Last Fall Field Trip
/The last Howard County Conservancy fall field trip was a little later than usual this year – December 4th. It was cold…but not wet as so many of the field trips were this season. I bundled myself up in several layers and took a few pictures of Mt. Pleasant before the buses arrived. The flower pot people are dressed up for Christmas.
The pines have delicate ‘flowers’ – some of which will eventually become cones.
Dried seed pods and flowers are all that remains of the gardens…bright colors muted to almost parchment now.
I like the seed pods that still hold a few seeds.
Most of the students came dressed for the cold and I modified the field trip, so we could all keep our gloves or mittens on. I had two very enthusiastic hiking groups and we kept moving to stay warm! It was a good ‘last field trip’ for the season.
