Have you ever thought about a name, a song, a color, then begin to see or hear it everywhere you turn? It happens to me with patterns, not written instructions, but shapes that stand out and say "look over here, see me.. I’m one of them", as I walk on by. So it has been with the patterning of the side panels of Oh! Canada. The repetitive beating of wings, in places where I’d never thought to look.
About the otters… some of you have asked if the otters returned this year. Yes, and no. After surveying the perimeter of the pond last summer, I felt sure that the otters had eaten themselves out of house and home. The pond would need time to restock. This theory was further strengthened by the shorter visits of the Blue Herons. I have seen an otter this winter. He/ she ran along the snow covered bank of the pond until he reached the open water at the spillway. I watched as he dove in, came up with a fish and then ran on to more open water at the overflow. There, he dove and surfaced to eat several more fish before scampering over the dam and down the backside to the stream. Most likely a single otter passing through. I haven’t found any otter slides or caves or any other evidence of residents. Porcupines…. well, that is a different story.
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13 responses to “walk with me wednesday”
Wonderful photos, I love the way you are able to share what you see up there in the great white north!
I know you’ve mentioned this before, but which of your yarns and what color are you using for Oh Canada?
thanks,
Linda
I like the way you find patterns everywhere
Love the photos – and the news about the otters. Makes perfect sense.
Did I ever tell you M has never ever seen a live porcupine? The only dead one he’s seen is one I found to show him. Do you have a photo I can show him as proof there are such things as porcupines? 🙂
Just popped in to grab your Crest of the Wave scarf pattern (Thank you Margene) and now I’m hooked on your blog. You have a new fan!
Inspired photos! Beauty abounds.
Love those photos! I’ve taken pictures of tire tracks before too. lol. I am new in this town and out to firmly establish myself as an eccentric.
Lovely photos! And I want to ask what Linda asked. I love the color and texture of that yarn.
I so need to cast on my Oh Canada! soon…. wading through my Bird in Hand. Love it though maybe need a diversion.
This was such a lovely post. And timely! This morning I saw intricate frost flowers all over the ground while I was walking to work. The sidewalks were covered with them. And of course it made me think of knitted lace. 🙂
I was just thinking (a little petulantly maybe) that I never get to look at pretty landscapes like that. Then I looked out the office window and that tire-track pattern is out there in the gray heavy clouds, right this very minute. Oops, now it’s gone. Stupid wind. But anyway – thanks, I wouldn’t have noticed otherwise.
We have a few otters in the pond across the street…such funny little creatures!
This does happen to me with a pattern…and I always wonder what it means…what I need to pay attention to….
Your photos are great. Oh Canada is beautiful…no otter slides that I can see here this year…
Amazing to see the repetitive pattern!