Showy cup like flowers
Begin to open
In the mid-morning warmth
Like stars from heaven
Floating gently among lily pads
A white-tailed doe
Knee deep in the water
Lifts her elegant head
Lily pads dangle
From her dripping muzzle
Ever alert to signs of danger
Dark colored nymphs
Cling to the pond vegetation
Waiting as their wings emerge
To dry in the sun
Before flying over the pond
As an adult dragonfly
An Eastern King-bird waiting on a perch
Darts over the water
Catching an unsuspecting dragonfly
Perched high in a cattail
Belts out his conk-la-ree song
He displays his shoulder patch
Of scarlet and yellow
For all to see
His streaky brown mate
Skulks through the undergrowth
In search of food
A blue heron standing motionless
In search of prey
An unsuspecting frog breaks the surface
With a blur of motion
The heron grabs its prey
With a lift of wings
The blue heron is airborne
To feed its young
The sun is waning
The shadows are long
The white lilies are closing
To signal the end of a day
In and around a beaver pond is full of life.It is so enjoyable to sit and watch the activity happening around you.
Here is a blog by a young lady that I have gotten to know on Fine Arts of America.
http://runoverandrightat.blogspot.com/
Do check it out.Very nicely done and a very talented lady
Well that is it for this week.Thank you for your wonderful comments and until next week happy trails.
Ken Bennison's Photography 
Showy cup like flowers
“the composition and the brightness are so right”
A white-tailed doe
“the instant you captured is very right”
Beautiful, and serene Ken. I envy those quiet moments that you have to reflect on all that you see around you!!