Beaver Dam with Jack

Sunday afternoon we took Jack for a walk at Beaver Dam. It was a wonderful day, weather-wise. Cool but not cold, overcast but not dark. The sun peeked through the clouds occasionally. Jack enjoyed himself very much. All sorts of new sniffs to experience.

I went a little crazy with my cell phone camera. Here are some shots of the park. The leaves are just beginning to turn. In another week should be gorgeous.

Besides the nice scenery, the summer flowers are just barely hanging on. Here is some goldenrod,

daisy fleabane,

and a low leafy plant who's leaves have turned bright red.

Some tiny pink flowers growing up amid the ground clutter,

onelonely pink clover,

The summer's last chicory flower,

and LOTS of fungus.

This interesting box-like growth on the side of a tree :)

and a tiny red-spotted fungus(?)

Most dramatically, Mom spotted a huge hanging wasp nest off in the woods. Of course I had to get close enough to take some pictures. There were wasps going in and out of the round black hole on the side.

The thing is about twice as big as my head, and hanging from a branch by a thin vine.

It really was quite beautiful, intricately made with soft swirls and patterns of bumps.




That's it for now. I have lots more pictures if anybody is interested.