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Found these pics while perusing my old photo files. Couldn't remember if I had posted or scrap-booked them or not.

Another Trip to Lake Brittle

I can't help it. The place is so pretty, I have to take pictures. The girls didn't catch craw daddies this time, but they did catch some bugs and found some snails.

We brought one of the snails home and put it in the fish tank. This seemed to make our catfish happy. But then the snail died. I'm not sure if the catfish have realized yet that their snail friend is gone.

RIP, little snail. Here are some pics in your honor.

Lake Brittle, Part II

The beauty of Lake Brittle, take two, this time on a longer hike with Hubby. We soon discovered that the trail does not go all the way around the lake. We made our way through webs and spiders that looked strong enough to eat us. Their webs caught us along the way, no normal webs, strong webs, the kind that feel like thin, nylon threads.

One of the first, cool days of the season, the kind of day that makes you high, breathing in fresh air instead of heat, spirited air, not the still air of late summer.

And a glorious day to fish.....everyone was out, though apparently, not many fish were caught by the reports. My husband says I am getting like his father, talking to everyone I run into....I love to ask, "Did you catch anything?" And a passer by with a German Shepherd..."Is your puppy friendly? Can I pet him?"

And I cannot seem to stop taking pictures. I am getting just like my mother. I wish I had taken a picture of the blond boy and girl searching for craw daddies, but I really never know how perfect strangers feel about that.

Soon, I might start hugging these strangers, the way my mother does. But that's what a cool day with flowers does to me. How I love the beauty of life!

A Few Hours at the Lake

We are happy to have found yet another unexplored park and one with wonderful water...Lake Brittle. I have been wondering where all the real lakes are in Virginia.

We'd looked for this place before and never could find it. It's rather tucked away, and we needed the website directions to get there (not much signage). It was well worth it, and the drive is lovely...through sections of still preserved farmland and woods. What a breath of fresh, albeit hot, air! And I bet this place is gorgeous in the winter.

A sweet local boy shows us all how to catch crayfish and what frogs' eggs look like.

We find a hurt bird on the trail and try to ease its passing.

The walks and docks make this a perfect place for fishing and meandering.

Butterflies and dragonflies feast on the shoreline.

Maybe next time, the boat rental office will be open and we will get to row in the water.

Looking forward to going back to visit the butterflies.