4.30 - Spring Morning

4.30.13 Spring Morning  • © Margaret Helthaler

4.22 - Daffodils!

4.22.13 Daffodils!  • © Margaret Helthaler

4.17 - Frog Eggs!

4.17.13 Frog Eggs!  • © Margaret Helthaler

4.12 - Coming Rain

4.12.13 Coming Rain  • © Margaret Helthaler

We misjudged the weather and finished our walk in a steady downpour. The irony was not lost on us that we looked like two crazy people doing the one thing that helps to keep us sane...

4.10 Rolling Fog

4.10.13 Rolling Fog  • © Margaret Helthaler

What a difference a day makes. A quick moving storm came through overnight - waking me with it's torrential downpour, high winds and streaks of lightning. This morning the Catskills are enveloped in a thick rolling fog...

4.9 - Reflections

4.9.13 Reflections  • © Margaret Helthaler

I stood on the large rock and gazed at the reflections in the placid waters of the Rondout. Inhaling a deep breath of the balmy April breeze and thrusting out my arms to encompass the expansive view before us, I said to my friend, "Does it get any better than this?" Just then a bald eagle caught our eye. We watched his silent passage overhead, the sun glinting on his white head and tail feathers. My friend responded, "There's your answer... Yes it does get better!" My birthday is off to an excellent start...

4.8 - Blue Skies...

4.8.13 Blue Skies...  • © Margaret Helthaler