Beautiful Day For A Walk 1

It was a beautiful June day, so I decided to take a walk along a quiet trail. At the entrance are a couple of stone columns and an old rusted wrought iron fence
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I stopped to look at the shapes, textures, shadows, and light on the posts
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There is something appealing about things like this to me. A sort of romance of a time gone by, I suppose. I imagine the people who once placed this fence here and enjoyed this property as a home, before it became part of this private nature preserve

Normally, this is a quiet trail, but on this day, I spotted a group of people up ahead on an old bridge. People on horses, people on bikes, a truck on this former road that doesn't permit ordinary travel, and two park people carrying ladders

When the crowd finally broke up and the truck left, I headed out onto the trail.

I zoomed in on this gal from a distance.

Now that I was finally alone, I was able to concentrate on things of nature
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Deptford Pink, a type of Dianthus
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On the bridge where those people had been gathering, I spotted this spider web. You might have click on the picture to enlarge it in order to see it

A couple of guys were out on the water enjoying the sights from a different vantage point
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I spotted this dragonfly nearby. I don't know the names of dragonflies
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A view of the guys as they headed down the river.
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The dappled light and shadows were really nice at they showed off the ferns and leaves
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Black-Eyed Susans were in bloom
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The reflections on the water showed what a beautiful day it was
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Clover.
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Part 2 is here: Beautiful Day For A Walk 2
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Thank you for your continued visits while I was sick. I appreciate all the notes and good wishes from you. I'll be trying to catch up all week, and then hopefully, fall into a routine again.

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Thank you, Roxanne, a talented artist at River Garden Studio for giving me two awards, "Blog of Distinction" and "Brillante Weblog", which are now placed on my Awards Page. I'm deeply touched.

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