May 24th, 2024

They they are again, the two intrepid explorers of hiking trails!  That's Joy in black'n'white on the left and me on the right just in case you weren't certain.  It's tricky when you cannot see our faces.

Clearly this is going to be yet another Photo Safari Report. Exciting!    This will not be a usual one however.  So I'm going to call this the Different Sort of Hike because it was a little different.  Mostly, in the end, because we ended up with so few pictures!

I'm not absolutely positive why  we got so few photographs on this hike.  All of the proper elements were there.  It was a terrific huge preserve, we wandered the paths for several hours and managed to get in multiple miles doing so, it was a gorgeous bright and sunny day.  I guess I have no good excuses but facts are facts and the fact is, not a lot of photos.

I didn't get many bird photos and most of the ones I got are not worth sharing.  I seemed to have gotten a lot of pictures similar to this cardinal:

As you can see, it is unmistakably a cardinal, but my photo is more of a crystal clear branch and a rather blurry bird.  Not good.

​On the other hand, this hawk  photos was better:

The paths were beautiful, as they almost always are. And they are so pretty that they are photo worthy both in colour and black 'n' white.  Here, decide for yourself:

There were some very pretty wildflowers.  I probably got more botanicals than anything else but honestly, not too many of those either.  Still, here's what I got:

We suspect that, even though we are out there on the trails by a quarter to eight, we need to start earlier now that the temperatures are rising.  Any bird with a lick of sense has found a nice cool place to hang out during the hottest part of the day as the flowers begin to droop in the heat as do the photographers.  It's tough getting great angles for shots that aren't bleached out when the sun shines so brightly and let's see if I can think of any other excuses.....heh.

Doesn't matter.  Only a few photos for you on this Different Kind of Hike, but we still had a great time.  Though we will be leaving earlier in the morning for the rest of the summer. I know, I know, technically, it's not "summer" yet.  I don't care what the calendar says, when it's 85 degrees at 10 am and the "feels like" is 100, it's doggone summer.

And before I forget, have a GREAT Memorial Day Weekend!  Relax, eat good food, get outside for a bit if you can and have big fun!!

We'll get together again sometime next week after the long weekend.

​Hugs all 'round