Judge Morris BackYard Lily Pond

The dogs and I took a walk early in the morning over the weekend on a path I hadn't yet ventured this year. It's part of the White Clay Creek park system, but is typically over wrought with mountain bikers...making the walk highly unpleasant for me, because my sweet little Oliver becomes an almighty devil dog!

But usually early in the morning is safe.
And cool enough to tolerate.

I noticed some yellow reflecting off some water, so we wandered down across the field and found the most wonderful and GIANT Lily Pad flowers.

As we approached, we must have upset the amphibious wild life, because a GIANT TOAD noise emitted from somewhere among the beautiful sight. It actually startled and frightened Layla a bit. It really was the loudest toad sound I had ever heard...followed by a very loud splash.

I had my Widelux camera with me, because I have been experimenting with it. The shot above does not adequately capture the beauty of the pond, but you can get an of the vastness and size of the flowers.

Widelux F7 (26mm lens)
f11 1/125
Fuji 200 Daylight C41
Taken 14-Jul-2012

So, if you live in the area and you haven't had an opportunity to visit Judge Morris Estate, put it on your list. You'll be glad you did! We were (and I'm going back with my digital camera so you can get a better picture of the GIANT YELLOW flowers!)

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