The sun came out

The forecast for Saturday was rain, and I decided to take advantage of that to get some work done. Black Jack isn't a big fan of showers, and was happy to get her exercise chasing a ball inside. One of the benefits of being only 12 pounds.

Around one o'clock, the sun made a surprise appearance, even managing to sneak into my light-starved apartment. It was compelling and irresistible. We headed over to Jericho, patches of blue sky growing as we walked.

The pond soaked up the red-orange-gold colors.
The Canada Geese came over to take a look.

Across the pond, I was happy to see this heron. I wonder if a few of them will stay around for the winter. A second one flew in as well, but only stayed a few seconds, and I didn't manage to catch it. They didn't seem particularly friendly with each other.

I was amusing myself with the antics of the geese as they skidded in for landings,

and almost missed the snow geese.

I wonder if they were stragglers on their way to Reifel Bird Sanctuary.
Small numbers of them, maybe ten or twelve at a time, flew by every few minutes. They didn't come down to land.

Black Jack urged me to leave the pond area for a little walk around the rabbit bushes.

On the way back, I admired the trees, but Black Jack found other entertainment. Our "leave it" command has not been successful, and I finally..

..put her on this bench, with the command to stay. She obeyed, but the quizzical look on her face told me she was mystified at my behaviour. Poor Black Jack.

I was checking out these raindrops on branches, when..

..a flash of orange caught my camera's eye - a lucky glimpse under a Northern Flicker's wing.

On the way home, I took my last picture of two unidentifiable objects on the other side of the pond. Only later, looking at the photos, did I see these two turtles. We arrived home just as the rain began again. Perfect!

Last evening, Bill and I saw Julie and Julia, a movie that is still with me this morning. The lobster scene nearly did me in, but I found myself soul searching about vegetarianism, blogging, relationships and the characteristics I see in common between Bill and the two male protagonists. I even found Julie's blog, and did some googling about Julia's life. If the mark of a good movie is stimulating thought, then this one rated fairly high.

That was Saturday. Time to get on with Sunday. Have a good one.