Take a walk with me

Near my home is the Corp of Engineers office and they have a special area where you can walk and see wild flowers and spend some time relaxing. I went there Saturday for a walk. Join me

This is at the start. Look at all the Mayapples!

This is the walkway that the Corp built so you don't harm the wild plants or get your feet muddy.

Now we start down the pathway. Stopping to look at whats growing along side.

There are downed logs with moss and ferns growing on them. Lots of little violets and other wild flowers.

Just some more growing things that we see as we walk.

Lets continue down the path.

Now we are deep in the woods. Lets keep going. Lets see whats around the bend.

Look at all the Mayapples! The place is full of them!

And we go deeper into the woods. Now we can hear the birds singing in the trees. And what else can we hear in the distance?

The Mayapples grow right up there the pathway. Here we can get a good look at them. How wonderful and big the leaves are.

Heres some interesting little plants. The flowers look like violets but are a pretty yellow.

Continuing down the walkway. Lets see what else we can see down the way.

An Ohio Buckeye tree. Here and there we find signs that identify the trees. It would be nice if there were signs that identified some of the other plants in the area.

Off we go. Keep your eyes open for more interesting sights.

Wonderful! A seating area. We can sit and just enjoy the sights and relax. To bad we did not bring a book.

Trilliums! Wonderful!

Another tree sign.

More trillium

Mayapple bloom!

Wonderful big Trillium. And right next to the path for us to get a good look at it.

The visiters center and a large Japanese Maple.

A large piece of driftwood. This is just infront of the Visiters Center.
We have had a nice walk and now we are headed back to the car.

Our last look as we get in our car for the drive home.

Thank you for joining me on my walk. I love this place and will be going back throughout the rest of the year and taking pictures as things change.

That was very nice! I've been too busy to get in the woods as much as I'd like.

Oh what a beautiful walk...SO glad I came!!! Thank you for inviting us along.

Your welcome! I enjoyed the company.

Thanks for the walk, Marti. It was a really nice one, I look forward to going back!

How fortunate you are to have such a lovely place to take walks, Marti. How fortunate we are that you shared with us. Thanks for the tour through your special place.

your welcome. thank you for joining me

Now thats a boardwalk Marti, looks like the perfect place for an evening stroll. Enjoyed the walk, I feel healthier already :-)

Lovely place, thanks for the chance to get peaceful exercise. I think that that may be a yellow wood violet. I have them in my garden..just finished bloom..a bit early, but then we have had high 70s', frost advisory, sleet, dry..now lots of rain.
They are a bit smaller bloom than the regular purple one around here.
Love the mayapples, was able to snaffle 4 from a neighbors yard..she was nice enough to invite folks in to strip her yard before it was totally destroyed for the new house.

I found a yellow wood violet growing in my sisters other yard. It is now in a pot on my front porch. Plus I found purple violets that are varigated. Got them in a pot too..