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Saturday Critters #549

These are our "local" Osprey returning to this nest in Spring Lake, NJ every spring.

Once Osprey pick a spot to nest, they return to the same spot, in this case nest, every year.

Osprey mate for life, incubate their eggs for about 5 weeks...

then in late August, they head south for winter.

The young birds leave the nest 8 - 10 weeks after hatching.

The male and female travel to seperate locations, as far south as South America,

yet return to the same area, if not the same nest, the following year.

I only say one young Osprey in the nest.

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Shell Garden

 Social media accounts hold so much information on places to visit and what to do at the Jersey Shore.

Little things...bigger things, 

even posting when certain events have been cancelled for rain or wind.

I found information on this small "shell garden" on-line and just had to go and take a peek.

This garden was right in my hometown, only a few minutes from my home...

and since I have been decorating shells, I had to go see it.

This was the shell I brought to place in the garden.

- my shell -

ENJOY

- what a beautiful idea -

The Farmingdale Enchanted Forest

Quite by accident and much to my surprise, 

we stumbled upon this Enchanted Forest in Farmingdale, NJ...but really in the middle of nowhere.

This is a quaint, self guided walking tour through the woods of the town of Farmingdale.

There are dozens of really lovely handcrafted fairy houses, and fun activities for the kids to do.

I have never seen anything like this and what a joy it was to walk through.

There were lights along the trail, they were on, 

but we were there at 7pm, it closes at 8pm making it difficult to see the lights.

This is not what I saw during my walk through this garden, this is how it felt...

- magical -

At The Inlet

The Point Pleasant Inlet holds a lot of special memories for the hubs and I...if you know, you know.

We went Sunday morning and had these amazing donuts as an early morning Father's Day celebration.

The awesome dad had "Death By Chocolate"...

I had "The Aunt Betty"

These donuts are made fresh, served hot and are sure to put you in a diabetic coma.

I was so surprised and happy to see these junior sailors come by in their sailboats,

they were going out into the ocean to compete in a race against each other,

 I would have to say there were about 25 sailboats.

There were so many dads out fishing and a lot of private boats trolling.

This fish had to go back, it was 1 and 1/2 inches short.

This boat, Andrea's Toy had a beautiful wrap on it.

This was the start to a wonderful day, we had such an enjoyable day together, just the two of us!

Happy Father's Day to the hubs, the most amazing dad I have ever known.