{"id":4593,"date":"2020-05-24T21:30:46","date_gmt":"2020-05-25T01:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/?p=4593"},"modified":"2020-05-24T21:30:46","modified_gmt":"2020-05-25T01:30:46","slug":"paddles-5-20-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/?p=4593","title":{"rendered":"Paddles 5\/20-23"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We have had some warmer weather and the water temperatures are now above 50, so we’ve taken to the water. The quarantine rules have relaxed some, so I am traveling a bit farther afield. I drove to Squam Lake, spent the day with my niece and her husband, washed a few windows and took a short paddle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Water’s edge. Squam Lake, NH 5\/20\/20<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The next day, Jane and I met her brother, sister, and brother-in-law for a delightful kayak on Upper Baker Pond in Orford. We saw a pair of loons, some white flowering bushes,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Loon. Upper Baker Pond, NH. 5\/21\/20<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Shad bush (Service Berry?) Upper Baker Pond, NH 5\/21\/20<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

and one mallard drake. Is the hen sitting on a nest?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mallard drake. Upper Baker Pond, NH 5\/21\/20<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We kayaked on the Connecticut River out of Wilder on Saturday. We came across a family of geese. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Canada goose family. Connecticut River, NH 5\/22\/20<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It was finally warm enough that we heard the frogs singing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Frog. Connecticut River, VT. 5\/22\/20\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted sandpiper. Connecticut River, VT. 5\/23\/20<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We have had some warmer weather and the water temperatures are now above 50, so we’ve taken to the water. The quarantine rules have relaxed some, so I am traveling a bit farther afield. I drove to Squam Lake, spent the day with my niece and her husband, washed a few windows and took a … <\/p>\n

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