Jennifer's 365 Project

We took a trip out of Pickerel Lake today. The sun was shining and the weather was nice.
There were lots of sights to see.
It's always wonderful to visit and walk the trails there.
 

 We drove out to Pickerel Lake this morning for a hike.
We did a 2 mile loop, which was long for the 4 year old but he made it.
After we stopped for lunch and some playtime at Townsend park, which has a nice set of playgrounds.

We drove out to Pickerel Lake this morning. It has been years since I've been there and we've never taken Quinn. I brought a checklist for him to play with so he had fun hunting for different things.
And of course sticks are always fun. He carried it around and pretended it was a Splatoon gun and he was inking the trail.  
We didn't make it all the way around the lake - that's just too far for him to walk. But we had fun going back and forth on the boardwalk once he was done exploring on the dirt path.

We both have the day off so we decided to head out to Pickerel Lake and enjoy some time walking the trails and enjoying the weather.
It's been awhile since I've been out here, so it was nice to visit and see all the wildlife again.

Today I headed out to Pickerel Lake after class. It's been a few months since I've been there and its always interesting to see how the area changes as the season progresses. It was overcast today, and supposed to rain, but I was willing to risk it and hike the various trails throughout the area.

Of course, everything that was swampy and watery seemed to be bursting at the seams with life and plants. The grass had gotten taller and I could no longer see the lake in certain parts (so much for snagging photos of the swans)

While walking along the path I came across this tree pretty well reflected in the water below. I don't know if the picture really does the scene justice but it was pretty nice. For some reason, it reminds me of something I'd seen in a movie once. Of course, I have no idea what movie...

The last time I was at Pickerel Lake Park it started raining and I wasn't really able to get any good photographs. Well this time I could get a little closer to the swans I saw last time. Unfortunately, this was as close as I could get still. :/ And the zoom on my camera apparently isnt strong enough....

Still, you can make out the male and female (on the pile) hanging by their nest.

While I was out walking at Pickerel Lake Park this morning (in the hopes of beating the rain which didn't happen) I snapped a few shots. One of them, in between rain showers, was of this little guy chilling on his web. It was a little windy and difficult to get a good image of the rain drops and web, so this was the best I could do.

I think its a silk worm, but I'm not really sure...