The Fall day was glorious so Jennifer and I decided to glory in it by taking the children to a nearby park over in Pittsfield that wends next to the river (yes, there are rivers everywhere up here...and I can never remember their names...much less how to spell them!) and over an old suspended bridge that is an adventure in itself! Come along with us...you're gonna LOVE this walk!

Yeah, the bridge is a little shifty...and a little long...which translates into a little spooky for wee ones! But he braved it just fine!

I took like 10 of these shots of the children...of course who can decide which one's the best...??? Not me!

The late summer, early fall wildflowers are still full of bloom...


And then we came out at the train track. Yippee!

As we meandered back through the woods, I spotted this moss covered log. Aren't the greens simply surreal? How do you capture that kind of color?

After we crossed back over the bridge, we found this fuzzy, very white caterpillar crossing our path. The fuzzy ones are usually moth caterpillars. As you can see, we need to bone up on our nature study because I cannot tell you what type of moth it becomes. But we will find out! Isn't he exotic..??

In this little puddle-pond was a cute medium-sized frog. We thought that she would scare the thing by poking it with the grass stalk. Boy were we wrong! That little frog attacked and bit at that grass with a vengeance! It was NOT gonna give up its perch...no way!

Hard to see, but that's its big mouth chompin' down on that grass! Feisty frog!

Now they're off...to the playground!

Recently, I discovered Countryside Rambles by W.S. Furneaux. We're going to focus on the Fall Rambles...wonderful stuff!

 


Comments

Carole

Sun, 05 Oct 2008 09:30:36

Beautiful!! Thank you for always posting enough pictures that I feel like I was there with you....

Of course, if I HAD been there with you, I would have waited on this side of that rickety old bridge, because I am a big wuss when it comes to long, rickety, old bridges. That made my tummy jump, just looking at it!

 

Mom to 2 Boys

Sun, 05 Oct 2008 18:18:34

Can I just tell you how much I am LOVING your blog. Thank you for keeping up with it. I have so slacked with mine.

I never realized how lovely the park is over there. Been to the playground over there tons but never wandered the trails. We should meet up there sometime.

And when will more of this fantastic book be done. I read those first few chapters and you have me hooked. Not like you have anything better to do right! :)

See you tomorrow night!
Heather

 

Karen

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:36:51

Thank you for taking me along on the virtual autumn tour. It looks like the children found so much to explore. I miss this wonderful season so much and now you've given me a little reprieve. Your photos are so expressive and perfectly satisfying.

 

Deb

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:28:14

Thank you everyone for your wonderful thoughts and comments...it's amazing how much more fun and interesting it all is when we're able to share and connect with others! I SO enjoy you're blogs and ramblings, too! And, Heather, I'm really hoping to get after that book project again with a vengeance this winter! xoxo

 



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