Monday, November 4, 2024

A Walk In The Woods

There is a large parcel of undeveloped woodland next to our neighborhood. It is easily accessible from our home, and I find myself back there often with Max and Miles. I am not sure who owns this tract of land. There are no private property signs anywhere that I have seen. There are multiple survey roads (or at least what appear to be old survey roads) where the land has been cleared in a road-like fashion at one time but has since begun to become wild once again. There is creek that meanders along a good portion of the property, which is my favorite part of the whole thing. The dogs love it too, especially in the hot sun of the spring, summer, and early fall here. The only real signs of human life that I have come across are an old rock fire ring, and further on down the trail, a hunting blind. Other than that, it seems devoid of anything other than which lives in those woods. It is so peaceful back there; it seems a world away from everyday life and I appreciate its proximity to my home very much. 

In the woods next to our development I found an evergreen tree that had a freaking huge spider on it.
That brown thing on the leaf is a giant ass spider. 

A view of a small field of flowers on one of the survey roads in the woods beside our neighborhood.
There is a pretty large tract of land beside our development that has a multitude of what I think are old survey roads. If one is willing to walk through some weeds in certain points, there is a whole world of awesomeness back there. 

An upclose pic of three bright yellow flowers clustered together. They look a bit like daisies, but are not.

Miles and Maxi running ahead of me on a yet unexplored trail.
My two traveling companions always willing to scope out first what is yet to come.

another close up of a single yellow flower with 5 petals.







A bunch of delicate looking light purple flowers on long green stems. The flowers have formed all up and down the stems.

Two single purple flowered stems facing each other. Their flowers look like they are in a duel with one another.