Three Weeks Out and Moving Forward~

Louisville, Kentucky skyline in low lying fog.  Taken from Ashland Park, Indiana~

I saw an alert online last Saturday morning...

Common Loons at the Ashland Park area at the Falls of the Ohio!!

Yikes Common Loons are on my birding wish list!!

What?!

What are the chances that they would still be there?!

What were the chances that my husband Bill would even consider driving me over to Indiana?!

What will it be like for me if I just don't mention it to him?!

As soon as the words Good Morning tumbled out of my mouth, I could audibly hear the whispered sound of my voice clearly saying...

Common Loons, Falls of the Ohio... don't suppose you would want to take the dogs for a long ride would you?!

What the heck are Common Loons he said!!

I had him listen to the voices that I already had looked up in case I needed more bait...

He said sure that would be fine if you are up for it!!

I have been so good, really I have been super good, and patient and I really want to see a Loon in my lifetime, why not today?!

We took the drive over in heavy, low lying fog.

I saw birds, I saw three Great Blue Herons, a single American Coot, lots of Double Crested Cormorants, several Mallards, and a few Pied Billed Grebes...I LOVE Grebes! 

They stayed near the bridge in the heavy, low lying fog. 

I took pictures just in case this was my first sighting of Loons.

As we drove back home, I felt satisfied, hoping I could check a wish bird off my list. If not, I was touched that my husband was willing to bring me out, looking pretty much like a very pale, still weak me, trying her best to make it one day in front of the next. 

I guess that I never saw a Loon, or if I did, I didn't recognize it as such.

The fog was low and heavy as stated and I could not walk around to try and see any better.

At this writing I am at three weeks post surgery and as of Wednesday have had a set back.  One that is keeping me pretty much taking it easy until Monday when I go to PT again.  We are not sure what has happened, but our prayer is that it is something that will work itself out, and not the new mechanism in my knee...that would for me, or anyon be the worst case scenario...

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Wild Bird Wednesday

Heavy, low lying Fog along the Ohio River last Saturday morning.  

Taken at the Falls of the Ohio~

Pied-billed Grebes~

Single American Coot swimming for a bit of green and rest~

Can anyone see a fish?  I mean really, use your imagination... I see it~

Mallards preening~

One of the three Great Blue Herons~

These last 10 mosaics done with Autumnal colours were all taken from my passenger side window as my husband drove me into the city for my first out of home Physiotherapy appointment last Monday.  There had been an accident on the Interstate and this country ride, taken the slow way, made it to where I got these amazing colours, following an all night rain event~

Just for fun...I am so bored~

Ten Days Post Op and the Birds Peeked Inside My Window~

It has been a very long ten days. A couple of days were the worst pain I have personally ever endured, and that includes having had three major surgeries.  Thankfully I am on the far side of the worst for now.  As of this writing, I am weak, but moving in the direction of healing.  Six more weeks in the physical therapy and I should be back to my old self ;) It is a long process, one that tests every emotion, and it is not fun for the kind of person like me who enjoys being outside and looking for slices of nature to share.  To see the beautiful sunlight through the bedroom window, to peek out at the lovely Autumnal colours and to know that just beyond my view were hundreds of one of my favorite birds that only stop by two or three weeks, this time every year.  My camera had only the 70/300 lens attached and I had no other choices when last week I thought to pull back a curtain in the bedroom and remove the screen.  I sat on the seat of my walker and didn't have too long to wait, when to my great surprise came 6 and then 7 Cesar Waxwings, a couple of Yellow -Rumped Warblers and a single Northern Flicker.  Between taking several photographs, I couldn't help but think about how blessed I am and this was just another sign of God's goodness shinning down to lift my spirits and to give me smiles and warmth in my heart...this time next year I will be out among them, but for this season, they came right to my window and I was ready.  They have not been back since, and so I am thinking that it was perfect timing.

How is everyone, what have you all been up to?   

Have you had any special window visitors?

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I am joining in the fun with Eileen at:

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Saturday's Critter

Anni at:

http://id-rather-b-birdin.blogspot.com/ 

I'd Rather Be Birdin'

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Maggie's  MOSAIC MONDAY

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Stewart for:

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Wild Bird Wednesday

Cedar Waxwings at my window, too amazing, so happy they made me~

Northern Flicker aka Yellow Shafted Flicker came by for quick visit~

A wee little Yellow-Rumped Warbler peeked in the window too~

My husband was beginning to see my apprehension as we got closer to the hospital facility on the 20th of October.  We were only a mile from the Falls of the Ohio State Park and so he drove up to the top to look around for a few minutes.  It is really a very wonderful state of the art museum and the fossil beds are wonderful.  We decided after out brief visit to plan a trip back as soon as I am able and tour the grounds and museum.  It has been too many years since our last visit~

The Falls of the Ohio State Park

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falls_of_the_Ohio_State_Park

The park includes an interpretive center open to the public. In 1990 the Indiana state government hired Terry Chase, a well-established exhibit developer, to design the center's displays. Building started in September 1992, costing $4.9 million with a total area of 16,000 sq ft (1,500 m²).^[7] The center functions as a museum with exhibits that concentrate on the natural history related to findings in the nearby fossil beds as well as the human history of the Louisville area, covering pre-settlement, early settlement, and Louisville and southern Indiana history all the way up through the 20th century.