I got up early this morning, and found myself to be in a good mood for an ‘inspirational’ walk ‘around the block’. Here, in the Discovery Ridge area we are lucky to have a terrific net of walking paths. Besides, a quick glance through the window assured me the weather’s going to be good. As I put my cloths on and laced the shoes up, eager for my little outing, it occurred to me: I didn’t feel to be in a need for a ritual morning bust-up, usually served by a cup of coffee! Get dressed quickly, grab your camera, - and here we go!
Woods of the Griffith Park start immediately past the line of condo’s property territory.
A trail that I hit this morning (one from a number of them, running across in the area) led me to one of the Elbow River ‘wetland sleeves’ where I stopped by for a moment to marvel at Mother Nature’s works, and some of her children basking in pleasant comfort of the clean environment.
Then I turned round, and headed ‘out of the woods’, crossing the Discovery Ridge Boulevard, and, once on the other side, I took a climb onto a part of the trail that goes along the high edge of the Elbow River Valley in our area.
I looks like after a short spell of bad weather (which bothered us quite a bit lately), the spring is back again, and in the full throttle
Look at that! How tender and cute these guys are, just barely sticking out above old grass on the hill slopes!
Gonna have a look into a reference book to find out their names, what of kind of early spring flowers they are. Its amazing, in my native Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan, we had the same kind of flowers blossoming in the spring!)
Grassy hills are also an attractive habitat for a few species of birds. Among them robins are prevailing
I was quick enough to get a capture of one belonging to a different kind, which normally nests somewhere other than ‘grassy hills at the edge of river valley’.
But this one was my favorite:
Been easily identified without any assistance of ‘Bird Watcher’s Guide’ 
Just check out the blow-up, and a registration can be read easily:
C-GWBN, and I tell you, I’ve flown on it..
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May 1st, 2007 at 7:33 pm
the fower are Anemone Pulsatila common all over the northern Hemisphare. I seen then in Sweden Canada Finland and Denmark.
You can some as perenial. Will grove almost anythere.
Ps Contact me, Would realy like to have a talk about russian Aviation with you.
May 2nd, 2007 at 12:47 pm
Vinecountryboy,
Thanks for the reference on that flowers. Yes, we had (hopefully, they STILL have) them in my native Kazakhstan.
As for a ‘Russian aviation talk’ - sure thing, I’ll keep posting more and more stuff, and over the time it is going to make a really handy on-line reference on the topic, - a genuine ‘insider’s account of the times, people, events, technicals, etc.
And you’ll find some stuff about ‘Surgut’, and flying in the Russia’s North generally.
Talk to you,
Clashmaker
May 3rd, 2007 at 10:02 am
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