Sitting Ducks

I stopped by Mooney's Bay again on my way home from the lab today. Once I move in 3 days (!!!!) I won't be driving by as often so I wanted to stop because it was a nice day; cool and windy but sunny so I was happy! Besides, there's always "material" at the beach for photographing!
This pair of ducks must have had a nest close-by because there was nothing I could do to scare them away (not that I was trying); I didn't find it unfortunately. They just sat with their backs to me the whole time....

I really like water grasses and cattails....

Not a great photo but I had no time to change the shutter speed. I like it all the same....

Riverside

I went for a quick walk along the Ottawa river today; it was really cold and I wasn't really dressed for it so it was a quick one! It was extremely gray today and now it's currently snowing again....here's what I saw...

I like the different levels of "frozen-ness" in this one.

The water has receded by about 50' from where it would be in the summer; hence, we can see the shells of the zebra mussels that have infested the river.

Sunny Sunday

We had a really late night last night and, therefore, got up late this morning (seriously, it was almost noon). We had a great breakfast with Kevin and Tracy then headed to Smiths Falls to celebrate American Thanksgiving with Brannon's family (for anyone following my blog who doesn't know, Brannon is my hubby; and our sister-in-law is American). Usually Brannon's a get-from-point-A-to-point-B-as-quickly-as-possible kinda guy and doesn't really enjoy when I ask him to pull the car off the road to take some pictures but today he was a good sport.Most of these I took while we were in transit but he did stop to let me take some photos of the house with the caved-in roof. Enjoy!

Snowy cattails

We saw this deer hangin' out right across the road from Kevin and Tracy's; I couldn't get close enough to get a better photo but she's beautiful all-the-same.

I was informed that there was an old log home at Fallowfield Rd. and Dwyer Hill Rd. whose roof had collapsed; sure enough we found it. I would have loved to have gotten a little closer but the area was entirely fenced in. Maybe another day when I'm feeling a little more daring, I'll hop the fence and get a closer look!

The skies were nothing short of brilliant this afternoon.

Again, I took this one through the front windshield...

I think I was just lucky to get this one as the sun started its descent.