Our dog, Harley spent all of July 4 barking. We were sitting on the patio and suddenly he would see some action on the lake (e.g. a boat, paddleboard, catamaran, kayak etc. passing) and he would rush downhill to the dock barking all the way. He would then run up and down the dock a few times and then run back up to the patio. Until the next boat passed (it seemed like 15 seconds later) and then he would repeat the process. He must have been exhausted by the end of the day – I know I was and I’m sure our neighbors were.

I guess it was all too much for him.

I’d been hearing the distinctive “gobble, gobble” sound for a few days, but hadn’t seen the authors. Then the dog started barking like crazy and I thought he’d seen some deer. When I took a look I didn’t see any deer, but I did see this trio of wild turkeys in the meadow adjoining our property. I was a very long way away and the turkeys were barely visible on the LCD screen of my Sony RX100 so I just pointed the camera in the general direction and hoped. This is a very extreme crop and so the sharpness and detail leave a lot to be desired. I does have a sort of “painterly” almost impressionistic look to it that I rather like.

This mayfly (at least I think that’s what it is) had somehow managed to end up in the water. I was optimistic about it’s chances of getting out though. Lots of sticks and other objects were sticking out of the water. I felt it was only a matter of time before it managed to move itself closer to one of them so it could climb out, dry itself off and fly away. Didn’t stay around long enough to find out if that was the case though.