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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_ZLE3k2kh9kLOO8H2aelELw) Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Laura and I visited Smiley's Provincial Park yesterday, taking advantage of the small break in the weather. The conditions were cloudy bright, ideal for photography except in the darker closeted woods where the Showy Lady's Slipper Orchid resides. It was a spectacular display, the best we've seen over the years. MNR should take charge of this place before it is irreparably damaged. Boardwalks with railings and interpretative signage would keep folks from wandering and tramping the ground all over the place and also afford a superb educational opportunity. I've always maintained that our parks should be managed by the Department of the Environment and not the Ministry of Natural Resources but I'm a just a voice from the wilderness. We spotted a Cedar Waxwing nest in the park but couldn't tell whether the adult birds were tending young or still building the nest. The usual Eastern Phoebe's at the bridge were not in sight but the crowd of picnickers at the nearby picnic bench may have kept them hunkered down. I've posted several pictures taken on route and some from yesterday at Sandy Cove Road, Halifax, Nova Scotia. There's a Snap Dragon species we can't identify, marked as such, so if anyone knows what it is let me know so I can caption the photo correctly. Hans http://www.pbase.com/snahmoot/image/114409363 _________________________________ Hans Toom Portuguese Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada Website: http://hanstoom.com _________________________________ --Boundary_(ID_ZLE3k2kh9kLOO8H2aelELw) Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16850" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Laura and I visited Smiley's Provincial Park yesterday, taking advantage of the small break in the weather. The conditions were cloudy bright, ideal for photography except in the darker closeted woods where the <STRONG>Showy Lady's Slipper Orchid</STRONG> resides. It was a spectacular display, the best we've seen over the years. MNR should take charge of this place before it is irreparably damaged. Boardwalks with railings and interpretative signage would keep folks from wandering and tramping the ground all over the place and also afford a superb educational opportunity. I've always maintained that our parks should be managed by the Department of the Environment and not the Ministry of Natural Resources but I'm a just a voice from the wilderness.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>We spotted a <STRONG>Cedar Waxwing</STRONG> nest in the park but couldn't tell whether the adult birds were tending young or still building the nest. The usual <STRONG>Eastern Phoebe's</STRONG> at the bridge were not in sight but the crowd of picnickers at the nearby picnic bench may have kept them hunkered down.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've posted several pictures taken on route and some from yesterday at Sandy Cove Road, Halifax, Nova Scotia. There's a <STRONG>Snap Dragon species</STRONG> we can't identify, marked as such, so if anyone knows what it is let me know so I can caption the photo correctly.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hans</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A href="http://www.pbase.com/snahmoot/image/114409363">http://www.pbase.com/snahmoot/image/114409363</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>_________________________________<BR>Hans Toom<BR>Portuguese Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR>Website: <A href="http://hanstoom.com">http://hanstoom.com</A> <BR>_________________________________</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> --Boundary_(ID_ZLE3k2kh9kLOO8H2aelELw)--
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