Happy Earth Day, everyone!

Snow Day

Fall is here!

I love the colors of fall. Everything seems so vivid all of a sudden, after the washed out glare of summer. The sky, esp., is a more beautiful color than at any other time of year.

Even poison ivy looks pretty this time of year.

Now Showing in the Old Forest

Spiderwort along the jogging trail.

The bellflowers just keep on going, beautifying our entire summer season.
Buckeye.

More Mushrooms

The mushrooms keep on flourishing at the park through the recent wet weather. It's been fun to watch out for different shapes, sizes, and patterns as I've walk recently.

Rainbow Lake back to normal

Notice the clean water! It's a little dark because they put in an opacity agent to help control the algae, but it's see-through to the bottom. Here's the morning playgroup enjoying having a lake again.

Now Showing in the Old Forest

Elderberry berries, richly multicolored.
American Bellflower, still adorning forest after many weeks of blooming.

And Poke Sallet, with both white and dark berries on different stems. The forest is ever-changing, so come out and walk it and see what's new.

Mushroom madness

All the rain has led to a massive sprouting of mushrooms all over the park. I've enjoyed walking and looking at all the different shapes and sizes. The original manuscript of Peter Pan (more fairies, fewer pirates) says that when you find a circle of mushrooms, fairies have been having a ball there. I think there was some dancing on the Greenward under the moon a couple of nights ago.

Beautiful sky day

I love our Midtown tree canopy, but sometimes I want to see the sky. Today's clouds (and the amazing weather) lured me back to Overton Park for a second time this evening. It's the best place to see a broad span of sky, aside from the middle of Poplar Avenue, which is not a safe viewing area. I hope everyone got to spend some of this gorgeous day outside, or better yet, in a park.