To know a place: Oak Point Nature Preserve: heron

10/07/2019

Green Therapy Mondays

My days off run in cycles of Medical Mondays and Automotive Mondays due to a car and a body that are both past middle age, mixed with social Lunching Mondays. 2019 has been a year very short of the equally necessary Creativity Mondays and Nature Mondays, both key to my mental health. The scale tipped way too far in the Medical category with Meniscus Mondays for physical therapy on my knee.

Thrilled then to get two Monday walks at Oak Point. The water level in the lake and ponds is very low since we've had no rain since August thirtieth.

Images: Juvenile heron and kildeer both near the dam,. "horse apple tree," native bee visiting the base of Mexican petunia blossoms, late afternoon on Bobcat Run trail, bird at the turtle pond.

8/21/2014

Heron today, goon tomorrow

Thanks to the Mower Lady, I feel safe saying I've seen green herons at Oak Point. The neck is just confusing. Sometimes it is short, and other times long. It's like that Fantastic Four guy in the Sixties cartoon show that stretched his arm sooooooo far. Or, maybe, like Inspector Go-Go-Gadget. Or... NBA amazing dunk shots. Library ladies shelving books on top shelves compare and contrast these superheroes. I would look better in Gadget's trench coat than Fantastic Four Spandex, for sure.

The cartoon show had a guy with an optional elastic arm feature, a girl who could be invisible, and an immature kid who responded to the shout, "Flame on, Johnny!" Being extremely mature myself, I fist pump and shout, "Flame on, Johnny!" whenever I light a grill or fireplace.