Yesterday afternoon Alayna and I decided it was a good day to get out of the house for a while so we went off on a quest for signs of Spring. First we went for a ride down the river road checking out the gorge. We stopped at the boat ramp to watch the big boat going by.
You can see the how the green is starting to pop out on the lower trees, but the upper trees are still mostly bare.
Then Alayna got really distracted looking up at the top of the mountain on our side of the river.
Ya know, when your little girl turns and looks at you eyes all sparkly, face all beaming, excitedly and happily shouting look daddy, castles! it's a high all it's own
And I guess to her mind they really are
As soon as we hit the woods Alayna found her an iking stick
And after all the rain of course the second thing she found was water to throw rocks into
At first the only signs of new life we saw were new growth on the lower scrub brush on the briars.
Then we found a few flowers all having to bloom early to beat the leaf canopy that is to come.
There are a lot of Holly Trees in this area too
Alayna found where a squirrel had been munching on some hickory nuts
and while I was taking pictures Alayna found another puddle and with her usual leave no puddle unrippled philosophy proceeded to pummel it with every small stone, stick, and nut she could find near by.
I found what Im told may be Black Cherry Trees.
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/poison/Prunuse.htm
Ill have to keep an eye open later to know for sure.
All in all it was a very enjoyable day out in the woods.
You can see the how the green is starting to pop out on the lower trees, but the upper trees are still mostly bare.
Then Alayna got really distracted looking up at the top of the mountain on our side of the river.
Ya know, when your little girl turns and looks at you eyes all sparkly, face all beaming, excitedly and happily shouting look daddy, castles! it's a high all it's own
And I guess to her mind they really are
As soon as we hit the woods Alayna found her an iking stick
And after all the rain of course the second thing she found was water to throw rocks into
At first the only signs of new life we saw were new growth on the lower scrub brush on the briars.
Then we found a few flowers all having to bloom early to beat the leaf canopy that is to come.
There are a lot of Holly Trees in this area too
Alayna found where a squirrel had been munching on some hickory nuts
and while I was taking pictures Alayna found another puddle and with her usual leave no puddle unrippled philosophy proceeded to pummel it with every small stone, stick, and nut she could find near by.
I found what Im told may be Black Cherry Trees.
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/poison/Prunuse.htm
Ill have to keep an eye open later to know for sure.
All in all it was a very enjoyable day out in the woods.
