While not exactly edible, the falling foliage is the fruit of our forest. In the summer, it gives the gift of shade, in the fall, the gift of color. It then protects and feeds the ground. I am not sure of the fungus, yet another kind of fruit, but the green is a wilting lily of the valley. Click on the image for a larger view.
Category Archives: Our Forest
Celebrating Fall
Fall 2016
The weather was a wet and overcast this weekend. Fairly typical for early fall. The photograph is of a red maple sapling in our field, which is trading its green for the rustic colors of fall. Click on the image for a larger view.
High Pressure
On Sunday, a high pressure front moved in. It drove out the humid air and filled the forest with wind. Click on the image for a larger view.
Summer Wind
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Green
Naomi and I were collecting blackberries from our field last evening. This time of year there seems to be a richness to the variety in the greens in the landscape. The yellow greens of spring remain, but there is a shift to blue greens of the maturing foliage of the trees. The blackberry canes start their transition to the reds of fall. Click on the image for a larger view.
Land of Little Rain
This year has been very dry. Except for a few invasive species like bitter sweet, most of our plants has been struggling. The maddening thing is there have been many days forecast with thunderstorms, yet, while the thunder clouds have passed overhead, very few have let go of their reserves of water. Click on the image for a larger view.
Catching Lightning
Last night, a terrific thunderstorm passed over us. A torrential rain was driven by a fierce wind—something we could not see in the darkness, but could hear. The lightning made the event sublime. We just took this all in from our bedroom window. Click on the image for a larger view.
Out of the Corner of Your Eye…
So much of the life in our forest and field blends in with the environment. It only reveals itself with movement. I probably would have missed this dragonfly had it kept still on this burdock plant, rather than darting out to hunt mosquitoes. The animal itself is amazing. Continue reading
Will of the Wind
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