Comments on: canoe magic http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/07/30/canoe-magic/ a place where nature, photography and writing meet Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:27:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Burning Silo » Blog Archive » along the lime kiln trail at mill pond conservation area http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/07/30/canoe-magic/#comment-27398 Mon, 22 Jan 2007 16:10:29 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/07/30/canoe-magic/#comment-27398 [...] Yesterday, I said I’d put up something nice for those who didn’t appreciate the post about spiders, so consider this to be it. About a week ago, we spent a couple of hours hiking the Lime Kiln Trail at Mill Pond Conservation Area which lies a few miles south of Smiths Falls. I shot quite a few photos that day - perhaps the most I’ve taken in one day in awhile. The circumstances were unusual for mid-January. No snow on the ground and just the slightest film of ice forming on most of the larger ponds and in the roughly horseshoe-shaped shallow lake that loops around much of the conservation lands. The above photo is a view of one section of the lake. In summer, we occasionally paddle our canoe around the shoreline of the lake and into a couple of very shallow bays populated by the bleached stumps of long submerged trees. We can easily spend 2 or 3 hours paddling and then drifting here and there while I photograph dragonflies, waterlilies and other interesting things. Actually, I just checked and see that I wrote about paddling there on July 30th, 2006. [...] […] Yesterday, I said I’d put up something nice for those who didn’t appreciate the post about spiders, so consider this to be it. About a week ago, we spent a couple of hours hiking the Lime Kiln Trail at Mill Pond Conservation Area which lies a few miles south of Smiths Falls. I shot quite a few photos that day - perhaps the most I’ve taken in one day in awhile. The circumstances were unusual for mid-January. No snow on the ground and just the slightest film of ice forming on most of the larger ponds and in the roughly horseshoe-shaped shallow lake that loops around much of the conservation lands. The above photo is a view of one section of the lake. In summer, we occasionally paddle our canoe around the shoreline of the lake and into a couple of very shallow bays populated by the bleached stumps of long submerged trees. We can easily spend 2 or 3 hours paddling and then drifting here and there while I photograph dragonflies, waterlilies and other interesting things. Actually, I just checked and see that I wrote about paddling there on July 30th, 2006. […]

]]> by: burning silo http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/07/30/canoe-magic/#comment-4789 Mon, 31 Jul 2006 11:51:22 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/07/30/canoe-magic/#comment-4789 Laura - I've yet to try kayaking, although it looks like fun. I guess I've stuck to canoes because it's what I'm used to, and I can either paddle solo, take my dog along, or go out with Don (and the dog) and our gear. After years of paddling, I'm still amazed at how something as simple as a canoe can carry so much stuff, and then be propelled miles along a river by people using only their arms. Yesterday, we were out for another canoe trip -- this one much longer. On our way back to the put-in, I said to Don that I sure wouldn't have wanted to walk as far as we paddled! Anyhow, it's just so nice to be able to get back out in the canoe -- it really is my favourite place to find peace. - Cindy - Isn't the Violet Dancer a neat damsel? It was so nice of that one to sit in such a convenient place while I shot a few photos. And yup! Sure is nice to get that 'canoe magic' back into my life. Thanks! Laura - I’ve yet to try kayaking, although it looks like fun. I guess I’ve stuck to canoes because it’s what I’m used to, and I can either paddle solo, take my dog along, or go out with Don (and the dog) and our gear. After years of paddling, I’m still amazed at how something as simple as a canoe can carry so much stuff, and then be propelled miles along a river by people using only their arms. Yesterday, we were out for another canoe trip — this one much longer. On our way back to the put-in, I said to Don that I sure wouldn’t have wanted to walk as far as we paddled! Anyhow, it’s just so nice to be able to get back out in the canoe — it really is my favourite place to find peace.
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Cindy - Isn’t the Violet Dancer a neat damsel? It was so nice of that one to sit in such a convenient place while I shot a few photos. And yup! Sure is nice to get that ‘canoe magic’ back into my life. Thanks!

]]> by: Cindy http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/07/30/canoe-magic/#comment-4774 Sun, 30 Jul 2006 20:34:12 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/07/30/canoe-magic/#comment-4774 wow, that violet dancer is just gorgeous!! glad you got a taste of that good ol 'canoe magic'.. enjoyed your post and photos as always :) wow, that violet dancer is just gorgeous!! glad you got a taste of that good ol ‘canoe magic’.. enjoyed your post and photos as always :)

]]> by: Burning Silo » Blog Archive » my cousin has great changes coming http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/07/30/canoe-magic/#comment-4759 Sun, 30 Jul 2006 12:46:27 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/07/30/canoe-magic/#comment-4759 [...] a place where nature, photography and writing meet « canoe magic [...] […] a place where nature, photography and writing meet « canoe magic […]

]]> by: Laura http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/07/30/canoe-magic/#comment-4735 Sun, 30 Jul 2006 04:12:03 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/07/30/canoe-magic/#comment-4735 So many nice things in your day to comment on! I tried kayaking last year for the first time - really prefer it to paddling in a tippy canoe. That purple damselfly is really gorgeous and the loons! Only ever get distant looks at them in the winter on the ocean. Nice to see a *natural* osprey nest; here they nest on man-made platforms, cell towers, channel markers, in chimneys out at Sandy Hook, etc. Always a treat to see their dive into the water for fish - amazes me that they can pull themselves out and fly away with their prize. Glad your canoe and the quiet places you visit bring solace. So many nice things in your day to comment on!

I tried kayaking last year for the first time - really prefer it to paddling in a tippy canoe.

That purple damselfly is really gorgeous and the loons! Only ever get distant looks at them in the winter on the ocean. Nice to see a *natural* osprey nest; here they nest on man-made platforms, cell towers, channel markers, in chimneys out at Sandy Hook, etc. Always a treat to see their dive into the water for fish - amazes me that they can pull themselves out and fly away with their prize.

Glad your canoe and the quiet places you visit bring solace.

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