Friday, April 02, 2010

Great Friday!


What is it about Good Friday? It just seemed to be one of those perfect days today and as Mark and I were out walking I remembered another wonderful Good Friday I blogged about here, in 2006. Must be a happy alignment of sun and planets or something!





We drove out to a beautiful area called Choulex, only 10 minutess away from us, but with lovely panoramic views of the Alps and what looked like a preservation area for birds. Lots of little moor hens, ducks, herons and croaking frogs and we spotted this -


a kestral in a nesting box, not too high up in the tree and fairly relaxed about being next to a footpath. There was a gathering of photographers at one of the large ponds all looking expectantly towards the south - I wondered if one of them had spotted something exciting today or did they come out regularly in the Spring to see the newcomers flying in? There were some serious lenses out there!


It's wonderful that the trees will soon be in leaf, but I much prefer them without, especially if I'm attempting to draw them!

Some old abandoned farm machinery.

Another great shape.

A lot of the trees around Geneva are covered in Mistletoe which looks great in the winter, when the leaves are gone.


And finally, a great resting place, but I think perhaps the view is wasted on the occupants!

5 comments:

Bonny said...

Happy Good Friday! Ours is just beginning on this side of the world :)
What a wonderful day you had and the weather was great for your photos! Have to agree with you about the view being wasted on the occupants of the 'place of rest' you saw. Pretty funny, actually!

Happy Easter!

Janet Pantry said...

Those are lovely, restful pictures, Felicity. Sounds like you had a great day out. Agree with you about the trees. I like early Spring when the leaves are just appearing but you can still see the gorgeous tree shapes. We have rain here, but what's new?!

Happy Easter! :)

Serena said...

Such beautiful pictures, Felicity! I'm glad to hear you had a great day ~ :)

Pat said...

Hi Felicity, I wanted to wish you a Happy Easter and to enjoy your wonderful photos. Have a great weekend.

Carolina said...

I enjoyed the photos very much... and the sense of humour ;)