I began to wonder if the entire hike was going to this frustrating and could feel myself becoming a little aggravated.  But then I took a deep breath and reminded myself how lucky I was to be out there on a gorgeous day tramping through a forest with my sister.  And I quickly got over myself. Sometimes I just need to give myself a good talking to! Once I relaxed, things started getting better.  They always do.

It was so amazingly beautiful out there.  The weather was gorgeous, sunny but not hot, with a nice gentle breeze. And because it's spring there were  lots of flowers of course:

Eventually I even was able to get a few actual clear unobstructed bird photos:

And a few dragonflies:

Some very pretty scenery in general:

A little bit of random other stuff:

AND of course, the birthday girl:

All in all, once I stopped being an ass,  it was a fabulous day, a great hike, a really good time and of course, most important of all, a celebration of Joy's birthday!

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