Wildwood

With decorating almost complete, we have begun exploring our new city. Little bit more time on our hands. Last weekend was beautiful so instead of going to King of Prussia (evidently a big fancy mall outside of Philly) we went to Wildwood Park just outside of Harrisburg. It is a nature preserve and marsh with great trails and lots of wildlife. Lots. Chipmunks,egrets, herrings, ground hogs, orioles...

This is the first time I have really "used" my camera since we moved. It felt good to get back "behind the lens".

Lovely little frog.

 

 The vastly different areas of the park kind of blew my mind. In the span of a few acres are dense forest with huge trees, marshes with water lilies,  and swamp-y areas. The teaching degree in me just screams that this would be the best field trip. 

 

 Two little chipmunks. The one in front kept coming closer and closer. 

 

 See? And no, we didn't feed them. 

He posed. My favorite picture of the day.

If all of our adventures in Harrisburg are this stunning, I think we are going to like it!

Road Flowers

I can honestly say that Nice is the most beautiful place I have ever lived and that will probably be true for the rest of my life. With the beaches, sea, beautiful colors, and beautiful people; it is pretty hard to beat! 

The city goes to great lengths to stay clean and gorgeous year-round. There are men who walk around all day, every day and sweep the sidewalks. If I wake up early enough, I sometimes see them washing the sidewalks with hoses. And then there are the flowers. Nice has a wonderful group of gardeners who plant, weed, and maintain the flowerbeds in town throughout every season. While I had my computer break I took a few pictures of our wonderful flowers. Here they are! 

Ps- I now have a Photo Signature! I've officially hit the big time. (ha!) Let me know what you think!

Have a wonderful Monday everyone!