We will come back to travel soon enough....

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The pandemic is still lingering..... :-(

There are options to go to some countries, because you had your covid-19 vaccine shots, or your wear a mask, or both, but resurgence of cases in Europe and in the USA, makes that a possible risky business... Let's hope, things would be better at end of this year! :-)

Meanwhile, I continue to explore my region, going to places I never thought to go before, and found little jewels.

First went to a nature's park, on the shores of Saint-Pierre's lake, (an enlargement of Saint-Lawrence river), a region of great importance for its abundance of wetlands. Place is called "Reserve naturelle de pointe Yamachiche". Although the entrance does not look that great, there are very long trails on boardwalks, overlooking at seasonally flooded forest and marshland, with excellent viewpoints.

Continued, North and west to do kind of a rectangle's back to home, and found nice landscapes.

An other day, went to a farm that has huge lavenders fields. Pretty beautiful indeed and the smell is so good!! Even tried, the lavender flavored yogurt, which is surprisingly good.

Took a couple of shots in region of various animals and plants.



Ciao

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Photos

Monarch butterfly
These are butterflies migrating between Canada and Mexico. There are less and less of them, due to deforestation, pesticides, etc...

Garter snake.
I have a woodpile that I keep solely as a refuge for snakes.

Nature's trail
Trail was full of sounds of singing birds.

Sunflower seeds
The layout of sunflower seeds follows a mathematical formula: the Fibonacci sequence

Comments

[Ake Och Emma]

I am so fascinated by the migration of MB
I am so fascinated by the migration of the Monarch Butterflies. I have twice visited the Monarch Butterfly Nature Reserve in Mexico. First I went on my own, because I really wanted to see them. Then a few years later I brought my mother along on a trip to Mexico and we went there together because she also wanted to see them. I don't think I can link to the blog entries I wrote then but if you want to see them they are dated 2009-12-23 and 2018-12-27. /Ake

[fer de lance]

MB
Hi Ake, Yes, i'll check your blogs about monarchs in Mexico. ?