Tag: Indiana Dunes National Park
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Bright and Vivid
Along the Trail – A wildflower with the bright and vivid yellow color of summer. This one happened to be blooming on the Great Marsh Trail – Indiana Dunes National Park. Fandango’s One Word Challenge – VividFlower of the Day
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A Morning Oasis
Overlooking the Great Marsh at the Indiana Dunes National Park is one of my favorite spots to greet the sunrise, a morning oasis. Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge: Begins with an “O”
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Priceless Beauty in Nature
As I hike along well-known trails, I often wonder how many times I have missed the priceless beauty in nature by seeing the familiar things of the outdoors as normal or humdrum. Nature’s beauty, among the things that money can’t buy. CFFC: Mastercard – Things money can’t buy
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Do You See It?
A mammoth sunflower is a great place for a bee to try to hide from the annoying human with a camera. Do you see it? Sunflower captured last week at Chellberg Farm – Indiana Dunes National Park. Flower of the Day
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Until the Wind Blows
Macro Monday The last bits of a dandelion hanging on until the wind blows. Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge – Macro
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Against Nature’s Backdrop
Standing out against nature’s backdrop of green, here is a spiderwort. I wonder if it is called that because of it’s spidery looking center? Native to Indiana, these pretty wildflowers can be found all along the Indiana Dunes National Park trails through most of spring and summer. I don’t know much about flowers but these…
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Grab the Day
This yellow salsify (also known as goats beard) seems to be reaching out to grab the day or the sunshine along the trails at the Indiana Dunes National Park. As I headed out the door for my morning hike, I found myself wondering what I would be reaching out for and grabbing onto throughout the…
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A Thistle and a Bee
After publishing yesterday’s post (A Rebellious Beauty), I realized that I had one more image of a musk thistle that I really liked. How in the world did I miss a thistle and a bee the first time around? I didn’t even notice it until scrolling through pics today. Imagine that! Anyway, we’ve had quite…
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A Rebellious Beauty
Considered an invasive weed by many, the musk thistle is showing off it’s rebellious beauty through the stages of life in its blooms. Thistles and many other wildflowers are plentiful along the forest trails and wetlands of NW Indiana at this time of the year. These were captured on one of my hikes this week…
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Under the Canopy
A hike under the canopy of trees is simply delightful, especially when combined with cooler than normal temperatures and very few pesky mosquitoes. Can’t get much better than that! Above is the Heron Rookery Trail – one of many trails at the Indiana Dunes National Park. Below, we have the green trails of the Moraine…
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The Gathering
A busy bee working at the gathering of pollen along the Cowles Bog Trail – Indiana Dunes National Park.
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Holding On
Fragile and minuscule dewdrops, holding on for as long as possible before a breeze tossed them down to the ground. When I come across this type of scene, I quickly grab my camera and then find myself holding my breath as I focus and whisper, “Hold on a few seconds longer, please. Just try to…
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Tiny and Spry
Paused from fluttering about, two tiny and spry unidentified insects. Does anyone know what these are? Fruit flies, maybe? Fandango’s One Word Challenge – Spry
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Colors of Spring
I am waiting. . . . Patiently waiting for the colors of spring to appear. What about you? Flower of the Day
