Tree lined ridge

Homesteading, Land

A Walk in Our Woods

December 8, 2020 /

In early November I took a stroll through our woods to see the last remains of color on the trees. Here’s a brief tour of the highlights.

This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is DSC02481.jpg — The start of my beautiful journey out to the woods begins through the backyard. Our developing food forest & garden area is to the left. The house with attached greenhouse is to the right.

This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is DSC02483.jpg — The food forest / garden is still producing greens such as kale, cabbage, mustard, chickweed.

This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is DSC02502.jpg — A look back towards the front of the property.

This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is DSC02494.jpg — Beyond the barn which divides the backyard from the back-back pasture is a line of trees marking the front edge of our woods.

This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is DSC02489.jpg — A small tree line of evergreen cedars separating the back-back pasture from the pond on the right. Goats, responsible for keeping the trunks clear of brush, relax in its shade.

This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is DSC02508.jpg — Heading down to the pond, the neighbor’s wooded land beyond, harvested earlier this year.

This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is DSC02518.jpg — A few of our ducks on the front edge of the pond.

This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is DSC02519.jpg — The ridge beyond the pond, ideal for its breezy shade in the summertime. Canoes lie dormant in the foreground.

This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is DSC02521.jpg — Pine needles and cones cover the ground.

This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is DSC02524.jpg — Run-off from the spring-fed pond leads down to our not-so-grand canyon behind the ridge.

This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is DSC02527.jpg — The ridge facing the neighbor’s bare land.

This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is DSC02529.jpg — View from the ridge of the pond surface reflecting the sky.

This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is DSC02531.jpg — On the ridge looking back towards our property.

This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is DSC02538-rotated.jpg — An interesting crook in the trunk

This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is DSC02539-rotated.jpg — A trio of trees

This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is DSC02544-rotated.jpg — Split trunk provides two trees for the price of one.

This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is DSC02558.jpg — A view from inside the woods facing towards our back-back pasture.

This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is DSC02565.jpg — The forest floor

This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is DSC02566.jpg — A felled tree offers a place to sit

This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is DSC02553.jpg — Looking up as leaves gently fall from the sky.

I feel so blessed to be living in this place. What a beautiful world our Creator has made for us. Wouldn’t you say?

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