This weekend, I went down to the lake
To enjoy yet another golden sunset with the dogs.
This time – we were joined by a surprise visitor: a beaver.
The beavers have been very active further around the lake,
But now they have felled trees near the beach too.
Which might explain why the beaver was so eager to visit.
The beaver swam up towards Ruby – before realizing she was a dog….
With a huge splash of its tail, it disappeared under the water.
Simmie decided he had to guard Ruby – and the floating pontoon!
The sun was still blazing in the sky at about 9.30 pm
As we watched the beaver swim away in a lake of molten gold.
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Lady Fi 
Hello, neat sighting of the beaver. I love the gorgeous lighting , colors and reflection. Cute furbabies too. Happy Monday, enjoy your new week!
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Beautiful images of the Beaver and watching there was Ruby. Superb colouring too.
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That beaver certainly caught the attention of Ruby and Sammie…..
Beavers can do so much damage… We took a hike when we were in Arizona and saw some of the tree damage done by beavers… YIPES.
Hugs,
Betsy
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Beautiful and peaceful, glad Ruby was ok.
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Lovely shots and scenery, that light is fab. Shame the beaver didn’t closer though!
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neat encounter…you use color so well
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Are we going to meet the beavers more often, do you think?
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What a fabulous adventure!
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Terrific shots! They are amazing animals.
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What a fun visitor! Love your skies, as always. 😀
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How fun to see the beaver! Such lovely photos. Have a nice week.
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Gorgeous photos Fiona!
Beavers are one of nature’s engineers. Very interesting animals also.
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Nice spotting! They are such interesting animals, but I know they can do damage. Glad the dogs didn’t go after it though. Beautiful as always.
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Lovely! 🙂
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A wonderful, golden moment!
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Oh what a wonderful picture!
Fiona, you are the photographer master
Greetings….
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The beaver is a very industrious animal, and is often admired for his tenacity, but also he does a lot of damage!!!!
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Oh, how truly wonderful.
Golden, and magical.
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I’m impressed the dogs didn’t go after the beaver.
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I know beaver can be destructive, but I think they are a neat creature. We have come upon them when we canoe. To hear them slap the water with their tail is a unique sound.
Carla
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Beautiful photographs Fiona – looks like Ruby had a friend, but he took off (I was going to say running, lol).
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We have lots and lots of beavers and otters here— but seeing them isn’t the easiest thing. Great shots. The Dogs no doubt would love to play with the beaver.
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…around here, beaver can be a big nuisance.
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Beautiful. Beavers would be much nicer if they didn’t cut down so many trees!
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Great photos Fiona. I hope Mr Beaver makes himself known!
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You have a way with words as well as the lens, my friend. We had a beaver come up close to the little teddy bear dog I take care of and it didn’t seem to care about anything much on land. It seemed to have building on its mind and eventually slid back into the water.
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Such beautiful colors and a treat to see the beaver.
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What a wonderfully magical moment you captured, Fiona! Faaaaabulous!
And the color you captured is exquisite! These images almost look as though they were shot in Autumn!
Glorious!
Have a super week, my friend! 🙂
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Cool! I didn’t know that there were beavers in Europe.
The golden light is spectacular.
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Yes, the Eurasian beaver was on the brink of extinction, but is now making a comeback. There are quite a lot in Scandinavia.
Lady Fi wrote: > >
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Beautiful pics.
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Wonderful shots.
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That lake is so magical. I want to see it in person.
http://calrat.blogspot.com
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The writing is like poetry and the pictures like paintings!
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you’re so lucky to enjoy these sundowns…
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wow Ive never seen a beaver, lovely photos though, gotta love sunsets 🙂
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Beautiful moment, Ladyfi!
Stunning to watch…
Greetingssss 🤗
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that’s truly wonderful and it makes a neat line
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A really surprising visitor. I like those unexpected visits very much.
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Beautiful captures and lovely narration.
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You captured lovely light there Lady Fi. A wonderful walk for sure.
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These are absolutely beautiful images
Mollyx
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Thats a bucket list animal for me – and you have them in your back yard!! Wow.
Cheers – Stewart M – Melbourne
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How interesting to watch beavers at work, though I guess they can do quite a lot of damage as well. All this observation in such lovely lighting. The dogs look very interested and alert!
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Gorgeous lake scene and your beautiful dogs steal the show for me ~ Great photography ~ ^_^
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Interesting to see the Beavers.
Your second and third photographs are just gorgeous, lovely photography.
All the best Jan
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You sure it wasn’t Nessie? 😉 Lovely captures.
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How wonderful that you got to watch the beaver. It is a mix of feelings when they take down trees. But i hear it is all part of the perfect plan, life in balance. Lovely images.
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I was looking through your latest photos and I have to say I’m so jealous because winter has arrived in my part of the world 🙂 How wonderful to just sit and watch the critters have fun on a gorgeous day!
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A pleasant surprise! Gorgeous images.
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Pure molten gold! Amazing!
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Golden dogs and golden landscapes, beautiful !
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They are amazing photos, I’ve never seen a Beaver apart from on TV, so I would have loved to experiance that like yourself, wonderful.
Take care, Gordon.
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Hi! Very beautiful photos! Your story about this beaver is very interesting. Thanks for sharing.
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Your words and images dance together so seamlessly…..amazing and beautiful.
I’m glad the beaver only slapped his tail – my wildlife-loving husband says they can be quite aggressive
with their big chompers when they feel threatened. So strange to think of those cute creatures that way.
Thanks for sharing the gorgeousness,
Jennifer
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Great sceneries, very beautiful light!
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As always your words and photos give us a mood like a dreamy poem. Your blog truly shows your creativity like an artist painting with photos and words.
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You were in the right place in the right time. Very good shots.
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we have beavers in my area. But I have never been able to see them. What they do, yes, but never them.
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Vilka vackra bilder och vilken tur att du hann fånga mötet med Bävern på bild..
Ha en trevlig helg….
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How wonderful
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Gorgeous! I love beavers although I haven’t seen that many..
Greetings from London.
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Love the third image.
http://calrat.blogspot.com
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how lovely, such a scene at 9.30 pm! I adore long days.
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so serene.
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So beautiful, as always. Makes me want to visit the northlands just to see the sun set.
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Talk about being on Golden Pond! Just looking at these pictures makes me breathe out and relax.
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Really special moments, beautifully captured! Thanks!
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you get the most glorious sunsets. i’m slightly envious. it’s been a while since i have seen one. happy weekend!
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Every shot a beauty!
Have a wonderful week-end!
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Beautiful photos! I’m guessing having beavers living in your lake is a good thing, and a sign of a healthy lake!!
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Yes. The Eurasian beaver is now coming back from the brink of extinction.
Lady Fi wrote: > >
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Here I am, always a day or more late. (Comment #70-something, I think.)
I haven’t seen a beaver in years. I spent most of my life in British Columbia, where there are plenty of backwoods ponds and places. We’d see plenty of beaver dams, and now and then a beaver.
What a great shot you got.
Now I must try to get something out for Skywatch Friday.
K
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What a beautiful sight!! I have only seen beavers in the wild a couple times but I see their handiwork all over the place. They are the wreckers and disrupters of modern civil engineering so I say go beavers go.
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it is always beautiful to visit you and take a peak into your world. Thank you and have a wonderful weekend ahead.
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I loved the pictures. especially the one with the dog
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Beautiful, silky colours! Your dogs are so cute, as they sit there disciplined, and curiously watch the beaver. 🙂
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Heisann, uansett årstid, er det vakkert ved vannet med reflekser og stillhet. Ha riktig go´hælj ;:OD)
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just awesome clicks
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Beautiful picture with the golden light.
Also a beaver 🙂
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I know that they can be horribly destructive, but oh, those faces!
Beautiful photographs, Fi.
Have a wonderful weekend!
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Oh! I thought you caught the losh ness monster!
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How wonderful! I love seeing nature like that 🙂
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Such wonderful photos and beautiful shades of golden yellow.
-Soma
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Fabulous photos of a dreaming dog in a awesome landscape.
Best, Synnöve
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What a beautiful world you live in, Lady Fi.
Running w/ the wild animals and red dogs! xx
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Lovely evening shots! Your dogs are lovely!
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Beautiful shots! Be careful around the beaver they can really rip into a dog, two of my cousin s dogs tangled with one and both had huge cuts to stitch up! 🙂
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