Neighborhood Stroll Friday Foto Friends

 

How is it Friday again?
Well it is.
Joining Debbie for Foto Friends with
a bunch of different pictures I have taken.
As always you can click on them to enlarge them.
They are  taken with a Canon A560, except for the last two.

Cold Sand can feel nice on bare feet

Footprints in the Sand

Sunset Fire

Just in Case!

The glorious bay

On the Rocks

Swimming

Up to my knees to take this one. Just the bay..nothing else. It's enough I think

Fly by

And here he is

My mother on graduating as a Registered Nurse in Philadelphia, Pa. long before I came along.
This is a just because addition to the photos this week.

Below are my two favorite girls with a wolf. Yes, a real 100% wolf!

Thank you for visiting and come again soon.

Tueday..

Well, leave it to me to be behind in my September Challenge of Back Where I Come From at McClendon Villa blog.
Here are day 29 and 30's questions and answers.

29.  Does your hometown have a newspaper?  Does it come out daily, bi-weekly, weekly, or some other frequency? Does your hometown have its own radio station?
It used to share a paper with our sister neighboring town and I think maybe a few other tiny towns. It was called the Spectator and it is gone now.

No, our town did not have a radio station but my high school did and I was managing editor.

30.  Reflection post: What did you think of this challenge? Did you enjoy it? Do you have any suggestions for 2018’s challenge song?
I did enjoy it.
Nope can't think of a song but will continue to think about it.

I found this new photo challenge called 14 Days of Fall for October 1-14th.
It says hosted by, but then there is absolutely nothing by them for this challenge at all.
So not sure what that's all about and can't find anyone doing it at all.
But it's good ideas for blogging so I will just go ahead and do it. 

  Day 1   Selfie taken  today:

 Day 2. I love...

My Pond

The pond filter got cleaned and it is crystal clear right down to the bottom. Fish hate it but it looks nice.

Day 3: Picture Perfect

My Slice of the Jersey Coast

Friday has arrived without any fanfare at all!
My daughter just returned from giving a speech in Georgia and is leaving later today for  her London office.
Prays for safe trip and return? Thanks in advance my friends.

Our weather was hot and humid until Wednesday when it got chilly at night again and cool in the daytime.  I will not complain. I love cool weather.  It is 75 F today and  sunny.

I am joining in for Debbie's Friday Foto Friends with another offering of photos of my two ponds and the New Jersey coast where I live.  I hope you enjoy seeing them.
These photos are taken with my Android phone.

close up of the marsh.. grainy Android photo

Salt marsh and open bay in the distance.

Salt marsh 

long distance phone photo of Barnegat Light on Long Beach Island (LBI)
It is something like 180 ft tall.  Would be nice to own a big telephoto lens for my real camera but phone did get the picture, blurry as it is.

The little frog pond

Mr Frog hiding on his little island in his pond. Yes, he owns this pond.

Mr. Frog grows miniature roses along the banks of his pond.He has quite the green thumb!

Trees reflected in the frog pond and the last of the Siberian Iris (Cuckoos Tears) which grows in the little frog pond.

Looking down the lagoons. There are houses on either side. This is directly across from the marsh and the lagoons enable you to take your boat out into the bay.

The big pond outback.

Moon path on the open bay at night. Photo is taken from my instagram and didn't translate over well.. poor quality to say the least.

I post on weekends now but I wish everyone a lovely, quiet, refreshing end to the week.
And remember:

Tomorrow I will re run a post of the gown I wore to the Oscars!

Stormy DaysFriday Foto Friends

Joining in for Debbie's  Friday Foto Friends.

Stormy day in my neighborhood.


On the bay:

In the small pond:

And in the big pond:



After watching the Famous Anonymous Kids Lacrosse game,(They Won!)
 I came home to a hot cup of coffee .  It is chilly today and stormy... a nice day for getting cozy.

Clear Pond, Clear Weather... Great Day

It was very chilly last night, chilly enough for me to add another blanket.
Its lovely and bright and sunny today with great low 70's temperatures.

The large pond is back to being crystal clear thanks to a barley straw solution that rounds up the algae and eats it up.
Its the greatest stuff and saved me buying a UV sterilizer.
The sterilizers have their own merits though and I don't know if I will never put one in again.
They do a marvelous job of keeping ponds clean and crystal clear.
The ponds are loved by the chipmunks, squirrels, raccoons, possums... deer. My dog used to take a dip once in a while and scare the fish to smithereens.
They are home to all sorts of things including clams .
I have found egrets fishing in them.. wading around with their long legs, and the big pond is deep in places.
But it gives water to the thirsty and makes a home for frogs and turtles.

I hope your weekends are wonderful.

Photos can be made large by clicking on them .