A Walk In The Woods: Color...

Even though our winter has been incredibly mild, things are gray, brown and browner. In search of any other color, Big Daddy and I headed down Forest Avenue for a walk in the woods.

No, we didn't steal the street sign. Big Daddy grew  up on this street, and when his hometown updated the street signs, GmaGlo got one to give to her #1Son. We had the perfect spot for it - the head of the path leading into our woods.

Colors were hard to come by, but we managed to find a few.

Black

Not the finest photo, but this old dug out log that had fallen across the
intermittent creek was a dramatic change from brown.

White

This poor old Missouri Box Turtle became someone's supper, but at least the diner
left it pretty much intact for Mother Nature to bleach it out.

Green

WooHoo! Two shades of green - and no, the lighter moss is definitely not gray.

Red

Okay, so you have to look very closely to see the little tiny red buds on this invasive floribunda.
I'm pretty chagrined that this stuff is already starting to come back to life. It's a big pain in the rear
to get tangled up in it while walking through the woods.

Butterscotch

I thought this rock was beautiful, though not really very colorful. It's a stretch to call it butterscotch, but it reminds me of brittle. Big Daddy says its a leverite.
You know, as in "leave 'er right there!" 

Purple - or maybe Mardi Gras Green-Gold-Purple

As we circled back to the house, we walked through the food plot to see if we could spot any deer or
turkey tracks. There were some, but the big surprise is that there were baby turnips heaving out of the
ground. By this time of year, these would normally have been frozen and beginning to rot.
Instead, we'll have a little snack later, and the house will smell of glorious garlic.

If this weather holds out much longer, there will be a lot more color in the woods soon. But then, when the inevitable storm comes along, things will get nipped and may not recover this season. Only time will tell. I hope your winter, no matter how weird, is colorful.

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