Just sayin'
When I had guest riders (plural form includes lower case) I promised that before the season was over this would be one of the prettiest trees in the woods.
The scuttlebutt circulated by the tourism folks was that the colors this year might be the most spectacular in years, due, they said, to ample rainfall.
Well, timing is everything.
The maples are coming into their own now and they promise to be pretty spectacular. But to me it looks like we are already way past peak. All of the yellows are gone, those trees are bare. You can see several of those in the above picture.
There is also an oak just frame right of the feature tree that while certainly red, is a duller red than is often the case.
C+.
I have seen three wooly bears so far this year but missed for various reasons photographing the first two. Here is number three, photographed yesterday.
Two possibilities of course. Coincidence is one, the other is that's a former caterpillar never to ever become an Isabella Tiger Moth.
2 comments:
I remember that point in the ride. It's pretty, with a way to go to be the "most spectacular."
Our colors have been pretty average to my eye -- sunny days set off the colors better than the gray and gloom we've been experiencing lately.
I've seen a half dozen woolies, three or four snakes and a few dead deer on or near my trail this month. Sometimes it's better not to look too closely.
That wooly bear is "bloody demised". Too bad.
Nice picture of the trees in the woods.
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