Quiet Start.....

Fenway and I walked out of the condo at 6:50 this morning for his begin-the-day-just-got-out-of-bed walk. The first thing I noticed was the quiet.....no wind, no cars, no other people, no waves crashing on the shore. Just a few bird calls and a busy woodpecker somewhere up a nearby tree. Rat a tat tat......

We turned toward the lake and Fenway's little legs scissored across Lake Street to sniff out the tree on the corner and then head for another interesting area in the grass. We made it to the water and I noticed two merganzers just off the walkway. The grey of the water met the grey of the horizon so the palette was muted, but the two birds were beautiful. They would disappear for a minute or so, diving below the surface, and then pop up.

I just stood and watched for a few minutes. These birds are just so beautiful and I love when they pass through our area.

A merganzer morning.....nice way to start my day.