Friday, February 19, 2010

Eagles at Farley's Point
















Thank you very much, Arliss, for the help with posting pictures on the blog.
Your great picture of Basil gets me thinking of
the fun kids and pets have at the lake in the
summer.
I thought you might enjoy seeing some of the
eagles that entertain us here in the winter.
The one in the tree is devouring a duck (notice the duck feet hanging down), and the crows are hovering nearby waiting for leftovers.
We finally have some snow on the ground - fun to be out on the skis, but today the air
temperature is 34 degrees and the wind-chill is 9 degrees - sometimes is seems we live in
a wind tunnel !
Best wishes from the Point,
Dona





























Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Tips for posting photos on the blog


Dona, I enjoyed your post very much! Thank you so much for sharing that bit of "winter at Farley's." Wonderful to read about. Wow, what an amazing number of waterfowl on the lake. And how much fun it must be to watch the bald eagle family.

I thought I'd share a few tips for you, or anyone else who's interested, on how to post a photo to the blog. (I've posted a photo here of our Basil doing what he loves more than anything in the world -- swimming in Cayuga Lake!)

First, assuming you're one of the folks signed up as a blog contributor, simply sign in. Then click on "New Post," and the window that you would type the text into comes up.

Across the top of this window is a row of icons you can click on to modify the entry -- to adjust font style, color, alignment of the text, etc. If your screen is like mine, the third icon from the right is a small, colorful square that looks like a photo. This is the "add image" button.

Click on this, and you will be guided through a series of steps in uploading a photo from your computer to the blog. The first step will be to click on the "choose file" button, which will allow you to locate the image you want according to where you have it saved on your computer.

Please don't be daunted; it's all pretty user-friendly, and much easier than it may seem at the outset!

Good luck, and warm wishes to all our friends wintering at Farley's.

Saturday, January 30, 2010

It has been an unusual winter here at the Point.
Very little snow, several days of "springlike" weather, but
also some very cold days and nights (winds over 40 mph, windchills
26 degrees below zero).
Estimates have been made of 15,000 ducks on our part of the lake (mostly redheads and canvasbacks, with some mergansers, mallards, and scaups). Also, many Canada geese, many
swans, and snow geese are beginning to arrive.
Most fun to watch are "our" bald eagles (at least two adults and 3 young ones).
The adults appear to be teaching the young ones to hunt.

I have winter pictures, but can't figure out how to post them. I'll keep trying.

Dona