what else, instead of hiding under the covers and praying for a quick end to the day, but to go for a walk in the woods! And that’s just what I did. After a stupid day at work. Stupid stupid stupid. Stupid. Stupid. There, now on to my walk. I went to 1000 Acre Swamp. I’ll be searching out other woods, because swamp = mosquitoes, and how the heck am I supposed to get decent photos with them sucking my very life’s blood out of my body.
Anyway, I came home from stupid (yes I really do appreciate having a job) and ate an early, quick dinner, and headed out to the swamp/woods. I felt an instant serge of peace and energy flow through me as I walked down this path to the swamp / woods.
I saw buttercups, and columbine. This one was being shy, but I love the purple.
And fleabane, which looks white in this photo, but it’s actually a very light purple:
As I started walking on the boardwalk,
I heard the frogs rebel and hop into the water. Someone’s looking at you!
I love these cinnamon ferns on this log in the middle of the swamp:
and this little island with the reflection of the blue sky on the water, and the sunlight:
Christmas Fern:
I love this photo of the boardwalk. I set the camera darker than it really was. Don’t know why I did that, I just felt like it.
There was a bird here, a lifer too, one beautiful bird. I sooo need a quicker camera.
And a fern I didn’t id:
Lots of fungus on a log:
I saw a jack-in-the-pulpit. Sorry, I wasn’t in the mood to get down in the mud to photograph “Jack.”
Another fern I didn’t id:
It was at this point that I started seeing leaves of three all over the place. Nooooo, I won’t be taking any more walks in this swamp for now. I am not going to get poison ivy again this summer if I can help it.
And then I saw the partly fallen tree that goes over the path I had to walk on. I forgot about that, too. It makes me VERY uncomfortable to walk under it. All I need is to be the “straw that broke the camel’s back” so to speak.
Ohhh, rocks, but nothing like what I saw at ASP last Saturday.
Okay, so I’ve been waiting very patiently to show you this. Remember the tree on Trillium Trail that looks like it’s running away from its issues?
It.
Has.
Leaves!! And it’s a maple.
How awesome is that!
All in all, what a peaceful end to a, ummm, what kind of day was that again?
