A rainy morning at Mallard Lake

Having a dog is a great reason to go on walks in pretty places. And bring my camera. Here we are last week at Mallard Lake Forest Preserve. Luckily there were still some colorful flowers in bloom to add some pop to what might have otherwise been a dreary rainy day. And fortunately, the rain did hold off for a while so I could get some photos. We were standing on the bridge shown in back here when the skies did finally start raining. That was OK, since Odin is still a puppy and can't handle long walks yet anyway.

Swift Road Prairie

On the prairie at the East Branch Forest Preserve

The Forest Preserve District of DuPage County has awesome dog parks. They are big, sprawling places where you can go on long nature walks with your dogs. The other day, we went to the prairie at the East Branch Forest Preserve with a friend and her dog.

With so many flowers in bloom, I've been trying to work on some macro photos. I like this one. I re-cropped it from the original, but otherwise made no changes to it.

It's part of my Flickr set: Prairie in Summer.

A moment captured: Bridge through the prairie

The prairie at the Morton Arboretum

Hi. I'm here. It's been just under a year since my last post. Thanks for sticking with me. I've been busy being a mom -- a mom with a camera constantly in my hand. I thought I should do something about that. Such as share my photos. So, without any further ado, here we go...

While my son, the X Man, was in preschool the other day, I decided to take my camera out for some exercise at the Morton Arboretum. When I entered the park, the docent at the gate mentioned how pretty the prairie was right now with so many flowers in bloom. So I headed in that direction and had a great time wandering around, reacquainting myself with the prairie there. It was a sticky, rainy day, but I got a lot of pretty photos. You can check out the set on Flickr, or wait and see if I post more. I hope to soon. I do.