Steven Helmer Publications

There is talk of bad storms again tomorrow, so I made sure to get out for a walk with my camera today, while the weather was nice. I didn't see a ton on the walk but did get some photos, including one of a baby turtle, which unfortunately scurried away before I could place something down (like a quarter) to show how small it was in comparison. Anyway, here are some of those photos:

Happy May Day! The weather was beautiful today so I was finally able to get out with my camera again. Just in time too. The baby turtles are starting to pop out.

As a general rule, I avoid interfering with nature when I can. And, that was the case today too, when I came across this little guy (or girl) while on my walk. But, I must admit, I was tempted to help it out. It was quite a distance away from the closest body of water and had to climb up a hill to get to it. Instead, however, I decided to wish it luck and  let it continue its trek on its own. Of course, I still took a couple photos first.

I was out in the garden picking beans and decided to check my potato plants. As I was walking toward them, I had something dart out from in between them and hit the side of my foot. It turned out to be a small bunny (I've seen the mother hanging around so I guess I shouldn't have been surprised). But, since I wasn't expecting it to dart out like that and I didn't know what it was at first, it scared the crap out of me, to the point I almost fell over and ended up pulling my back a bit. Since it hit my foot, I was a little worried it hurt itself. But, I didn't want to scare it any more than it already was so I waited until after dinner to try to check on it. By then, it was gone so I'm assuming it was OK. Guess I'll have to be a bit more careful the next time I'm in the garden.

It rained this morning and, since I left my change of socks on the kitchen table, I decided not to brave the wet trails and skipped my morning walk. I did, however, stop off at the lake before coming into the office and saw these ducklings swimming around.