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Sunday, April 26, 2009

Western Pond Turtle search 2009

Yesterday, we were in Eugene while Riley competed at State in gymnastics. She's the 8th one in on the left...she was the shortest of the girls at her level so she got to lead the group out for the introductions.
Here she is doing beam. She didn't do bad, but she wasn't happy with her performance. It's only her 4th meet, but her expectations were very high.

Anyway, today we decided to go to the park and see the turtles. With us are Cieara on the left & Alicia on the right holding me.


Look! The Rhodies are blooming. This is the wild variety and is a lovely pale pink. It rained last night so it still has drops on it too.

Here's a bench in the Choshi Gardens and the girls are posing with me again.

Here are some lovely mini pine cones on a juniper bush. This one is near the Choshi bridge.
Here is the lovely swan resting or possibly nesting in the irises. There is, unfortunately, no male swan at the park.
We found plenty of bamboo in the Choshi gardens, but unfortunately, only two Western Pond Turtles and they proved faster than Michelle's camera, so no pictures today. One was swimming and one had hauled out on a tree limb to bask, but both dived before the camera clicked.







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