Not the bad-actor kind, the nature kind. Our rented apartment adjacents (why *isn’t* that a word?) a golf course. Moat-like, a small ditch separates said golf course from an otherwise-adjacent townhouse development.
Water means animals. Not always close, but animals.
The turtles swarmed us, attracted (I assume) in the first instance by the vibrations of our footsteps on a wooden bridge leading to the gazebo over the artificial pond, and in the second instance by a follow-the-leader impulse.
Hey! Where’s Joe going?
Dunno.
But he must know what he’s doing . . .
At one point I counted 28 heading our way hoping, I assume, for a handout. Despite the sign expressly forbidding the feeding of animals, I assume that this interest in our presence was learned behaviour on the part of the turtles, learned from people obeying the sign selectively.
Water also means reflections. This is a reprise photo of a chance sighting two years ago: Carolina pines at sunset reflected under a replica of the Swilcan Bridge.
Local is good. So is life.
Terrific scenery!
Tom
Tom – Indeed!
Charming turtles that make me wonder who their more dangerous companions may be in those opaque waters.
From across the room, my once-golfing husband asked why I was looking at the Swilcan Bridge? When I told him it was not St. Andrews, he insisted that it must be on a golf course — while I reveled in the jewel reflection of one of the most remarkable sunset photos I have ever seen. I suppose golfers enjoy the beauties of their playing fields while training themselves not to be distracted, even by spectacular loveliness. Speaking of which world wonders, it was a treat to see again your photos in the link to the preview: reflections like chocolate, mounds of forsythia, and shining dogwood.
Laurna – Your resident golfer is quite right: It’s called World Tour, and I understand that every hole is designed to evoke an iconic hole. This view, of course, can’t distract a golfer because they wouldn’t play with so little light, but I assume your point about being impervious to the landscape holds.
Spectacular photo Isabel! Thanks
Lorna
Thank *you.* 🙂