Around Here

Around here you get an illusion of deep forest, sometimes there is a sense that you live far far away from anything urban or suburban.

It's amazing how well deer are camouflaged in the woods. There is a herd of deer in this picture of my front yard. It was September and they were foraging right at the top of the walking path. I could see them with my eyes, but they are basically invisible in this picture. They weren't afraid of me, one even looked right at me as I took this picture, but I can barely find him. There are at least four deer in this picture. If you look carefully you'll see them.

I'm always impressed with the changeable nature of the trees. The picture of the deer (if you can find them in it!) was taken at the beginning of September 2004. The this year the woods looked this green at Halloween.

Leave it to the cat to find a spot of sun on a spring day. Actually this is just about all the sun there is in the late afternoon.




An afternoon in May. The sun is just making its way over the tree tops and light begins to come back across the floodplain, and into the garden. This is why almost nothing grows here.

The trees have been falling. The sandy soil just won' support their size and the forest is thinning out all on its own. No one is cutting trees in the forest except for the wind and the woodpeckers. Of course we've cut quite a few in the front yard... or our cat would have not spot of sun to bask in.

It's a trade off, the trees are very beautiful but some spots of sun are so nice to see!