Nellie was a trifle dirty after our walk in the woods today. The sun was shining, but the wind made it too cold to work in the garden today so we went for a walk in the woods. This is the result....big mistake....no...I'm not bothered by dirty dogs or kids....I used to have to hose my kids off after playing outside in the spring...in the mud, in the water, in the creek, in the woods....they had FUN so what if they got filthy.... Nellie...I just sloshed her legs around in a bucket of warm water and pulled out all the leaves and twigs, toweled her off, then told her to stay on the sunny porch for awhile till she dried......she had fun too.
The woods are so dreary this time of the year....mostly grey/brown....until you look closely for signs of life...like this moss...
....woods at first glance.....treasures waiting to be found......
Wood Ducks are quite common in our area -if you frequent wooded swamps!!! Otherwise they are not commonly seen. As we walked along the creek today, I spied a male Wood Duck.....didn't see the female.....he was beautiful......he dove beneath the water when he heard Nellie then flew up the creek. What a beautiful jewel we found in the dreary woods today!!!!
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cody always goes over what we call 'black bridge' that goes over the railway line to what was, a few hundred years ago called 'the old clay pits' there he has found a wonderful muddy puddle and has been coming back each day wet, muddy and very 'swampy' smelling!
.....ahhhh yes....the lovely "swampy" mix of rotting vegetation, mud, water and "wet dog" smell....hey do you think anyone would buy that if we captured that "essense" and bottled it up in some ridiculous bottle, added extra useless packaging and charged a fortune for it???? ....can you tell I'm NOT a fan of overpriced, over packaged "just have to have it" STUFF!!!
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