Yesterday was a good day. The weather was perfect with a sparse dotting of thick pillow clouds and a light breezy that would only occasionally gather enough courage to bluster in a gentle way. Gabriella and I ranged over most of downtown Windsor through construction sites and we met a fascinating Romanian gentleman who fished for carp in one of the overflow pounds that cluster around the river. “Americans no like carp,” he exclaimed as he jostled one of his four fishing poles in the hopes that his hours of work might yield more than the two plump carp. Generously he offered a recipe for a hot and sour carp tail and head soup, “Good for when you drink too much and can’t cook.” Afterwards, we found ourselves with Management at Northwest Park capturing wasps in baby food containers and flowers on camera.
fantastic pictures! i especially like the first picture. what’s the third picture? tire tread? i’m glad to see you weren’t wandering around pushing gabi in a stroller! if i were ever to have a kid, i’d use one of those backpack or slings.
I like the shot of the bee.
The problem with carp is it sounds like “crap”. Just like obama/osama.
@Quyen– Truck tire! There is no way I could have ranged as far and as wide as we did in just a stroller. The slings are good when they are a newborn but once they top 15 pounds front carrying really kills your balance and not to mention your shoulders and upper back. Plus the backpack is actually built like a little chair so she easily move around and sit comfortably.
@Mike–Yeah, I get the feeling that carp just won’t taste very good to my palate but that recipe he gave me does sound good so maybe….
@John–Thanks! The bee is one of my favorites too but the technical challenge of capturing the yellow jacket, well, that one won my heart!