On one of the first beautiful, sunny and warm days this year I made a walk at Lough Hyne and the forest that overlooks this salt water lake. At the lake it was very busy with swimmers and kayakers enjoying their Sunday morning. Folks have been soo browned off with all the rain we have been getting, so there was a pretty happy atmosphere all round.
I met by chance a friend of mine walking her little dog, and it was lovely catching up with her. After a while I started on my walk up the hill as I wanted to check the wild plants and the trees. It was an ideal day for it, the sun showed the bright yellow green of the emerging sycamore leaves beautifully, while underground there was a multitude of interesting wild plants and flowers.
It is of great interesting to me lately of what is growing underneath trees as my garden is slowly becoming a forest garden due to our tree canopies growing larger and lager.
I’m quite interested in what is happening to the trees at the moment seeing it’s spring time. I finally enroled in an online course on woodland trees id. Trees in the different seasons are discussed and given all the information to identify them in order to look up a whole lot more information about them. Encouraging nature connectedness and awareness of forest ecology. Looks like it’s going to be very interesting, especially coupled with enjoyable forest walks for practical identification.
Even the bumblebees were delighted with such a sunny beautiful day, and ofcourse they were hungry too!
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What a lovely walk! My husband and I walked yesterday the Welsh Hills (2.8-mile) segment of a trail that will link two state parks (a total of 51 miles when it is finished) starting at the Frank Lloyd Wright visitor center near Spring Green, Wisconsin, in the heart of the Driftless Area. The ridge views overlooked rolling hills and valleys, restored prairie, the Wisconsin River, the Frank Lloyd Wright estate (Taliesin), and the Unity Chapel. It was a day like you experienced with a lot of the same plants starting–no holly though. The wind was really brisk. We have been experiencing some dirty weather here lately, and it has ushered in a cold front. It was snowing this morning! Thanks for sharing. Begonia
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That sure sounds like an interesting walk too. It can be ery restoring ina delightful way. Thank you for your lovely comment.
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Thank you for the lovely spring walk! As we enter a cold and wet autumn here in New Zealand your sunshine brightened out day!
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I’m very glad about that, we are just coming out of endless rain and cold so we are happy about sunshine. Thank you for your comment.
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Mooie natuurwandeling. Je kan nooit teveel weten over wat er groeit en bloeit. –
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Inderdaad, het maakt ons leven interessant en leuk. Dankjewel Marylou.
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Thank you for the lovely spring walk! As we enter a cold and wet autumn here in New Zealand your sunny walk brightened out day!
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Thank you too. Delighted you enjoyed Bruce.
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Spring is everywhere. It is a great time to be outside.
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Yes , the scent of fresh air warmer by the sun is so lovely!
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