Yesterday we took a short excursion into the neighbor's woods. I meant to see how far the loggers had gotten around this section of the forest.
We got part way into the new forest trails and we heard the skidder start up as well as the chain saws. That surprised us as it was Memorial Day.
Maybe not surprising as they'd lost 3 days time last week to heavy rains and rains were now predicted from Tuesday through Thursday.
Charlie and I chose a deer trail to get back to the ridge top. We passed this tree and I had to stop and look it over. I believe from the shape of the tree that it is what we call Musclewood or American Hornbeam.
I've never seen any of these trees this large before as they are very slow growing trees. It made me wonder how old it was.
The trunk was fascinating with ripples and twists in it. Charlie was in no mood with trees falling in the distance to hang around while I took photos. I'll have to go back and find it on my own so I can look up into the canopy and see what kind of leaves this tree has.
I love the shape of it, very unique.
Just before we left the forest, I couldn't resist a bit of fun from my bag of goodies.
"Wow Hank! Look at those big tracks! Whaddya suppose they're from?"
"Hmmm, dunno. Yah think there might be some really big deer out here?"
As promised to Hubby, I decided to take the day off. I hadn't even put the mower away from the day before. I'd mowed with the zero turn and the little mower ...then spent a while weed whacking some places.
Since we had no company planned, no visit, no ... nothing. I moved my camper cot outside on the porch and grabbed a book to read.
Charlie and I read, watched birds, watched the clouds float by, and fell asleep.
Tuesday was going to be busy enough. I'd spent Saturday re-arranging and deep cleaning the living room so we could move hubby's current bed into the living room and the hospital bed can be placed in the downstairs bedroom.
Cool wildflower of the day:
Virginia Waterleaf:
Shot with the Lensbaby SOL 22.