My daughter and I went to collect some crabapples the other day. Along the way we saw some interesting things. Like this butterfly:

The photo above is mine, the one below is my daughter's. She always takes the time to get the really good shots:

Is it any wonder that I've had several cases of poison ivy this past summer with the plants around here sporting leaves like this?:
There was a funny fungus growing on an old stump. It reminded me of those candy dots that you get on a strip of paper:

My daughter got a close-up shot:

I've never seen such a pretty fungus as this before, it reminds me of a chrysanthemum:

We came across an outdoor cafeteria. The hulls of hickory nuts were left on top of logs:

And stones where they had been eaten by some hungry critter:

They don't call them shagbark hickory for nothing:

Someone left behind muddy handprints. I don't know if it was a raccoon or a skunk:

Strider was eager to keep moving:

Reminding me of this poem:
The road goes ever on and on
Down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the road has gone,
And I must follow, if I can,
Pursuing it with eager feet,
Until it joins some larger way
Where many paths and errands meet.
And whither then? I cannot say.
Tolkien
4 comments:
You and your craze for crabapple! :)
And what a discovery! Awesome pictures. Your post fits the season.
Hi Ocean Girl!
You would have a craze too if you tasted the jelly!
And thank you for the picture compliments!
What a lovely outing, and finding such unusual items along the way. That red growth seems to be glowing. Is it still there or was it an alien?
Another wondererful verif. word: "prelism"
Hi Jo!
I guess the red growth is still there, but I don't know for sure. I haven't been back to that spot since.
Sometimes those verification words are a hoot, and sometimes they're philisophical.
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