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Al Sabo We've been hiking every day through September and October. A new paved bike trail was built this spring and summer. It runs along the street in front of our house through the southeast corner of Al Sabo Preserve. When they started gouging that trail through the preserve we were angry. But the damage was confined to the southeast end, and since it was a done deal and we couldn't stop it, we rode the trail on hot August evenings on our bikes and we walked the dogs there too. Our favorite part of the preserve to the west and north were not affected, and autumn has arrived. We aren't at peak color yet. Along the marsh and in the swamp the reds and yellows are popping out. Bright red berries are all that's left of this spring's jack in the pulpits. The dogwoods are turning purple and the forest is lighting up with bright yellow hickory leaves. I haven't seen much of the swans this summer but they were out four days ago and I got several photos of them at the pond by the landbridge. We started walking a trail at Lillian Anderson Arboretum this month. Al Sabo is still our favorite and it's right next door, but it's fun to see a different woods from time to time. Al Sabo is also getting crowded in the evenings and on weekends we have to sneak in from the west, and cross the marsh on planks laid over the creek south of Kalamazoo Valley Community College. This takes us to an island in the marsh, and we can hook up with the Lookout Trail this way by crossing another plank walk on the east side of the island. It's a bit shorter hike this way, but we also encounter fewer hikers and a lot fewer off road bicycles. This is Gracie's favorite route because of all the water. And she's been taking mud baths in the swamp to bring a sheen to her coat. We found sandhill cranes browsing next to the plank bridge by the island one afternoon. They weren't at all disturbed by our presence there and I took as many photos as I wanted. In the spring when they're nesting I have to fight my way through brush and muck to get a shot- they're skittish and won't let me get very close. Over the coming week we should start seeing the colors pop in the upland forest. The middle of October is the brightest and most colorful here, and we're ready for it. This is my favorite time of year, and the forest is changing every day.           Become a member now and get a free tote bag. |
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10/13/2016 2:37 pm |
great photos, you have a nice place there.. is the red berries sumac? face piles of trials with smiles.. MOODY BLUES please feel free to visit my blog happy blogging
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Great Pics Bill, you live in a Beautiful Area  Visit my Blog Older but no Wiser and find out more
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great photos, you have a nice place there.. is the red berries sumac? Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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Great Pics Bill, you live in a Beautiful Area Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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Awesome pics. In the second and third pictures the branches looks dead. Here we are loosing a lot of trees to Japanese beetle and other invasive bugs. "Rules for happiness: something to do, someone to love, something to hope for.”― Immanuel Kant .
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oh thank you so much I've been sick abed so this is just what I needed.. lovely that purple color......so soft. amazing that you caught the cranes. aren't they quite the pair? You cannot conceive the many without the one.
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Those are beautiful. Oh to be able to see the seasons change like that here in So. Cal. Lovely photos kzoo! Rachel Mae
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Awesome pics. In the second and third pictures the branches looks dead. Here we are loosing a lot of trees to Japanese beetle and other invasive bugs. Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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oh thank you so much I've been sick abed so this is just what I needed.. lovely that purple color......so soft. amazing that you caught the cranes. aren't they quite the pair? They're really wary when they're nesting but this pair was unconcerned with us. I love their cuckoo like cries. It's a primordial sound. Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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The color is actually a bit late this year. We had a dry spring and early summer and a really wet August. We might still have quite a few leaves that haven't fallen even into November. Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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Those are beautiful. Oh to be able to see the seasons change like that here in So. Cal. Lovely photos kzoo! Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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Beautiful pictures! Swans and cranes and berries....oh my!  Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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Oh. My. Stars. The swans and the cranes and the colors!!! Nature in your parts is so wonderfully gorgeous. I miss true colors of fall. Thank you for these fantastic pictures!   Visit my blog It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World of NaughtyInSO, leave a comment, become a watcher. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LIVE AND LET LIVE Be happy! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Very cool! People are strange when you're a stranger."
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Beautiful pictures. What a pretty place. 
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Oh. My. Stars. The swans and the cranes and the colors!!! Nature in your parts is so wonderfully gorgeous. I miss true colors of fall. Thank you for these fantastic pictures! Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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Very cool! Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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Beautiful pictures. What a pretty place. Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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Beautiful pictures. .. I've been waiting to see a view of the forest. I keep forgetting about all the water you have there. Thank you. Those jack in the pulpit berries are brilliant. .. We have the dogwood here too. The leaves are very similar to the purple/white ash. .. I hope to get a shot of those before the leaves have fallen.  I'm the same way. .. Things are changing so fast that I don't want to miss a single day. 
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Such beautiful photographs. Sometimes, I would rather give up our better weather for some seasonal weather. I write this as I just realized that I can turn my fan off because it was so warm here today at one point. kk The observant make the best lovers, I may not do right, but I do write, I have bliss, joy, and happiness in my life, Kitkat Come check out my blog KItkat1415 check out this post by me Adventures In Body Grooming #39 April Topic Link: What Lies Beneath If April Showers Oh Bloody Hell What Kind Of Weather Turns Me On Bloggers Symposium 40
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Beautiful pictures. .. I've been waiting to see a view of the forest. I keep forgetting about all the water you have there. Thank you. Those jack in the pulpit berries are brilliant. .. We have the dogwood here too. The leaves are very similar to the purple/white ash. .. I hope to get a shot of those before the leaves have fallen. I'm the same way. .. Things are changing so fast that I don't want to miss a single day. Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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Thanks for coming over to look at them! Your own photos are gorgeous. Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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Such beautiful photographs. Sometimes, I would rather give up our better weather for some seasonal weather. I write this as I just realized that I can turn my fan off because it was so warm here today at one point. kk Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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oh my fuck those are awesome pics. Love them all, can't choose a fav .... ok, maybe the swans and the cranes, and the berries, and the flowers, maybe the red leaves ... oh, I just don't know
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