Moss

It's been so wet lately that the trees are getting covered in lichens and mosses.

Mont Alto Scenery

Today I was part of a forest history hike at Penn State Mont Alto. I took advantage of the beautiful day to get some scenic shots.

Vines

It seems like these vines want to take over the firetruck. They have since been pushed back. It's been raining so much that all weeds are booming!

Monarch in the museum

This monarch butterfly somehow got into the Forest Heritage Discovery Center, but we got it outside on the flowers.

Old Fire Truck

Everyone needs an old fire truck in their back yard.

I'm storing it for the PA Forest Heritage Association

No Smoking

These are all over campus now. Will people comply?

The shop at dusk

Just a little bit of light left.

Too good to eat

A perfect stir fry. Should be in a cookbook!

Pruned Red Oak

The leader had previously died, which turned it into a bush. I removed the lower branches. Maybe it'll grow upwards again.

Hidden color

At the Greene Township Park.

Flowering Dogwood

Beautiful color

Redbuds at Mont Alto

This was last Friday, May 11th. Everything is late this year.

Mont Alto State Park Pavilion

We had the forestry students' cookout this evening. I always love being in the pavilion. It gathers the sound of the nearby brook.

Sachs Covered Bridge

Today the students in the Forestry club planted trees near this amazing historical covered bridge outside of Gettysburg. It survived the war and many floods. Now it's rebuilt and raised up.

Mystery Tool

Last night some farmers were hauling this soil aerator/conditioner home when the wheels broke off in front of my yard. I let them pull it into my driveway until they could come fix it this morning. It was gone when I got home so it must have been ok.

Beans at rest

It's so seldom that he is relaxed and resting. Here's a senior dog. How many more years will we have?

Greene Township Park Barn

The sunlight was just right hitting this barn on the edge of Greene Township Park this morning. It made the ventilation holes in the brickwork stand out. It was quite enjoyable to come upon during a dog walk.

Guardian

Two views of a statue of a guardian deity at a Buddhist temple in Japan at the Freer museum in Washington. I wish I had gotten the partner statue at the other end of the hall.

Still here

For a long time blogs were all the rage, then they disappeared. We're they just a vanity after all? Now that social media sites like Facebook are discredited, maybe it's time to bring back, it return to the old blogs.