Spots and Dots

a week ago

I found this mushroom rising through the earth

a splash of dirty color:

I visited it and photographed it every day

It took 7 days from beginning to end

it was the only mushroom around

it was a fun and interesting thing to do

out in the back meadow 

the grasses are now taller than I

and 

they are speckled with ladybugs

this is the first summer that I have seen so many of these 

little gem-like bugs

this seasons fawns are quite dapper in their spots

sharing a scattering of spots and dots 

from my forest

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Colors of a Season

this autumn has filled it's days

with a brilliant show of colors

light and shadow dance

a delight for our eyes

gals getting their gobble on:

Tamaracks don their golds

ankles of trees

cloaked in leaves

the storm could not veil all the sun's light

forest walks delight

wee fungi kin

but today

is another facet of autumn:

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Within an Ancient Forest

wandering

amongst your trunks

dressed in dappled light

serenade of bubbling brook

 

 forest a mighty delight

one 

creative weaver

a dance all of its own

heading for the spacious air

blue skies and light above

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just look at this wonderful curvy tree

dressed in tender greens

and fungi

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does anyone know what kind of lichen this is?
it was soft like lettuce
I am sorry i did not take a good photo of it, 
this is a cropped image and so it is blurry: