Picnic by the Lake

Barrier Lake

A glorious day, and not a cloud in the azure blue sky, an ideal day for a picnic.  This spot is just beautiful. When we arrived there was a pair of loons peacefully drifting across the lake.  I had hoped they would come closer so that I could get a photo, but as some of us know they can be quite elusive.  You can follow their wake for ages then suddenly they will just disappear diving under the water, then don't surface for ages.  When they do appear again it is usually on the other side of the lake.  I followed the pair for ages with the binoculars, they were beautiful in their lovely black and white plumage.  The only other wildlife we saw today were some crickets basking in the sun and enjoying the heat of the rocks, just like us!

Mr Cricket - or maybe its Mrs

Sorry to those of you who don't like beasties, this little cricket was just so colourful in the sunshine.  

As you can imagine there is not a lot of quilting being done in this heat, but I am stitching in the evenings when it cools down.