Tag: trail
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Light and Shadows
Morning clouds provided beautiful light and shadows through the forest of trees along the Heron Rookery Trail. This is about a 3-mile long path that follows the Little Calumet River and just one of many miles of trails on the Indiana Dunes National Park, Nature Photo Challenge – Trees
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Tossed About
Macro Monday Wispy dandelion seeds hanging on before being tossed about by the wind. I came across these along the edge of the Heron Rookery Trail. It is one of my favorite spots at the Indiana Dunes National Park. The best time of the year to hike along this trail is spring because of the…
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Joy of Hiking
The joy of hiking includes exercise that never feels like a workout. That is unquestionably my definition of hiking. Otherwise, why would I keep putting one foot in front of the other while walking uphill and down, through snow in the the winter, and mosquitoes biting in the summer? On top of all that, put…
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Spring Buds Along the Trail
Oh, the joy of finally seeing spring buds along the trail at Tolleston Dunes – Indiana Dunes National Park. This lollipop trail of about 3 miles in length, goes up and over a forested sand dune but is not very difficult. Click here for more scenes from the Indiana Dunes National Park. Cee’s Midweek Macro…
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World of White
After having high temps in the low fifties Fahrenheit on Thursday, yesterday was a completely different story. Grateful that we didn’t get as much snow as was forecasted but it was fun to enjoy a world of white for a little while longer.
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Elegance in the Unadorned
Day 46 of 365 Bare trees along the Great Marsh Trash – Indiana Dunes National Park. Are they just brown and boring or is there elegance in the unadorned trees? What do you think?
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Morning Glare
Morning glare from the top of Mt. Jackson, one of three sand dunes on a 1.8 mile loop trail at the Indiana Dunes State Park. Ragtag Daily Prompt – Glare
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Colors of Winter
Started out my day at the RItchie Nature Preserve in Chesterton, Indiana yesterday. After looking out at the trails, I knew that it was going to be a macro morning. It was another gray day but with just enough light to bring out the colors of winter still left on the trees. Too lazy to…
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Bit of Sunshine
Enjoyed a bit of sunshine along the Indiana Dunes National Park trails. Day 19 of 365 Thursday Trees
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Closer and Closer
Sometimes in winter, one must move in closer and closer to a tree along the trail to find it’s beauty in leaves. – Moraine Nature Preserve, Valparaiso, Indiana. Day 12 of 365 Thursday Trees
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First Light
Dawn’s first light along the trail of Coffee Creek Watershed Preserve. Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge – Tangerine Orange ColorWalking Squares
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What a Difference
From summer to fall on the same spot along the Heron Rookery Trail – Indiana Dunes National Park. What a difference from one season to the next. Which season do you prefer, summer or autumn? Walking Squares
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Best Left Alone
For the first time ever, I came across a hornets’ nest that I was able to snap a photo of along the Heron Rookery Trail and then decided it was best left alone. “I may think that hornets do not have an ideal social organization, but I know better than to poke their nest.” –…
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Changing Colors
Spent a morning enjoying the changing colors along the Meadowbrook Nature Preserve trails.
