Like to take a little walk with me? I usually walk around the farm through the woods for exercise most days when the weather is nice. The trees are just about peak right now in color altho the leaves are falling fast and the wind is blowing. Just grab a little jacket and come along with me on my walk...
Not sure what kind of tree this is along the fence line but it always turns this brilliant orange color. Let's turn along the woodline now. Okay?
I love how the leaves are strewn across our path...Look at the colors... I wonder what's just around that bend in the path up there???
Up a little hill we must go. Are you out of breath yet? Let's keep going!
Oh lookie here! Here's the turtle pond! The pond is down - it's been so hot and dry this summer and we haven't caught up on our rainfall this year yet... Keep an eye out along the bank for snakes!
There's some kind of marker there on that tree - this must be the way! Thank goodness! I sure don't wanna get lost in the woods!
Deer antlers on this tree! Wow. Do you think maybe the Indians that used to inhabit this area put them there for some kind of marker??? Maybe!
The woods smell dark and dank and earthy and moist. Let's keep going...
Oooo - I don't guess these are edible at all but they're kind of interesting-looking, aren't they?
Don't go through this way! There's an old gulch and creek down there over that little ridge. Might be dangerous, might be snakes! Sometimes the water's runnin' high!
But it looks like today it's running dry but you can see the water line on the trees. There are lots of animal tracks in that sand there.
Here's a hickory nut tree that we moved from the deeps woods to this area. I sure hope it makes it. It was being swallowed up by all the trees and couldn't get any sun at all.
Looks like we're getting to end of our walk and we gotta kinda go around this big ole sweetgum tree. It has a big hole in the front here that's sometimes full of water.
Look at this gorgeous, huge Hickory Nut Tree! We've got several and they turn the most beautiful golden color in the fall!
 |
