Almost Winter

I'm back to give you something I haven't given you in awhile. Nature photos. Just nature and nothing else. No animals of any kind this time. No strange little jokes about taking over the world, maybe. I'm going to show you some scenery from my currently favorite nature park.

This top picture shows a well defined nature trail that winds right next to a good sized slope that leads down to the lake. Walking over to the edge, we would see that it is way too steep to travel down that way without a lot of effort. I haven't done it yet, but I will one day.

You also get a good view of the lake, and a pretty good idea of how big it is. It's not a very big lake, but it makes up for it with the amount of animal activity that it has. I think that's why I like this park so much; there are just so many animals here. And just when I think I've seen them all, something new shows up. I'm getting to that point again now.

Here is a view that I haven't shown you since the middle of last winter. There was snow everywhere then, but I was still very fascinated with this place. I had just discovered this park, and I couldn't wait for the weather to warm up to explore the place.

That walkway and that platform down there is like a playground. I wrote about it back then because I was so delighted to find it. It's like a bridge but better in some ways. It's the fishing platform where I take a lot of pictures from. I've had very many good water bird sightings from there.

The sign says Carpenter Lake, if you were wondering. I was standing right behind a bench that is there to look out at the lake. A nice peaceful spot.

I keep trying to get a good picture of this big old tree, but I still haven't quite found the one I'm looking for. This tree marks the place where I first begin to feel I'm truly in the forest. In the spring this whole area is under water. That's when the frogs come out. You can hear what sounds like thousands of them. I'll record them for you next spring.

That's it for this time I guess. One of these next times I think I should show you a short video of what it's like to walk through here. In the meantime I still have to make my plans to TAKE OVER TH... Just kidding. Maybe next time.