sunshine and blue skies?
time to find a trail to hike!
we headed to parts familiar.
but - then
why not different than before?
so we took the other trail,
on the north side of the lake.
~ we were glad we did ~
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| Great Blue Heron |
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| seashell fungi (named so by me, as they resemble delicate green bivalves) |
there's no such thing as a plain brown mushroom.
but apparently there are really deadly ones.
& this handy guide for identifying
which is which.
then
(oh, then!)
there are the mosses
of which i am
inordinately fond.
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| dragon-scale fungi (again, so-named by this photographer) |
trees are made for climbing.
velvet moss
around a bend
& another view
of the Great Blue Heron
with reflection
this trail was lakeside
then turned in towards the trees
with running cedar
beneath our feet.
m o s s ... s i g h
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| my three guys |
a series on
the texture of trees
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| rooted |
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| silver and shadow |
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| bones |
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| umbilicus |
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| suture marks |
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| the boys on fallen tree at bend in the trail |
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| into the woods |
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| the lumberjack |
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| the thickest vine in the world has been severed |
the trail met up with a railbed
which we followed across the bridge
and back to the southern shore
of the lake and to a familiar trail,
that we took on our return.
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| magnolia and sunstars on water |
late afternoon winter sun
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| crossing the bridge |
we kept along the southern shore,
finding more sweet 'shrooms,
bright green ferns,
and rainbow water
made so
by city life.
tall stick
muddy water
must find the bottom.
Happy Trails to You !
