Friday, March 30, 2007

Crocus Keleidoscopes

As many of you all know, I play around with keleidoscopic and abstract art from time to time. Here is the most recent fun with that. The original photo is the first photo in the previous post.



Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Yesterday afternoon at Nockamixon State Park

Yesterday afternoon was the warmest day yet with temperatures in the 80 degrees Fahrenheit. It was a beautiful day for hiking and I returned to a different section of Nockamixon State Park.


A lone crocus just off the trailhead parking area



A beautiful piece of moss



A rocky overhang



A large overview along the hiking trail



A rocky ridge line



A rocky lake shore line



A ruin in the forest

Monday, March 26, 2007

Along the Tohickon

Yesterday late afternoon I went on a hike along the Tohickon Creek near Ralph Stover State Park in Plumstead and/or Tinicum Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. It was a beautifully warm sunny day.


A small portion of the Tohickon Creek



A moss-covered tree trunk



Another view of the Tohickon Creek



A heavily fungi covered tree trunk



Some rock bluffs along the Tohickon Creek

Saturday, March 24, 2007

On and Off the Banbury-Mopac Trail

Late Thursday afternoon, I went for a hike along and off of the Banbury-Mopac Trail in Franconia Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It was warm and mostly cloudy and by the time I got home it soon began to rain. I wore sandals for this hike. The first two pictures are special signs that Spring is here. :) And the rest are creek and tree scenes.


My first blooming wildflower for this year



A young shoot breaking through the earth



A fast moving creek taken at a slow shutter speed



Two huge tree trunks along the creek



Roots



This creek monster is ready for you! ;)

Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Hike at Nockamixon State Park, Sterner Mill Section

Yesterday afternoon, I went for a hike in the Sterner Mill section of Nockamixon State Park on the Quakertown side in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. It was a beautiful, warm, sunny day with temperatures in the fifties. But the trails were still snow covered though melting. My shoes got quite wet.


The many holed tree



A weather beatened log over a small brook



Fungi on a log



A view across an inlet



Moss on a log



Fungi on a tree trunk



The turtle rock