Happy Hiking Day 2019 in the Autumn Leaves

Posted by Lee Hiller on November 17, 2019
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Happy Hiking Day!  After suffer through a summer (3 months) of never ending 100+ temperatures autumn is here.  The drought dried many of the leaves which dropped from trees in October.  So this year the autumn leaf show is a limited viewing.  Most of the show is on the North side on the mountain trails where it was often a tiny bit cooler and the scarce rain fell this past summer.

Happy Trails!
Love to ALL
Lee

au revoir not goodbye

Posted by Lee Hiller on April 26, 2019
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The worst sound! While hiking I hear dreaded thunk as the shutter mechanism of my camera dies. My heart sank and my brain screamed OMG not during spring!  I take my camera on every hike and the past few weeks without it has been painful.  It is as if my extra sight sense has been taken.  *deep breath*  I feel incomplete without my visual paint brush which allows me to share nature’s beauty.

Nine years on, hundreds of thousands of images and two repairs I guess it was about due to give out.  As I have no clue how long it will take to save up for a possible repair or new camera (best guess a year).   These will be the last photos for a while.  If I manage something spectacular with my very old smartphone I will share.

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as always Love to ALL!
Lee

Tiny layers of spring appear in the forest.

Posted by Lee Hiller on March 25, 2019
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Spring has slowly emerged in our Forest.  Tiny wildflowers, glowing tree seeds and new leaves have begun to appear.  Delicate brush strokes of color flowing from the forest floor up into the canopy.

Love to All!
Lee

Carolina Wren in the Thicket

Posted by Lee Hiller on March 20, 2019
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Unlike many other birds I see the Carolina Wren often before I hear its call. Living among the lower branches and often perched on stumps this tiny being is always a lovely sight. They build their nest on branches 3-6 ft off the ground, in stumps and in tree holes. A thicket seems to be a perfect home for this little beauty.

Love to ALL, Lee

  • The thicket
  • Carolina Wren in the thicket
  • Carolina Wren in the thicket
  • Carolina Wren in the thicket

Emerging Green in the Winter Forest

Posted by Lee Hiller on March 12, 2019
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Among the sleeping sentinels signs of spring have begun to emerge. Each step reveal newly arrived greenery, seeds, fungi and wildflowers.

Happy Trails

Love to ALL, Lee

  • HSNP Hot Springs Mtn Trail
  • HSNP Hot Springs Mtn Trail Spring Beauty Wildflowers
  • HSNP Hot Springs Mtn Trail Emerging Green
  • HSNP Hot Springs Mtn Trail Fungi on Tree
  • HSNP Hot Springs Mtn Trail Fungi on Tree
  • HSNP Hot Springs Mtn Trail Heart Rock
  • HSNP Hot Springs Mtn Trail Leaf Buds
  • HSNP Hot Springs Mtn Trail Leaf Buds
  • HSNP Hot Springs Mtn Trail Tree Seeds
  • HSNP Upper Dogwood Trail
  • HSNP Upper Dogwood Trail
  • HSNP Upper Dogwood Trail
  • HSNP Upper Dogwood Trail
  • HSNP Upper Dogwood Trail Spring Leaves
  • HSNP Upper Dogwood Trail
  • HSNP Upper Dogwood Trail Gall on Leaf
  • HSNP Upper Dogwood Trail
  • HSNP Upper Dogwood Trail Fungus
  • HSNP Upper Dogwood Trail Fungi