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01-Jun-2019 Tim Betts

The duck family

We stopped by Constitution Gardens as the lake is full again, but all we found were some ducks and geese, and not many at that. I guess it will take a while for the varied community that lived there before they drained the lake to return.

Unfortunately, there is a huge amount of some mossy looking substance covering much of the water that wasn’t there before, odd since the purpose of draining the manmade lake was to “clean” it. I notified the US Park Service, but I imagine they won’t do anything about it.

Best to view in "Original" because other versions resized by Pbase are decidedly unsharp.

Racy lady, posted earlier:


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Zoltán Balogh04-Aug-2019 08:06
Marvellous capture Helen! V
chris morton05-Jun-2019 06:46
a fine family
Gill Kopy05-Jun-2019 05:42
How sweet !! The murky water makes a nice background ! V
Julie Oldfield05-Jun-2019 00:52
It looks like the blue green algae invading our lakes. The ducks don’t seem to mind. This photograph is adorable. Nicely detailed. V
LynnH05-Jun-2019 00:40
We get that pond scum in our local lakes sometimes. Often times, when fertilizer gets into runoff and into the lake. A friend once said "Looks like the Jolly Green Giant puked in the lake." and although that's disgusting... it really describes it well. Has to be treated with chemicals.
Don04-Jun-2019 21:49
The family looks happy enough amongst the growth. Might be lots of food for them there.
Pieter Bos04-Jun-2019 19:29
Lovely Spring scene! ~V
Charlene Ambrose04-Jun-2019 18:44
Nice capture of the family. Hope they do something about the water - it does look a bit murky. V
joseantonio04-Jun-2019 17:45
such a lovely family portrait.V.
Colin Storey04-Jun-2019 17:38
Lovely image of this family.
Pierre04-Jun-2019 17:33
Une splendide photo de cette petite famille en balade! V
Jim Coffman04-Jun-2019 17:33
Nice capture of this family outing, Helen!
Hennie & Lies Lammers04-Jun-2019 16:01
What a great shot of this family
Jeff Real04-Jun-2019 15:16
What a nice family portrait, Helen!
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Blandine Mangin04-Jun-2019 14:59
very sweet family ! v
Nick Paoni04-Jun-2019 13:29
What a cute family shot.