Seed pods and more

Seed pods and few other floral photo's from this summer's hiking.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fluffy weeds

Here are some photos of some fluffy weeds I took a few weeks ago. I thought the white cottenly tendrils looked interesting. The first oboe has a grasshopper sitting in it.

 

 

 

 

 

Beauty and the Beast - A Thistle Study

Here are a few shots of Thistle. Beauty, the delicate pink petals and tendrils, and the Beast, the many green long thorns surrounding the flowers.

 

 

 

 

Another foggy morning

This last Saturday I hiked to Happy Hallow Park. Happy Hallow Park is in West Lafayette. I live in (east) Lafayette. It is about 5 miles from my house. A storm passed through the evening before and rained hard for a short while. But it was not that bad here.

As I was walking to the park and getting near it I began to notice there were a lot of leaves on the ground. At first I thought some maybe someone had been trimming the trees. About a quarter block for the Indian Trails entrance to the park I notice a pile of ice. I though someone dumped a cooler of ice. Then I get to the enterence and see this. Piles of hail stones from last nights storm. They were everywhere inside the park.

 

 

 

Then as I started down the trail I saw this scene. I pulled out my tripod and went to work. The shots did not come out great but I still like them.

All along the side of the trail there were patches of 1-2 inches deep hail stone piles. This was at least 12 hours after the storm. As you can see the path is covered with leaves knocked down from the trees.