Mini Road Trip: Mt Pleasant – March 2021 (2)
/Continuing the sights of my mini road trip to Mt Pleasant….
I noticed 3 trees…for different reasons:
The light on the curling bark of a river birch.
A hole that looked recent in a high branch of a large tree. I wondered if it might be a woodpecker preparing a nesting cavity although I didn’t hear or see the bird.
The trunk of a red bud…with my regular camera
And then with my phone and a clip-on macro lens.
There were also some interesting vines around small trees and hanging from low branches…natures ropes and knots.
I always enjoy looking for shelf fungus as I walk on forest paths.
My favorite images are ones that capture the structure of the top and underside…the two pictures below are the same group…but different composition. I can’t decide which is my favorite. I didn’t realize that the tree rings were visible until I looked at the images on the bigger screen at home! The grouping was on the cut end of a tree trunk that had been cleared from the trail after it fell.
As I headed back toward my car – I stopped to photograph the jasmine…the early bloomer near the picnic area and
Some seed pods (not sure what they are) from last season. The seeds have been dispersed but the pods catch the light…become flower-like again.
Overall – it was a very good walk around Mt Pleasant although I didn’t get down and around the meadow…. that is left for next time.
