Linear view vs. Masonry View

New at Spring Lake

Another windy afternoon shooed me off the beach and into the calmness of the woods around Spring Lake. The trail continues to surprise me with new and interesting things to examine.

Weird mushrooms growing on mushrooms. A jumble of three fern species fighting for space (as if that’s the only spot for a fern to grow). An old log playing host to a wide variety of life forms (a tree up here hosts more living cells when it’s dead than when it’s alive). The last of the Salmonberries. Ripening Red Elderberries. And more flowers – a promise of future berries.

Mushroom Growing on Mushroom
Mushroom
Tiny White Mushrooms Growing on Larger Black Mushroom
Delicate White Fungus
Trio of Ferns: Sword, Deer, Wood
Log, Filled with Life
Overripe Salmonberry
Glowing Salmonberry
Ripening Red Elderberries
Red Elderberries
Yellow Flower
Blackberry Blossom
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