After a few weeks of hectic it was a gift to be able to sneak off into the woods and do some hiking-exploring-catch-up with dear Glo! Spring of 09' saw me choosing sites so this time I left it up to her (but really hinted that I wanted to play on the Tulpe!)
Yesterday couldn't have been a more glorious day to be outdoors. We got an early start and walked the south bank for a couple hours. Shared praise, grace, and a lite lunch along the trail. Then finished the day with a couple more hours on the north bank. I loved that these areas see little visitation. On a weekday they feel even more remote. Nothing but the soft whispers of breezes in the pine tops and downstream water sounds....
and (frogs?!)
It was not a great day for the camera but we managed to catch some views worth sharing. Perhaps Gloria's camera cooperated a bit better than mine. There was a multitude of deer tracks. For as many tracks that we saw there was little if any evidence of browsing on the white cedar seedlings that grew in thick patches along the Tulpe.....? Scattered seedlings seemed more affected. Enough white acorns this year?
The surprise of the day was to see one lone yellow bladderwort and two pine barren gentian. By the time we retraced our steps, the gentians had closed as the sun had passed over and they were now in the shade. It was Nov. 1 !
Just an exceptional day to be out in the pines.
The beavers hard at work
quiet pines-soft sun
deep - clear - dark - reflective
bog iron formations in the early stage....it was very "gummy"
deeper formations along a side creek
bladderwort
gentian
soft billowy clouds of grass
Up river a bit
Turtle
Yesterday couldn't have been a more glorious day to be outdoors. We got an early start and walked the south bank for a couple hours. Shared praise, grace, and a lite lunch along the trail. Then finished the day with a couple more hours on the north bank. I loved that these areas see little visitation. On a weekday they feel even more remote. Nothing but the soft whispers of breezes in the pine tops and downstream water sounds....
and (frogs?!)
It was not a great day for the camera but we managed to catch some views worth sharing. Perhaps Gloria's camera cooperated a bit better than mine. There was a multitude of deer tracks. For as many tracks that we saw there was little if any evidence of browsing on the white cedar seedlings that grew in thick patches along the Tulpe.....? Scattered seedlings seemed more affected. Enough white acorns this year?
The surprise of the day was to see one lone yellow bladderwort and two pine barren gentian. By the time we retraced our steps, the gentians had closed as the sun had passed over and they were now in the shade. It was Nov. 1 !
Just an exceptional day to be out in the pines.
The beavers hard at work
quiet pines-soft sun
deep - clear - dark - reflective
bog iron formations in the early stage....it was very "gummy"
deeper formations along a side creek
bladderwort
gentian
soft billowy clouds of grass
Up river a bit
Turtle
