Catching Up

I was taking a picture of something for Iggy, and remembered I had all these pictures still on my camera. I don't remember exactly when I went for this walk. I know it was late summer, before the leaves started changing, and during one of our wet periods. It was a Saturday afternoon, the weather was beautiful, so I drove to the Morton Arboretum and took a nice relaxing walk in the forest.

One part of the section I was in was a Spruce Forest, it was so peaceful, there was no noise, no cars, no people, just me and the trees.

Here's a rock bench to sit and relax during the walk. There were a few inclines, not too steep, but I just took my time enjoying being outside in the fresh air.

What's a walk without seeing OCHA's? They were guarding the crosswalk to make sure the hikers didn't get hit by stray cars.

Back by where I parked my car, there was this suspicious alien looking thing guarding the port-o-pottie. I dared not get too close, not knowing exactly what it might do to me. I'll have to check with Iggy, but I think it might be a very rare sighting of an OSHGA (Orange Square-Headed Garbage Alien).

Because of all the rain, there was lots of fungus growing everywhere. These are some of the more interesting ones. And no, I didn't eat any of them!

This was part of the first section I walked through, regular deciduous forest. I heard lots of birds and Charlies scampering about. I'm sure they were happy for the break in the rain, too.

Before I exited the forest, I wanted to take this picture of the canopy. As you can see, not much light was coming through, which kept the path from getting too hot in the sun. I was wearing long sleeves, which helped fight off the mosquitos, but I was still too warm.